74 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



infuscate. Tegmina of male with apical two-thirds nearly trans- 

 parent, those of the female opaque. 



a 



FIG. 15. Pseudopomala brachyptera. 

 ' a. Lateral view of tip of female abdomen. 

 b. Ventral view of tip of male abdomen. 



Measurements. 



This odd-looking insect is sometimes locally common on light 

 waste lands. It is sluggish in its movements and is usually found 

 clinging to the stems of grass, especially the bunch grass, 

 Andropogon scoparius. It attempts to escape notice by slipping 

 around to the opposite side of the stem. Canaan, North Haven, 

 Thompson (A. P. M.) ; Scotland, 25 July-io August, Plainfield, 

 14 August (B. H. W.) ; West Woodstock, September (W.B.). 



Eritettix Bruner. 



Head with the occiput moderately rounded. The vertex sub- 

 triangular, the front rounded. Lateral carinae usually distinct, 

 sometimes appearing as heavy raised lines. The median carina 

 extends from the pronotum to the front of the vertex. There 

 are also two supplementary carinae extending from the pronotum 

 to a point opposite the front margin of the eyes where each 

 is sharply bent to meet the lateral carinae (Fig. 16). Frontal 

 costa gradually divergent, a little constricted about the ocellus 

 and slightly sulcate from the ocellus part way to the vertex. 

 Antennae somewhat flattened basally and clavate apically. Pro- 

 notum with the median and lateral carinae distinct, cut behind 

 the middle, also a supplementary carina on either side about mid- 

 way between the median and lateral carinae. Lateral lobes about 

 as high as long, the front and posterior margins nearly straight, 

 the former rather more oblique. Tegmina and wings usually 



