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Florida and the Gulf States north to Central 

 Indiana and west to the Rocky Mountains. 



10. Rhadinotatum brevipenne Thos. A curious, 



slender-bodied Acridian, quite common along 

 the borders of woodland paths and old fields 

 on clumps of wire grass. (See ante, p. 150.) 

 It has been recorded heretofore only from Ft. 

 Reed and Orange, Florida. 



11. Eritettix sylvestrus sp. nov. A medium-sized 



brown and yellow species, with tegmina only 

 one-third the length of abdomen. 



Lateral carinae of the pronotum moder- 

 ately arcuate just before the middle. Sup- 

 plementary carinae well developed on both 

 head and pronotum, almost as strong as the 

 median carina, and connected with the lat- 

 ter, especially on the head, with numerous 

 small cross carinae, thus causing that por- 

 tion of the disk between the supplementary 

 earinse to be reticulate in appearance. An- 

 tennae with basal half flattened; the apical 

 half gradually tapering. Tegmina aborted; 

 one-third the length of abdomen ; inner wings 

 represented by very small and narrow pads. 



General color a light wood brown; the 

 outer face of hind femora, grayish brown. 

 A bright yellow line starts from vertex and 

 extends backward to tips of tegmina, covering 

 the space between supplementary carinae on 



