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FAMILY VI.— LOCUSTID^. 



Udeopsylla robusta Hald. 



"Uniform dark fuscous, dorsum and upper surface of the 

 femora sparsely scabrous; feet rather short; poster'or fem- 

 ora of female very robust, rather suddenly contracted inferi- 



orly at the extremity; in- 

 ferior margin with a row of 

 robust spines upon the in- 

 side; tarsi tetramerous. 

 Length thirteen lines." 



This insect is by no 

 means common, but a few 

 specimens were taken near 

 a gopher hole in a small prairie, but near a grove of trees. 

 It is shown in Fig. 165. 



Among the curious insects which are from time to time in- 

 troduced in various ways from other countries, one species, 

 illustrated in Fig. 166, has succeeded in finding a new home 

 in the conservatory of the State University at Minneapolis. 



Fig. 165. — Udeopsylla robusta, female. 

 Original. 



Fig. 166. — Diestrammena martnorata, male. Original. 



Prof 0. W. Oestlund has kindly furnished the following note 

 in regard to it: "All the facts that I can obtain regarding 

 this insect (Fig. 166) are that thev have been now in the 

 conservator}' for the last three years, and that they multiply 

 freely. They were at first noticed iti connection with a ship- 

 ment of plants from Florida, consisting mostly of the Japan- 

 ese Umbrella-plant. There was also a great deal of straw 

 used in packing, which no doubt aided in the transportation 

 of the insect. At the sa ne time there also appeared a cater- 



