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PHYLLOPTEKA OBLOXGIFOLIA : — 



Outliue of I'enr.ile, with (6) enlarged end ol' ovipo^^itor. 



THE 0BL0NG-WINGP:D KMMYDID—Phylloptera oUongifoUa 



(DeGeer.) 



[^'»- •''•'' ] This species I have not 



yet found in Missouri, but 

 it is abundant in New 

 England, and is found 

 farther nortli than either 

 of the other three. It is 

 at once distinguished by 

 the perfectly oval form of 

 the wing-covers, the long 

 hind thighs, and by having the base of the middle as well as of the 

 front tibiae swollen and furnished with a membranaceous cavity 

 each side. The female (Fig. 55,) has an ovipositor intermediate in 

 size between those of the Broad and Narrow-winged species, or almost 

 as long as the abdomen, and it is more strongly toothed for one-half 

 its length (Fig. 55, V) than in any of the others. The notes of the male 

 are described by Harris as, though grating, comparatively feeble. 



The eggs of this species are not known, though, as already stated, 

 those of the Angular-winged Katydid have very generally been sup- 

 posed to belong to it. From the structure of its ovipositor I have little 

 doubt that it will be found to oviposit above ground, and probably 

 within the soft stems of some plant. I hope some of my more north- 

 ern entomological friends will endeavor to ascertain the precise 

 whereabouts, and thus complete our knowledge of the habits of the 

 American Katydids. 



Though the color of the species is green like the others, I have an 

 abnormal female specimen, received from Prof. G. Thurber, of New 

 York, which is uniformly of a deep floshy-pink, without a spot of green, 

 the color not artificially produced, but occurring in life. 



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