1876.] 35 [ [Scudder. 



of pronotum generally pale yellow in the male; antennae luteous, 

 black on apical fourth or less. Face more than usually oblique ; eyes 

 not so prominent as usual; fastigium broadening greatly in front, its 

 anterior edge forming with the contour of the eyes an almost contin- 

 uous curve, subangulated in front, giving the head a bluntly conical 

 aspect, very different from that of any species known to me; near 

 the extreme tip of the fastigium commences a low, blunt, but moder- 

 ately stout carina, continuing down the face as the frontal costa, 

 where it is very prominent, compressed, equal, convex on a side view 

 and slenderly sulcate. Pronotum rather slender, but only as long as, 

 or even shorter than, the abdomen, scabrous, the front margin 

 broadly convex, the median carina distinct, but not very elevated, 

 the outer edges beyond the sinus marginate, and between them and 

 the median carina two or three vein-like dull longitudinal ridges.i 

 Tegmina nearly smooth, wings no longer than pronotum. Length of 

 body, cf, 8.5 mm., ?, 11 mm. ; of antennas, cf, 3 mm., 9, 3.6 mm.; of 

 hind femora, cf, 5 mm., ? 7 mm. 

 3 cf, 3 ?. Georgia, H. K. Morrison. 



New Forms of Saltatorial Orthoptera from the South- 

 ern United States. By Samuel H. Scudder. - 



Gryllus Saussurei. Head ample, tumid, smooth, piceous ; the 

 front, sides and margins of the eyes, excepting behind, luteous; anten- 

 nae luteo-fuscous, lighter at base; mouth parts luteous, irregularly, 

 infuscated. Pronotum broader than long, slightly narrower behind 

 than in front, the anterior border slightly concave, the posterior 

 straight; blackish, faintly irrorate with luteo-fulvous, the front margin 

 sometimes faintly edged with the same ; the lower half of the deflected 

 lobes pale luteous, edged very narrowly below with black, the upper 

 half of the lobes darker than the upper surface and uniform; front 

 and hind border with a few curved black bristles. Tegmina covering 

 about two thirds of the abdomen, testaceous, the humeral angle black- 

 ish, the basal half of the lateral field pale luteous; wings almost 

 wanting. Legs yellowish brown, the hind tibiae and sometimes the 

 apical half of hind femora infuscated externally; tympanum of the 

 fore tibiae fully one third the length of the tibiae on its outer face, 

 wanting on the inner face. Abdomen black; cerci fusco-luteous, 

 about as long as the hind femora, c?. Length of body, 11.5 — 13.5 

 mm.; of antennae, 18 — 20 mm.; of tegmina, 6 mm..; of hind tibiae, 

 5.5 — 5.75 mm.; of cerci, 8 mm. 



