iS94.] 227 [Morse. 
Hind femora on the outer side with four transverse fuscous bands, tiie 
proximal least distinct and more or less obsolete ventrally ; on the inner 
side with apparently but tliree fuscous bands, the basal one very broad 
and formed by the union of the proximal two, leaving only spots on the 
dorsal and ventral edges of femora free from fuscous. 
Hind tibiae deep coral-red, sprinkled at base with fuscous antl pale, 
sometimes showing indications of a pale basal anuulus next to base. 
Spines tipped with black. Hind tarsi red, often luteous beneath. 
Color a light rusty or yellowish brown, granulated and spotted with 
darker brown and fuscous flecks, the spots usually with sharp outlines 
and often fenestrate. The color varies to bright rust-red and to brownish 
black. The face may show indications of a transverse dusky band above 
clypeus but is usually merely punctate and marraorate. Disk of pronotum 
often with an indistinct X of the paler ground-color, bordered externally 
I)y the lateral carinae. Sides of pronotum witli two more or less distinct 
dusky bands; the upper bordered by the lateral carina, darkest above, 
often continued forward on side of head, where it is margined above with 
pale, to the hind border of eye; the lower halfway down, very irregular 
in outline; the paler streak between them curving downward anteriorly 
and continued on cheek with pale. On tlie tegmina the spots are aggre- 
gated into three more or less distinct transverse fasciae, crossing at 
about i, i, and f the distance from base; apex clear, maculate with fenes- 
trate fuscous spots. 
88 (J, 98 ?. The following are measurements of New Eiglaml speci- 
mens. Antennae: <? , 11.5-12.5 mm.; ?, 11-11.5 mm. Hind femora: 
(?, 13-14; $, 14-1G.5. Tegmina: J, 23-24.5; $,25.5-28.5. Body: J, 
21-23 ; ? , 27-2'J. Total length : $ , 28.5-30.5 ; $ , 32-35.5. 
These specimens bear dates ranging- from July 23 to Sept. 22. 
This species is to he looked for from the second week in July 
until the end of the season. I have taken it in Connecticut at 
Niantic and Thompson; in Massachusetts at Sherborn and 
\yellesley, and have received it also from Easthampton (S. W. 
Denton). Mr. Henshaw took his specimens on Nantucket in 
September. Mr. Scudder has taken it in Vermont and on Cape 
Cod. 
All of my specimens were taken in open fields, mowing and 
pasture, <mi rather sandy soil, and though somewhat local in dis- 
tribution were quite plentiful in numbers, the species differing 
somew^hat in this i)articular from boUi which seems to be more 
widely spread and more scattered over the country. 
Spharagemox bolli Scudder. 
Spliaragemon boIU. Scudder, Proc. Bost. soc. nat. liist., v. 
17, p. 469. 
