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sometimes very inconspicuous. Wings pale greenisli yellow at the 

 base, witli a very broad, median, arcuate, blackish fuscous band, emit- 

 ting near the costal margin a broad short shoot toAvard the base ; the 

 costal margin at the limit of the band, and for an equal space beyond 

 it blackish fuscous, generally a little darker than the band ; beyond 

 the median band the wing is hyaline, Avith brownish fuliginous ner- 

 vures and cross nervures, and in the male a very slight infuscation at 

 the extreme tip. Hind femora brownish cinereous, transversely fas- 

 ciate with brown, more- or less deep in tint; hind tibiae coral red, 

 unusually sinuous at the base, broadly banded at this point with dull 

 white, bordered broadly, and generally very distinctly, with blackish. 

 Crest of pronotum moderately high, the front lobe usually, the hind 

 lobe always, slightly arched, the two lobes having a slight angle to 

 each other. 



Length of body, 6, 19 mm., ?, 34 mm.; of antenna?, c?, 12.25 mm., 

 9, 15.5 mm.; of tegmina, cf, 25 mm., ?, 35.5 mm.; of hind femora, 

 cf, 13 mm., ?, 20 mm. 



Described from 1 d, N. Jersey ; 9 ?, Norway, Me. (S. I. iSmith) ; 

 Brandon, Vt., on upland; Maryland, Aug. 10, 13, and Sept. 15, 19 

 (P. R. Uhler); Dallas, Texas, Aug. 13 (J. Boll). 



4. Spharagemon wyomingianum . 



(Edipoda wyomingiana Thom., Geol. Surv. Terr., 1871, 462; lb., 

 Syn. Acrid. N. Amer., 113; Glover, 111. Orth., pi. 14, fig. 1, ph 15, 

 fig. 2 (ined.). 



Considered by Thomas as possibly a variety of the next species. 

 Eastern Wyoming. 



5. Spharagemon coUare. 



CEdlpoda collaris Seudd., Geol. Surv. Nebr., 250; Thom., Geol. 

 Surv. Terr., 1871, 459; lb., Syn. Acrid. N. Amer., 113; Glov., Ilk 

 Orth., pi. 13, fig. 8. 



This species, first described from the borders of the Platte, in 

 Nebraska, has been taken by Mr. Dodge in Glencoe, Dodge Co., of 

 that State ; by Mr. Thomas in Colorado, east of the mountains ; in 

 northern Illinois and the Red River of the North by the late Mr. 

 Kennicott ; by Mr. J. A. Allen in Jefferson, Iowa, between July 20 

 and 24, and in Dallas Co., Iowa, Aug. 20-23. 



6. Spharagemon cristatum nov. sp. 



Dark yellowish brown, profusely mottled and flecked with grayish 

 cinereous, the dark color generally predominating, and sometimes 

 becoming blackish upon the summit of the head, the sides of the 



