OETHOPTEKA OF INDIANA. 367 



in question: Length of body, 36 mm.; of cone, 4.5 mm.; of tegmina, 

 49 mm.; of posterior femora, 30 mm.; of ovipositor, 39 mm. 



In central Indiana this is the most common of the three species of 

 Conocephalus there occurring. A number of specimens have been 

 taken in Putnam County by Mr. W. A. Riley, and in Vigo, Fulton 

 and Starke counties by myself. Wlien approached it often attempts 

 to escape by burrowing beneath the fallen grass. It frequents the 

 same localities as C. ensiger and is very liable to be mistaken for that 

 species by the casual observer, but may at once be distinguished by 

 the characters given in the key. 



91. Conocephalus bruneri sp. nov. Bruner's Oone-liead. 



A large but comparatively slender bodied species, having the cone 

 of vertex excessively long, flat rather than convex above, and with 

 its under side a shining black as far back as the basal tooth. 



General color: A light pea green tinged with yellowish on the 

 head, pronotum and fore femora. A narrow yellowish line along the 

 lateral carina? of pronotum, absent on the head but present on the 



Fig. 90. Conoeephalut bruneri sp. nov. Female. Natural size. (Original.) 



lateral margins of cone of vertex. A very narrow and oblique yel- 

 lowish line also extends a short distance back from each eye. Mandi- 

 bles yellow. Feet and apical joints of palpi more or less infuscated. 

 Cone of vertex very prominent, extending 7.5 mm. in front of 

 eyes, flattened above, with a slight median furrow in its basal half, 

 gradually tapering from the base forward, its apical half curved 

 slightly upward, the apex rounded and rather blunt; the lower basal 

 tooth small and blunt. Pronotum the same length as the fore femora, 

 of more than average breadth, the lateral carinas evident but dull, the 

 hind margin broadly rounded; the sides flaring noticeably outward, 

 rather than at right angles to the dorsal field as in most species, their 

 surface a little rugose. Tegmina reaching a little beyond the middle 

 of ovipositor, their basal third rather broad, the apical two-thirds 

 tapering very gradually to the -rounded apex. Wings equaling the 



