336 



KEPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



of mnlc sliort, llir ii|)t'.\ more or less truncate; the cerci long, spoon- 

 shaped, the apex incurved. 



Four species are known from the United States, two of which have 

 heen described from Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPKflES OF PAROXVA. 



a. Length of body of male, 20 or more mm. Antennoe of male longer 

 than hind femora. Tegmina reaching middle of abdomen in both 



sexes 78 hoosieri, p. .330 



(la. Length of l)ody of male not over 17.5 mm. Antennae of male but 

 three-fourths the length of hind femora. Tegmina nearly as long 



as abdomen in female, slightly surpassing abdomen in male 



79 scudderi, p. 338 



78. Pakoxya HOOSIERI (Blatcliley). The Hoosier Locust. 

 Pezofefti.r hoosieri BL, 6, XXR^, 1892, 31. 

 Pamrya honxieri Scudd., 177, XXXII, 1897, 205; Id., 18 1, XX, 1897, 



381, 382, Plate 25, Fig. 9; Id.. 188, 1900, 66; BL, 15, XXX, 



1898, 63. 

 Paroxya, athmfira, Bl. , 11, XXrV'I, 1894, 244. 



Antenna' of male very long, exceeding the length of posterior 

 IVmora. Foveolae present, almost twice as long 

 as wide, more distinct in the female. Pronotum 

 hroadeningi slightly on posterior half (more no- 

 ticeable in the female); median carina distinct 

 and equal throughout, the transverse sulci 

 scarcely noticeable in the female, distinct but 

 sliallow in the male: the lateral carina present 

 l)ui roTinded obtusely off; the disk and sides of 

 poslt'rior lobe densely and rather coarsely punc- 

 tate. Tegmina oblong, two and a half times as 

 long as broad, reaching to middle of abdomen and 

 slightly overlapping on the median dorsal line, 

 ihe wings but little shorter. Sub-genital plate of 

 male broader than high, the lateral edges higher 

 and flaring slightly outward. Cerci long and 

 slender, gently incurved, narrowed at the middle, 

 with the apical third flattened and slightly hol- 

 lowed on ilie exterior face. Kurcula consisting of 

 a |)air of oblong, parallel, flattened plates, whose 

 inner edges touch; their apical third somewhat 

 tapering and blunt. (See Fig. 20, Plate II.) 



Color of living specimens: Male, antennae, light reddish brown, 

 infuscated at tip. and with the apical sixth of each segment yellow- 



Fig. 75. Paroxya 

 hoosieri (Bl.t. Male. 

 One and one-third 

 times niituriil size. 

 (Original.) 



