ORTHOPTERA. 1 03 



Sub-family II. CEDIPODIN^E.* 



The second of the two more important sub-families in which the 

 prosternum is unarmed, the (Edipodina, includes genera in which 

 the head is rounded at the union of the vertex and front ; and in 

 which the front is perpendicular or nearly so. The antenna.- are- 

 linear or sub-linear, and usually inserted nearer the mouth than the 

 middle of the eyes; sometimes they are inserted just in front of the 

 The eyes are small or of medium size; rarely longer than 

 that part of the cheeks below the eyes. The posterior lobe of the 

 pronotum is longer than the anterior part in the typical forms ; and 

 the median carina is frequently entirely or partially crested. As 

 with the preceding sub-family, the last spine of the outer rov 

 the posterior tibiae is wanting. 



We have many representatives of the CEdipodinae, and these are 

 distributed by modern systematists among numerous geiu-ra. I 

 have selected a few of the more common species of the Eastern 

 United States as illustrations. These can be separated by the fol- 

 lowing table : 



A. Wings with the disk yellow. 

 B. Apical half of wing dusky. 



C. Dorsal aspect of head with a slight median carina. which is quite prom- 

 inent in the well-marked depression on the vertex (central foveola). 



Utius. 

 CC. Dorsal aspect of head without median carina, or with merely an iiuli- 



)f one ; central foveola less distinct. ."//<>; 



:i a dark band across the wings. >///</;V A VW,> -,. 



A A. Wings with the disk black. 

 AAA. Wings with the di>k //. 



Clouded Locu ptoloplius sordidus.^ 



y common in the Kastern Uni- 

 itumn. It 



abounds in meadows and pastun 

 and a* it ion by the 



crackling sound made by tin- m.r 



'luring fl brown ,,.-^*//^M **, 



color, mottled with spots of a 



darker sh.idc. It appearssomruh.it like the variety inf;< 



!y distii; : by tin 



!>Ie above. Size ^,i; 



* CEdtpodinx, CEdipoda: oidot (of6of), a swelling; font (*0vf), a foot. 



