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0\'ipositor nearly as long as the body, gently hut distinctly arcu- 
ate, slender, very gradually tapering toward the end. Cerci 
of the male rather short, straight, the apex conical, tapering to 
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Fia. 57. — Wingless Prairie Graashopper, Conocephaltia saltans, a, female, X21; 6, tip of male 
abdomen, showing form of cerci. (.\fter Blatchley.) 
a rounded point; the inner tooth placed nearer the tip than the 
base, equal to the apex in length (four times its basal diameter), 
sharp, gentl}' recurved. Paired processes of hind margin of 
supra-anal plate larger, more prominent, and more widely sep- 
arated than in C. brevipennis and C. spartinae. 
General color very pale reddish with darker brown median 
stripe on head, thorax, and exposed abdomen, often bordered 
laterally by narrow pale stripes, and clouded with brownish on 
sides of abdomen. Sides of thorax and face greenish. 
Measurements. 
Body Tegmina Hind femora Ovipositor 
Male 11-12 4-5 10-11.5 
Female 10-13 2 10-11.5 9.5-11 mm. 
This is a slender-bodied little Grasshopper, of which the female, 
owing to'the diminutive tegmina, strongly resembles an immature 
indi\adual and is likely to be passed by as such. While not 
absolutely deprived of organs of flight, the vernacular name pro- 
posed for the species is not far amiss, since these are of such small 
dimensions as to be quite useless for that purpose. The less 
degenerate condition of the tegmina in the male is probably to be 
explained by their use as stridulatory organs. 
The only New England localitj' for this species at present known 
is the island of Nantucket, where I found it not uncommon at 
widel}^ separated points on the sandy moors in early September, 
1913, among Andropogon and other xerophytic grasses and wild 
