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a little Tijvrrower than the lobos tlieniselves (female). To^imina broad 

 ovate, shorter than the proiiotum. well rouiuled. varyiiijcr from a little 

 loiig:er than broad to fully half as long again a.s broad, lateral, never 

 attingent, nnitorni brownish fuscous. ^lesothoracic epiniera pieeous 

 and conspicuous from the light color of the thoracic episterna, which is 

 thj»t of the lower porticm of the lateral lobes. Fore fcmoia of male very 

 feebly tumescent; hind femora ferruginous, more or less ciiureous on the 

 outer fiice and more or less infuscated on apical half, with feeble chnuly 

 indications of bifasciate fuscous ordeei)er ferruginous markings on the 

 ui>per face, the under surface luteo rufous, the geniculation black <u* 

 blackish ; hind tibiae olivaceous, often more or less infuscated, occasion- 

 ally red, with, a subbasal pallid annulus. the spines black beyon<l tli'^ 

 pallid base, nine to twelve in number in the outer series. Kxtremiry 

 of male abdomen a little clavate. well recurved, the sui)raanai plate 

 long triangular with slightly convex sides, the margins broadly and 

 feebly rais d. tl ai«Hlian sulcus percurrent but contracted beyond the 

 middle, befo. _ 'a- ' ther deep, with sharp but not greatly elevated 

 walls; furcula )ijsi> ig of a pa^r of approximate, somewhat diverging, 

 cylindrical, tai)ering. siender, acuminate lingers, reaching a little more 

 than one-third way across the supraanal plate; cerci rather slender, 

 mesially contracted to nearly half the extreme basal width b}' the 

 arcuation of the upper margin, the lower border being straight, beyond 

 the middle somewhat eidarged again, the apex roundly truncate, the 

 whole gently incurved, nearly reaching the tip of the supraanal plate; 

 infracercal plate almost as long as the supraanal, apicaliy broad: sub- 

 genital plate small, almost as broad as long, the apical margin not ele- 

 vated. V 11 rounded as viewed from above, entire. 



Lengtli of body, male, 10 mm., female, 20 mm.: antennae, male. 10 mm., 

 female, 10.2') mm.; tegmina, male. 3.5 mm., female, 4.2.~> mm.: hind fem- 

 ora, male, 10 mm,, female, 13.2.1 mm. 



Twelve males, 14 females. Vigo County, Indiana. W. S. Blatchley 

 (A. P. Morse: IS. H. Scudder); Iligh Bridge, Jessamine County, Ken- 

 tucky, October 15, H. (iarman; near Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, Octo- 

 ber 2, Putnam (Muscmu Comparative Zoology); St. L<Miis. ^Missouri 

 (IJ.S.N.M.- ^ iley colle, tion); Dallas. Texas (U.S.N.M.—Kiley collec- 

 tion : L. Bruner). 



Blatchley also reports it from Moiuoe County, Indiana, and if Saus- 

 sure's species is the same it is also found in Carolina. Blatchley says 

 '•it reaches maturity about September 1, and frequents for the most 

 part high, dry, open woods, especially those in which beech and oak 

 trees predominate ... In late October, if the season is dry, it is 

 often found . . . among the reeds and tall rank grasses near the 

 l>onler of nnirshes." 



