of the North American Orthoptera. 451 



Length of body 1.5 in. ; of wing-covers $ 2 in., 9 2.4 

 in. ; breadth in middle $ .33 in., 9 .28 in. ; length of hind 

 femora $ 1.1 in., 9 1.3 in. ; of ovipositor 1.43 in. ; of tu- 

 bercle of vertex beyond the eye .12 in., 1 ^,2 9. 



Texas, (Mus. Comp. Zool.) Nebraska, (Mus. Comp. 

 Zool.) 



XIPHIDIUM, SERVILLE. 



* 1. X. FASCIATUM, Serv., Ann. Sc. Nat. ; XXII. 159. 



(1831.) 



Locusta fasciata, De Geer, Mem.; III. 458. PL 40, fig. 4. 



(1773.) 



Pterophylla fasciata, Harr., Cat. Ins. Mass.; 56. (1835.) 

 Orchelimum gracile, Harr., Report, 3d ed. ; 163. Fig. 78. 



(1862.) 



Xiphidium fasciatum, Burm., Handb. d. Ent. ; II. 708. 



(1838.) 



Mass., (H. Coll., Shurtleff, Sanborn, Miss Edmands, 

 Agassiz, S. H. S.) Maine, (Packard.) Vermont, (H. Coll.) 

 Rhode Island, (H. CoU.) Conn., (Norton.) Cape Cod, 

 (S. H. S.) 



* 2. X. BREVIPENNIS, HOV, Sp. 



Size of X.fasciatum, with which it agrees in coloration 

 throughout, except that the wings are a little darker, the 

 dorsal band is a little broader, and the ovipositor is of a 

 reddish brown throughout, while in X.fasciatum it is green 

 at the base ; wings .08 in. shorter than the wing-covers ; 

 both shorter than the body ; ovipositor nearly equalling 

 the hind femora in length. In these respects it differs very 

 much from X.fasciatum. 



Length of body, .5 inch ; of wing-covers, .33 in. ; of hind 

 femora, .43 in. ; of ovipositor, .4 in. 



Mass., (H. Coll., Agassiz, Miss Edmands, ShurtlefF, San- 

 born, S. H. S.) Cape Cod, (S. H. S.) Maine, (Packard.) 



3. X. ENSIFER, nov. sp. 



Green, with a reddish brown broad central stripe on top 



