NO. l6.] ORTHOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 83 



C. conspersa Harris. Plate VIII, 3. 



Females dull yellow to dark brown. Pronotum with a more 

 or less distinct blackish band along the upper margin. The first 

 two or three abdominal segments with more or less black. Teg- 

 mina usually more or less sprinkled with dark dots. The males 

 usually light brown above, with the lateral lobes of the pronotum 

 always shiny black and the first abdominal segments with the 

 sides black. The tegmina of females about one-half the length 

 of the abdomen, while those of the male reach nearly to the tip. 

 The inner wings much shorter. The hind femora of both sexes 

 with two light spots on the outer face. 

 Measurements. 



Body Antennae Tegmina Hind Femora 



Female 20-28 1012 7 -10 11.5-16 



Male 15-18 10-11 7.7-12 10.7-13 



Occurs along the edges of dry, open woods, and in neglected 

 fence corners. Eggs are deposited in fence rails or dry sticks 

 and logs. 



Stenobothrus Fischer. 



Vertex obtusely triangular in female, acute in male. Foveolae 

 plainly seen from above as linear depressions. Median carina 

 absent. Antennae longer than head plus pronotum, nearly twice 

 as long in the male. Median carina of pronotum cut some- 

 what behind the middle, the lateral carinae incurved. Lateral 

 lobes of the pronotunr about as long as deep, nearly straight on 

 front margin, sinuate on the back and lower margins. Tegmina 

 variable, usually short in female and well developed in male. 

 Wings slightly shorter than the tegmina. Hind femora rather 

 slender, without cross-bars. 



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FIG. 24. Stenobothrus curtipennis, female. Head, from above. 



S. curtipennis Harris. Short-winged Brown Locust. Plate 

 VIII, 4. 



The color and markings of this species are extremely variable. 

 The dorsal surface of head, pronotum, and tegmina vary from 

 light brown to fuscous. The face, cheeks, and sides of pronotum 

 may be fuscous, green, or gray. Usually a dark fuscous band 

 from the back of the eye along the upper border of the sides of 



