NO. 1 6.] ORTHOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 143 



Fore femora one-third or more longer than the pro- 

 notum 5 



4. General color clear reddish brown mottled with paler 



brown ; hind femora of male more than twice as long 

 as the fore femora ; each of the lower carinae with 



about 25 crowded minute teeth terrestris 



General color dull sooty brown, with numerous paler 

 spots; hind femora of male about twice as long as 

 the fore femora, with 7 to 15 small but distinct teeth 

 on each of the carinae brevipes 



5. Hind tibiae of male arcuate or sinuate in basal half ; fore 



femora rarely exceeding the length of the pronotum . . 



maculatus 



Hind tibiae straight ; fore femora somewhat longer than 

 the pronotum .....' 6 



6. Hind femora stout, with 8 to 10 rather large unequal 



spines on the lower outer carinae latens 



Hind femora rather slender, with 12 to 20 spines on 

 the lower outer carinae well separated from each 



other pallidipes 



Hind femora rather stout, with 25 to 30 minute spines 

 on the lower outer carinae more or less crowded to- 

 gether neglectus 



C. gracilipes Haldeman. Plate XI, 3. 



Light yellowish to dark, heavily marked with irregular black 

 blotches, the dark colors prevailing on the posterior half of all 

 the segments. Outer sides of the hind femora with the black 

 transverse bars more or less distinct. Antennae long, three to four 

 times the length of the body. Legs very long and slender. Fore 

 femora more than half as long as the pronotum, the inner carina 

 with two to three spines. Hind femora as long as, or longer 

 than, the body, considerably more than twice the length of the 

 fore femora, very stout at the base. Outer carina in male with 

 about thirteen distinct, unequal, rather coarse spines. Hind 

 tibiae straight, or in old males slightly waved in the basal third; 

 about a sixth longer than the hind femora. Cerci nearly a third 

 as long as the hind femora. Ovipositor with the basal third 

 stout, rather slender towards the tip; nearly three-fourths the 

 length of the hind femora. 



