ORTHOPTERA OF INDIANA. ^43 



it can best be secured by sweeping the net rapidly over the ground, 

 a dozen or more specimens being the result of a few minutes' work." 



XXI. Chlcealtis Harris (18-il). 



Vertex triangular, the lateral carina but little elevated; the me- 

 dian carina more or less distinct; the foveolae wholly wanting. An- 

 tenna long, those of male twice, and of female one and a half times 

 the length of head and pronotum together; the joints of basal half 

 strongly flattened. Pronotum with the three caringe equally distinct, 

 and cut much behind the middle by the principal sulcus; the lateral 

 carinte more or less curved, especially in the female, so that the 

 middle of disk is plainly narrowed. Lateral lobes of pronotum a 

 little longer than high, the fore and hind margins straight and 

 strongly and equally oblique, the lower margin with its posterior half 

 nearly horizontal, its anterior half strongly ascending. Tegmina of 

 female abortive (rarely fully developed), those of male well devel- 

 oped, the costal area being dilated and strongly reticulate. Hind 

 femora of medium size; banded on the upper outer face. Ovipositor 

 short, little exserted, the upper valves enlarged and strongly toothed 

 at base. Two species represent the genus in the United States. Of 

 these, one occurs in Indiana. 



34. Chlcealtis conspersa Harris. The Sprinkled Locust. 



Locusta {ChlcenUix) compema Harr., 7 1, 1841, 149; Id., 72, 1862, 184. 



Chlcealtis conspersa Smith, 198, I, 1868, 145; Glov., 62, 1872, Plate 

 VI, Fig. 10, Plate X, Fig. 12; Scudd., 148, I, 1874, 370, Figs., 

 55, 56; Id., 168, XXIII, 1893, 75, Figs. 50, 51; Id., 180, VIU, 

 1897, 99; Id., 188, 1900, 25; Thorn., 2 1 1 , IX, 1880, 99; Fern.. 

 53, 1888, 36; McN., 8 8, VI, 1891, 65; Id., 8 9, VI, 1897, 228, 

 Plate m. Figs. 14, 14a; BL, 11, XXVI, 1894, 222; Beut., 3, 

 VI, 1894, 293, Plate VII, Fig. 9; Morse, 98, VII, 1896, 327, 419, 

 Plate 7, Figs. 11, 11a; Lugg., 84, 1898, 121, Figs. 69, 70; Walk, 

 2 17, XXX, 1898, 124. 



Chrysochraon conspersum Thorn., 206, V, 1873, 76; Corns., 4 1, 1888, 

 102, Fig. 92; Id., 42, 1895, 111, Fig. 122; BL, 4, XXIII, 1891, 

 75. 



Locusta {(Mmaltis) abortiva Harr., 7 1, 1841, 149; Id., 72, 1862, 184. 



tSfenobofhrus nielanopleunis Scudd., 14 1, VII, 1862, 456. (Male.) 



Color of male usually light-brown above with always a broad shin- 

 ing black bar covering the entire- lateral lobe of pronotum; the teg- 

 mina without spots or with a few faint dusky ones; the hind tibise 

 red or yellowish, the knees black. The female varies from dull clay 

 yellow to dark brown, with the tegmina usually more or less sprinkled 



