^•14 HKPOirr OF state geologist. 



projected into long eurvod processes; the one from the supra-anal 

 plate curving downward and notched or forked at the end, that from 

 the sub-anal curving upward, and likewise notched. The form of 

 these processes, together with that of the notches, serve as valuable 

 characters in distinguishing the species. Eight species have been 

 described from the United States, four of which arc known to occur 

 in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF SCUDDEBIA. 



a. Length of posterior femora 28 or more mm. 



h. Notch of supra-anal spine of male square with a minute median 

 tooth, the notch as wide as the middle of the upturned sub- 

 anal spine, and embracing the latter when in natural posi- 

 tion; the lateral processes slender and compressed 



8() texensis, p. 344 

 >)h. Notch of supra-anal spine of male acute, without median tooth, 

 and much narrower than the middle of the upcurved sub- 

 anal spine; the lateral processes (at side of notch) broadly 

 rounded with the lower margin thinner, touching only and not 



embracing the upturned sub-anal spine 



81 curvicauda, p. 345 

 (ut. Length of posterior femora less than 25 mm. 



c. Notch of supra-anal spine of male very similar to that of 



nirviccuKhi.: tegmina nnich broader than depth of body 



82 pistillata, p. 347 



cc. Notch of supra-anal spine of male deep and rounded, forming 



a curious fork-like appendage, the lateral processes of which 



are much swollen: tegmina no broader than depth of body. . . . 



83 furcata, p. 348 



80. SouDDERiA TEXENSIS Saussure-Pictet. The Texas Katydid, 



Sciukkria tfreti-^ij^ Sauss-Pict., 136, 1S97. 328, Plate 15, Figs. 18-19; 



Scudd., 182, 1898, 273, 277, Fig. 1; Id., 18 8, 1900, 69. 

 Scmhleriacurviraufbi Bl. , 7. 1893, 99; Bent.. 3, ^^. 1894, 275, Plate VU, 



Figs. 5, 6; Lugger, 84, 1898, 216, Fig. 138.* 



Tegmina, wings and legs bright grass green; body and face some- 

 what paler, approaching a whitish in dried specimens. Pronotnm 

 much longer than broad, narrower in front than behind, and with a 

 yellowish line along the lateral carina^. Posterior femora very slen- 

 der, armed beneath on inner carina with three or four minute spines. 



Measurements: Length of body, male, 32 mm., female, 2."> mm.; 

 of pronotum, male, (5.5 mm.; of tegmina, male, 37.5 mm.: of wings 



'The synonymy of the species of Scudderia has, in the past, been so badly mixed, that 

 it is difficult to say just what species was referred to by any writer. Mr. Scudder, in his 

 monopraph entitled, "The Orthoptcran Group Scudderiiv" (Proceedings Americau Acad- 

 emy Arts and Science, XXXIII, ISOS,) finally brought order out of chaos, and fixed the 

 present standing of each species. 



