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iu protile niigulate produced, the ci'own substraight shoAviiig a 

 little above the eyes ; facial frontal costal^strongly iu advance of the 

 eyes, as seen in front biturcatiug near the apex, the branches gradu- 

 ally and but little divei-ging in their descension. slightly depressed 

 opposite the eyes. Face strongly oblique, the posterior ocelli show- 

 ing just in front of the middle anterior margin of the eye. 

 Antenn.'e short, not reaching to the hunieral angle. Prouotum an- 

 teriorly truncate or barely angulate, the doi"sum tectiform, not very 

 broad between the shoulders, median carina distinctly elevated per- 

 current, nearly straight, sometimes rather undulating, a little more 

 elevated near the anterior border, posteriorly long, slender, subu- 

 late, passing considerably beyond the posterior femora, humeral 

 angles, strongly obtuse or subrounded. Wings well developed, 

 passing beyond the apical process, pa«terior angle of the latei-a' 

 lobes very slightly and obliquely diverging, strongly obtuse. Ely- 

 tni oblong, apex subacutely rounded external surface minutely 

 punctate. Anterior femora slender, unchanged, middle femora 

 slender, unchanged, middle temora with straight ciirina?,lhe poste- 

 rior rather slender, very much reduced near the apex, the first 

 article of the posterior tarsus but little longer than the other two 

 united, the pulvilli straight below, the iii'st acute, the second about 

 twice as long as the tii-st, the third as long as the fii-st two united 

 Body length, ^' ?, 8 10mm, pronot., 11-12 5mm.. post, fem , 

 5.5- 6mm. 



This is the eommou form found in most collections. A 

 specimen from Xortheru Illinois iu the collection of Mr. A. 

 Bolter, of Chicago, measured sixteen millimeters in total 

 length, this being the maximal size of any examined. 



A series of specimens from St. Anthony Park, Minnesota, 

 showed some departure from the type form. There was va- 

 riation in the angularity of the vertex, some being very obtuse ; 

 the median carina of the pronotiim, instead of being straight , 

 was undulating in its backward course, the dorsum was de- 

 cidedly rugose, the posterior tarsus Avith the first article a 

 little longer than the last two united, the pulvilli straight be- 

 low, the first conico-acute, the second and third efjual in length 

 were a little longer than the first. In thb* variety we see an 

 approach to Tettix luggeri Hancock. 



Var. 2. Abbreviated examples with the pronotum not ex- 

 lending so far backwards, the wings l)eingcoincidently shorter. 



The species above descril^ed is named in honor of my friend 

 and co-worker, Prof. A. P. Morse. 



