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



M. punctulatus Uhler. Grizzly Locust. 



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FIG. 48. Melanoplus punctulatus. a. Cercus of male. b. Ovipositor of female. 



Size medium. Head prominent, vertex swollen and distinctly 

 elevated above the pronotum. Median carina usually distinct 

 throughout, but more prominent on the metazona. Tegmina 

 slightly surpassing the hind femora in both sexes, tapering 

 gradually, the apex rounded. Color dark gray mottled with 

 blackish, clay-yellow beneath. Head and face often with a 

 greenish cast. The black on upper part of the lateral lobes of 

 pronotum broken and more or less indistinct. Tegmina thickly 

 sprinkled and mottled. Hind femora yellowish banded with 

 blackish. The lower face and basal third of inner face coral- 

 red. Hind tibiae red or gray, or a mixture of both. Spines black. 

 A handsome species. 



Measurements. 



Body Antennae Tegmina Hind Femora 



Female 23-29 10.5-12 14.5-21.6 11.3-12.7 



Male 19-20.5 ii -13 14 -16.8 10 -n 



This species usually occurs in the vicinity of pine trees, and 

 is often found clinging to the trunks and branches. Canaan 

 (A. P. M.) ; West Woodstock (W. B) ; New Canaan, 9 October 

 (W. E. B.); Windsor, 13 September (B.H.W.). 



Paroxya Scudder. 



Size medium. Body straight and nearly cylindrical. Head 

 moderately large. Eyes large and prominent. Vertex narrow 

 but wider than in Hesperotettix. Frontal costa prominent above 

 the ocellus, punctate and but slightly sulcate. Antennae long, 

 usually more than one and one-half times the length of the head 

 and pronotum together. Disk of pronotum about twice as long 

 as the average width, the edges sub-parallel, at least in the male, 



