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or quite the same length as the tegmina: ovipositor-sheath compressed, 
curved upwards; abdomen small, nearly or quite concealed by the teg¬ 
mina; cerci slender, legs rather slender, anterior tibiae compressed at 
base and furnished with a tympanum, basal joints of all the tarsi very 
stout, cylindrical, longer than the two others together, the middle joint 
very short, hairy, posterior tibiae with a row of very long stout spurs 
each side behind, the basal tarsal joint of the hind legs armed with a 
long, stout, curved spur on the under side. 
P. pulchellus. 
Shining blackish brown; head minutely punctured and together 
with the thorax bright crimson red; antennae yellow, hairy, blackish 
at base, palpi blue-black, eyes brown; thorax glabrous, rather more 
coarsely punctured than the head, especially at the base, the lateral 
recurved margin pale yellow, the middle impressed line abbreviated; 
tegmina chestnut brown, the sides darker, with paler nervures; abdo¬ 
men blackish, cerci, ovipositor, coxae, trochanters and legs pale yellow, 
tarsal joints and nails tipped with blackish. 
Length to tip of tegmina 7 millims. Ovipositor 3L Post, femur 5 
millims. 
It inhabits Prince Oeorge County, Maryland; commencing to be 
fully winged about the middle of August. It is found quite abundantly 
amongst the grass and low bushes near ditches, and jumps about with 
great rapidity; the great length of the tarsal spurs no doubt greatly 
assisting it in so doing. I have also a female in my collection which 
was taken near the city of New York. 
OROCHARIS, nov. gen. 
Head narrower than the base of the thorax; cranium more or less 
excavated; face very oblique; front depressed between the eyes, pro¬ 
duced at the upper line of the anteimse and convex between the an¬ 
tennae ; ocelli approximate, placed triangularly upon the depression of 
the front; eyes large, oval, prominent; antennae situated within the 
lower line of the eyes, and a little between them, setaceous, almost 
capillary, more than thrice the length of the body; maxillary palpi 
having the basal joints short, the third joint longest, cylindrical, the 
fourth shorter than the fifth, slightly thickened at tip, apical joint 
somewhat dolabriform, obliquely truncated. Thorax narrower than the 
tegmina, truncated anteriorly, middle line impressed. Tegmina much 
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