372 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



cc. Body stouter; win;;s in the coniinon form shorter thau 

 the tegniiiia: tlie latter usually abbreviated, not reach- 

 ing tip of abdomen Uo brcripeiiiif. p. 37.*> 



hh. Ovipositor a little curved: tegniina constant In length, covering 

 about two-thirds of the abdomen in the male; shorter in the 



female !mj urinordle, p. 374 



an. Ovipositor equal to or longer tlian the body. 



(/. Length of posterior femora almost equal to that of the ovi- 

 positor. 



e. Body rather stout: the tegmina always covering more 

 than half the abdomen. 



f. Abdomen with dorsal surface light brown, the sides 

 gi'een, or yellowish gi-een: ovipositor no longer 



than body 97 ensifermn, p. 375 



ff. Abdomen with the dorsal surface a fuscous brown, 

 the sides shining black: ovipositor plainly longer 



than l)ody DS tiif/roiilciird. p. 37»J 



ee. Body very slender: the tegmina exceedingly short, pad- 

 like, covering "only one-third of abdomen, the sides of 



latter dull reddish brown 99 SdUauH. p. 377 



dd. Postei-ior femora much shorter than the ovipositor, the latter 

 of excessive length. 

 (I. Under side of hind femora unarmed; the sides of the 



body gi'een 100 strict ii in. p. 378 



g(j. Under side of hind femora armed on the outer carina 

 with several short black spines; the sides of the body 

 dull reddish brown 101 attcniifitinii. p. 379 



94. XiPHiDiUM FASCiATUM (DeGeer). The Slender Meadow Grasshopper. 



iora.sto/r(.scia^aDeG., 57, HI, 1778, 458, Plate XL, Fig. 4. 



XiphkUum fmdaluin Burm., 40, U, 1839, 708; Pack., 104, 1883, 567; 

 Riley, 122, II, 1884, 186; Oomst., 4 1, I, 1888, 114; Redtenb., 

 1 10, 1891, 192. Plate LV, Fig. 82; Scudd., 168, XXUI, 1892, 

 76 (song of); Id., 183, XXX, 1898, 184; Id., 188, 1900,74; 

 Brun., 27, IH, 1892, 265; Bl., 7, 1893, 119; Beut., 3, \% 1894, 

 283, Plate VI, Fig. 7; Lugg., 84, 1898, 238, Figs. 167, 168. 



Fasciatum is one of the most slender bodied Locustids belonging 

 to our fauna. It is the only species of Indiana XiphiJiuin whose 

 wings are never shorter than the body. Posterior femora reaching 

 to or slightly beyond the tip of tegmina in the female, distinctly 

 shorter in the male. Face, sides of pronotum and alxlomen, and 

 basal portion of ovipositor green; tegmina and apical third of ovi- 

 positor light reddish brown; upper side of abdomen, and stripe on 

 occiput and disk of ])ronotuni darker l)rown; legs green, brownish on 

 the knees and tarsi. 



Measurements: Male — Length of body, 13.5 mm.; of tegmina, 

 17.5 mm.; of hind femora, 11.5 mm.; of pronotum. 3.5 mm. Female 



