ORTSOPTEEA OF INDIANA. 



455 



vided by a cross nerve; inner wings absent. Hind tibiae armed with 

 three pairs of slender spines, of equal length. One species occurs in 

 the United States, ranging from New York to Texas. 



145. Anaxipha exigua (May). 



Acheia exigiM Sa,j, 138, IV, 1825, 309; Id., 139, 



n, 1859, 238. 

 Nemobius exigmtf^ Sa,MSS., 132, VI, 1874, 391. 

 Anaxipha exiyiia Scudd., 16 2, XIX, 1877, 82; Id., 



168, XXIII, 1893, 67; Id., 18 8, 1900, 91; 



Beut., 3, VI, 1894, 268. 

 Grylbis pnUcariit^ Bnrm., 40, II, 1838, 732. 

 Anaxipha pulicaria Sauss., 132, VI, 1874, 371, 



Plate 7, Fig. 1; Id., 133, II, 1878, 615. 

 Anaxiphiis 2y^d^cariu^; Bl., 5, 1892, 137; Liigg. , 84, 



1898, 274, Fig. 185. 



Head and pronotum dark reddish brown, 

 sparsely covered with long hairs. Tegmina and 

 legs light brown, the former reaching the end of 

 the abdomen in the male, shorter in the female. 

 Abdomen of male blackish; of female pale brown, 

 darker on the sides. Ovipositor dark brown, 

 paler at tip. Cerci very long and slender, clothed 

 with long yellow hairs. 



Measurements: Length of body, male, 6 mm., 

 .female, 7 mm.; of antennas, male, 33 mm.; of 

 tegmina, male, 4.5 mm., of female, 3.5 mm.; of 

 hind femora, male and female, 6 mm.; of ovi- 

 positor, 3.5 mm. 



This handsome little cricket has been taken in 

 Vigo, Putnam, Fulton and Kosciusko counties. At 

 Kewanna and De Long, Fulton County, it occurs 

 in small numbers among the sphagnum mosses 

 growing in dense tamarack swamps. In Vigo County it occurs about 

 the b'orders of a large pond, and in Kosciusko County in a marsh 

 bordering Tippecanoe Lake. In both these localities it was abun- 

 dant on the leaves and stems of the arrow alum, cat-tail flags, button- 

 bush and other semi-aquatic plants. It is very active and difficult 

 to capture, and, on account of its small size, is doubtless overlooked 

 in many localities where it occurs in abundance. In central Indiana 

 it reaches maturity about August 1st, and exists until after heavy 

 frosts. Unlike the Nemohids, which- it most closely resembles, it is 

 never found on the ground, but clings to the stems of bushes and 

 grasses a few feet above the surface. 



Fig. 121. Anaxipha 

 exigua (Say). Fe- 

 male. Much en- 

 larged. (After Lug- 

 ger). 



