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It may he added that many females and most of those from al)out Truro 

 sliow a chestnut or liazel-coloured area on about one-third or two-fifths of 

 tlie h)\vcr basal portion of the outer and inner faces of the hind femur, that 

 on the outer face l)einf!; consideral)l}' narrower and slightly lonjjier than that 

 on the inner one; this reddish tint fjraduatinfi; into the adjacent blackisli colour. 

 Some of the females exhibit this colour only on the iimer face and lower edfije 

 of femur. Males tlo not seem to have this reddish mark on the; outer face of 

 the fenuu-; but it is often seen, but very much less extensively than in the 

 other sex, on the lower basal jiortion of the inner face and sometimes slightly 

 on the lower edge. It may be noted that females of (IrijUus as a rule have the 

 tcgminal and femoral markings more decided than in males. 



Detailed measuremenls of Nova Scolian Specimens. — The following is a 

 comparative table of measurements in millimetres of specimens of the Short- 

 winged Pennsylvanian Field Cricket collected in this province: — 



MALES 



Designation . 



Lociility 



Date 



C.jliuctiou* . . 



Ik'd- 

 foril 



2 Sep. 

 •0() 



Hali- 

 fax 



7 Sep. 

 '97 







Truro 





7Se,5. 

 '14 



1 Sep. 

 '15 



31 Anti 

 '14 



9 Oct. 

 '13 



ISOet. 

 '10 



P 



AC 



AC 



AC 



G 



G 



180ot 

 '10 



-< "^ 



Millimeters. 



Body, length . 



Pronotum, length . 



Pronotum, width. 



Abdomen, from hind mar- 

 gin of pronotum 



Wing-cover**. 



Wing-cover shorter ( — ) oi 

 longer (-}-) than end ol 

 body 



Hind femur. 



Hind tibia (exclusive cjl 

 spines) 



Percentage of abdomen 

 covered by wing-covers. 



Absence or presence of A" 

 shaped notch between 

 en'lt of win'i-eovers . . . 



l/.{) 



1.3.0 



18.9 



is. 5 



10.7 



17.2 



20.0 



21.1 



18.5 



3.2 



— 



3.3 



3.5 



3.0 



3.4 



3.2 



3.4 



3.2 



5.0 



— 



5.0 



5.G 



5.1 



5.0 



5.0 



5.0 



5.1 



10.0 



11.2 



11.0 



12.0 



11. s 



11. s 



14.0 



15.7 



12.4 



11.0 



9.0 



10. 



10. .s 



10.0 



S.8 



9.0 



10.9 



9.9 



+ 1.0 



2. 2 



—1.0 



— l.S 



—l.S 



-3.0 



—5 . (J 



—4.8 



—2.8 



1 ().."> 



10.0 



— 



10.7 



9.4 



10.0 



9.7 



10.0 



10.01 



7.0 



- 



- 



<S.3 



7.3 



7.3 



7.2 



8.0 



7.5 



110 



S4 



S!) 



SO 



S5 



75 



02 



09 



S2 or 13/16 



No 



.\,> 



.\u 



N., 



No 



No 



No 



No 





♦Collection: P = Piers; A 

 **All hind wings are shorter 



C = Agricultural College, Truro; G = Gooderham, Truro, 

 than wing-covers. 



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