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b. Length of posterior femora almost equal to that of 

 ovipositor, 

 c. Body rather stout ; the tegmina always covering 

 more than half the abdomen, 

 d. Abdomen with the dorsal surface light brown, 

 the sides green, or greenish-3^ellow. 



ensiferum. 

 dd. Abdomen with the dorsal surface a fuscous 

 brown, the sides shining-black. 



njo-ropleurum. 



cc. Body very slender; the tegmina exceedingly 



short, pad-like, covering only one-third of the 



abdomen modestum. 



bb. Posterior femora much shorter than the ovipositor; 

 the latter of excessive length. 

 c. The common form with the tegmina very short, 

 less than half the length of the abdomen; the 



sides of the body green strictum. 



cc. The common form with the tegmina covering 

 three-fourths or more of abdomen; sides of 

 body dull reddish-brown antennatum. 



Xiphidium fasciatum DeGeer. 



THE SLENDER MEADOW GRASSHOPPER. 



Pale green, with a broad reddish-])rown, longitudinal 

 band on its thorax, extending to the top of the head, where 

 it becomes much narrower; face entireh^ green; abdomen 

 above reddish, green beneath. Wing-covers and wings 

 extending much beyond the body, reaching the tip of the 

 ovipositor in the female. Hind wings somewhat longer 

 than the wing-covers. 



Measurements. — Length of bod}^ 13.5 mm.; wing- 

 covers, 17 mm. ; hind femora, 1 1 mm. ; ovipositor, 8 mm. 



This is one of the most slender bodied species, and 

 the only one whose wings are never shorter than the 



