240 FAMILY VI.— LOCUSTID^. 



This common species occurs in the same localities as 

 fasciatvm, but reaches maturity about a fortnight later. 



Xiphidium nemorale Scudder. 



Greenish-brown; wing-covers greenish with the front 

 margin blackish, nearly as long as the abdomen in the male, 

 somewhat shorter in the female; top of head and pronotum 

 with a broad, very laint, reddish, longitudinal stripe mar- 

 gined with a whitish line on each side; legs greenish with 

 many red dots; wing-covers with prominent cross-veins; 

 ovipositor as long as the abdomen, slightly curved upwards 

 apically. 



Measurements. — Male: Length of bod}', 14 mm. ; wing- 

 covers, 8 mm.; hind femora, 12 mm. Female: Length of 

 body, 15 mm. ; wing-covers, 5.5 mm. ; hind femora, 13 mm. ; 

 ovipositor, 9 mm. 



This rather common species prefers the borders of our 

 forests, and seems to be at home amongst the low bushes 

 found in such localities. 



Xiphidium ensiferam Scudder. 



Ver\^ similar to brevipenne ; general color more of a 

 green, the face, sides of pronotum and abdomen, and the 

 four anterior femora being of that hue. Tegmina and wings 

 light reddish-lirown, as are the tibiae and ovipositor, the 

 latter becoming a deeper brown towards the apex. Cerci of 

 male rather stout, with the apical half curved slightly out- 

 ward and depressed. Ovipositor slender, straight. 



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

 tegmina, 9 mm. ; of hind femora, 13 mm. ; of pronotum, 3.5 

 mm. Female: Length of body, 14-. 5 mm. ; of tegmina, 8.5 

 mm.; of hind femora, 14 mm.; ol ovipositor, 15 mm. 



This peculiar grasshopper is common in many parts of 

 the state. It has the peculiar habit of selecting the common 

 cone shaped willow-gall as the place in which to deposit the 

 eggs. Prof. Wheeler published an excellent account of the 



