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FAMILY v.— TRYXALIN.-E. 



darker brown spots ; wings about one-seventh of an inch 

 long, transparent, with dusky lines at the tip; hind tibiae 

 pale red, with the spines black at the end. Length nearly 

 nine-tenths of an inch. The male differs greatly from the 

 female in coloration, having the lateral lobes of the pro- 



Fig. 69. — Chloealtis conspersn, female. Original. 



notum black. Wing-covers and wings are variable. Fig. 69 

 shows the female, and Fig. 70 the male. 



This insect, although not common, is found throughout 

 the state, and has been frequently caught in large numbers 

 in hopper-dozers. It is found verj^ early in the season (June 

 28), and lasts until late in the autumn (Oct. 3). 



The Sprinkled Locust differs in 

 its mode of oviposition verv 

 much from the majority of other 

 species. Instead of laying the 

 eggs in the ground, as is usual, 

 it selects rotten stumps or other 

 slightly deca^^ed wood for this 

 purpose. Blatchley, in the Canadian Entomologist, writes 

 as follows: "On Aug. 11, 1893, I discovered a female in the 

 act of boring a hole in the upper edge of the topmost board 

 of a six-plank fence. The abdomen was curved downward, 

 and the forcipate valves of the ovipositor were used as pinch- 

 ers with which small pieces of the wood were broken off. When 

 discovered the abdomen was inserted nearh' one-half an 

 inch into the pine board and the upper edge of the opening 

 about the sides of abdomen was covered with small pieces 

 of wood, just as the dust or borings will accumulate about 



Fig. 70. — Chloealtis conapersn, 

 male. Original. 



