ORTHOPTERA OF INDIANA. 



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General color, light to dark brown, the face and abdomen brown- 

 ish yellow; the disk of pronotum with a pale, X-shaped stripe, not 

 always present in the female. Antennse yellow at base, the apical 

 half reddish fuscous. Tegmina ash gray, often darker in the male, 

 the sides and dorsal area with numerous dark brown or fuscous ob- 

 long or rounded spots, those on center of sides larger; the apical third 

 often semi-transparent, with the spots much smaller and more irreg- 

 ular in shape. Wings with the basal half varying from a pallid tint 

 through pale lemon yellow- to deep orange; the outer half with the 

 curved black band and transparent apex as in pJicenicopterus. Hind 

 femora bright yellow within, with three transverse bars of black; dull 

 clay yellow without, with three more or less distinct, very oblique 

 fuscous bars. Hind tibise yellow, with a paler ring near the base. 



Fig, 56. Rippiscw rugosua (.Scudder). Male. (After Lugger.) 



Measurements: Length of body, male, 28 mm., female, 37 mm.; of 

 antennae, male, 13 mm., female, 12 mm.; of pronolum, male, 7 mm., 

 female, 9 mm.; of tegmina, male, 27 mm., female, 34 mm.; of hind 

 femora, male, 18 mm., female, 22 mm. 



This is the most common species of Hippiscus in the State, being 

 especially abundant in the central and southern portions, but scarce 

 in the north, where it has been collected only in Fulton and Marshall 



