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black ring at each end, a broad one of the same color just above 

 the middle, and the spines tipped with black. Length, three- 

 fourths of an inch. The wings of this species are very variable 

 in color at the base. 



Genus Triiherotropis. StJil (1873). 

 Body slightly wrinkled, and covered with fine hairs ; pronotum 

 slightly angled in front and acutely angled behind, and slightly 

 wrinkled ; median carina broken by two wide notches ; wing covers 

 long and narrow. 



Trimerotropis makitima. Harris. 

 Ash gray ; face variegated with white ; wing covers sprinlded 

 with minute brownish spots, and semi-transparent at tip ; wings 

 transparent, faintly tinged with yellow next the body, uncolored 

 at tip, with a scries of irregular blackish spots forming a curved 

 band across the middle ; hind tibiae and feet pale yellow, with the 

 extreme points of the spines black. Length, from three-foiu-ths 

 to one and one-fourth inches. 



Genus Circotettix. Scudder (1876). 

 Body pubescent and punctured. Eyes somewhat prominent, 

 separated above by a space about equal to their width ; antennae 

 but little longer than the head and prothorax combined ; pronotum 

 with the front lobe slightly narrower than the head ; median carina 

 on the anterior portion of the front lobe, obsolete on the posterior 

 portion, and inconspicuous on the hind lobe ; front margin scarcely 

 angulated, hind margin rectangular ; lateral carinre distinct on 

 posterior lobe, but not prominent ; surface slightly wrinkled. 

 Wings and wing covers much longer than the body. 



Circotettix verruculatus. Kirby. 

 Ash-colored, mottled with black and gray ; wing covers semi- 

 transparent beyond the middle, with numerous blackish spots 

 which run together at the base, and form a band across the 

 middle ; wings broad, light yellow on the basal half, the remainder 

 dusky but transparent, with black net-work, and deep black at tip, 

 and an intermediate, irregular band, formed by a contiguous series 

 of black spots, i-eaching only to the hind margin, but not contin- 

 ued toward the inner angle ; hind tibiiie pale yellow, with a black 

 ring below the knees, a broader one at the extremity, and a black- 

 ish spot behind the upper part of the tibia. Length, nearly one 

 inch. 



