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distinct, sharp ; wing-covers extending to tip of abdomen 

 equally with the wings. 



Vertex edged with reddish brown ; a narrow reddish 

 brown band extends along the lateral carinae of pronotum 

 to the eye, edged below with black ; it extends also 

 slightly upon the base of the wing-covers ; abdomen, 

 sternum, forelegs and mouth-parts, (except the black man- 

 dibles,) reddish brown ; hind tibiae yellowish brown, its 

 spines tipped with black ; all the tarsi darker ; wing-cov- 

 ers green, with scattered small brownish spots. 



Length of body, .95 in. ; of pronotum, .19 in. ; width of 

 pronotum in middle, .09 in. ; length of hind femora, .54 in. ; 

 of wing-covers, .7 in. 19. 



Conn., (Norton.) 



STENOBOTHRUS, FISCHER FR. 



* 1. S. CURTIPENNIS. 



Locusta curtipenniS) Harr., Cat. Ins. Mass. ; 56. (1835.) 



Chloealtis curtipennis^ Harr., Report, 3d ed. ; 184. PL 3, 

 fig. 1. (1862.) 



This is our most common species, and is very abun- 

 dant. The figure in Harris's Report is a very poor one ; 

 the antennae are more than one half too short, and the 

 pronotum is inaccurately rendered. 



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

 born, S. H. S.) Maine, (Packard.) Conn., (Norton, S. H. 

 S.) Red River Settlements, British America, (S. H. S.) 



* 2. S. MELANOPLEURUS, HOV. Sp. 



Vertex of the head broad, expanded to a blunt point on 

 either side in front of the eyes, triangular, very blunt at the 

 apex ; edge upturned with a very slight median ridge, 

 scarcely crossing the vertex ; no foveolaa ; pronotum with 

 lateral carinas nearly parallel, slightly approaching one 

 another in the middle ; median carina sharp, rather more 

 distinct than the lateral; posterior border of pronotum 



