ORTSOPTERA OF INDIANA. 399 



113. Ceuthophilus maculatus (Say). Tlie Spotted Camel Cricket. 



Eaphidophoramaculuta {Saj M.S.),'H.aTTis, 1 \ 1841, 126; Sciidd., 140, 



VIII, 1861, 7, 11, 14. 

 Phalango'psi^maculata'HaTTis, 72, 1862, 155, Fig, 73. 

 Ceathopluius viaculahis Scndd., 14 1, VII, 1862, 434; Id., 17 1, XXX, 



1894, 27, 68; Id., 188, 1900, 82; Glov., 62, 1872, Plate III, 



Fig. 6; Pack., 104, 1883, 565; Riley, 122, n, 1884, 184, Fig. 



259;Bruun., 39, 1888, 307; BL, 7, 1893, 142; Id., 16, 1899, 



222, Fig. 53; Lugg., 84, 1898, 249, Fig. 163. 



General color: Above, dark sooty brown, with often a median 

 stripe of lighter brown on the thoracic segments; below a yellowish 

 broAvii. The abdominal segments bear on their dorsal surface a num- 

 ber of small yellow dots, often confluent and sometimes in regular 

 transverse rows. Antennae and legs light reddish brown, the hind 

 femora cross-barred witli narrow darker brown bars arranged in 

 parallel rows. 



Anterior femora a little longer than pronotum, the inner carina 

 with one or two rather long sub-apical spines. Hind femora about 

 the length of the body; the lower sulcus narrow and of medium 

 depth, its outer ca-rina in the male with twelve to fifteen unequal, 

 rather coarse spines; the inner carina with about the same number 



Fig. 100. Ceuthoi}hilu8 maculatU8 (Sny). Female. (Afer Lugger). 



of smaller and sub-equal spines; the female with a number of small, 

 inconspicuous spinules on each carina. Hind tibite a little longer 

 than the femora, the Ijasal third distinctly arcuate or bowed in the 

 male. Cerci with the basal half stout, tapering beyond. Ovipositor 

 two-thirds as long as the liind femora, gently tapering to the tip, 

 which is slightly upturned, the teeth of the inner valve sharp. 



Measurements: Male — Length of body, 14 mm.; of pronotum, 5 

 mm.; of front femora, G mm.; of hind femora, 15 mm.; of hind tibias, 

 17 mm. Female — Length of body, IG mm.; of pronotum, 5 mm.; 

 of front femora, 6 mm.; of hind femora, 16 mm!; of ovipositor, 

 10 mm. 



This "spotted wingless grasshopper" has the widest range of any 

 of the 5G species of (Anithojihilus listed by Seudder, having been 

 recorded from nearly every State east of the (Jreat Plains. In Li- 



