OETHOPTERA OF INDIANA. 



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89. GoNOOEPHALUS ENSiGER Harris. The Sword-bearer. 



Cotwcephalus ensiger Harris, 72 1862, 163, Fig. 79; Riley, 12 2, H, 

 1884, 187, Fig. 263; Oomstock, 4 1,1, 1888, 115; Redtenb., 1 10, 

 1891, 67. 89; Scudd., 168, XXHI, 1892, 72 (note of to music); 

 Id., 18 8, 1900, 72; Bl., 7, 1893, 114; Beut., 3, VI, 1894, 281, 

 Plate VI, Fig. 8; Lugger, 84, 1898, 230, Figs. 153, 154. 



A slender bodied species, the general color of which is grass green 

 (rarely brown), the body and face paler; the posterior tibiae and tip 

 of ovipositor infnscated. Lateral carina? of pronotum sometimes with 

 a faint yellow line, more plainly visible in the dried specimens. 

 Teffmina verv Ions: and slender. 



Fig. I 



Conocephalus ensiger Harris. Male. (After Lugger.) 



Measurements: Male — Length of body, 26 mm.; tegmina, 42 mm.; 

 of posterior femora, 21 mm. Female — Length of body, 28-30 mm.; 

 of tegmina, 47 mm.; of posterior femora, 23 mm.; of cone of vertex, 

 3.25 mm.; of pronotum, i.5 mm.; of ovipositor, 28-31 mm. 



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Conocephalus ensiger Harris. Female. (After Lugger.) 



Ensiijer is probably the most widely distributed species of Cono- 

 cephalus occurring in the eastern TTnited States, having been re- 

 corded from Elaine to the Rocky Mountains. It is the most Common 

 one occurring in northern Indiana, where it frequents the tall grasses 

 along ditches and the borders of damp prairies. In the central and 

 southern counties it is scarce, being replaced by the next species. 



