1864.] 
545 
longer than the abdomen, very regularly reticulated, tapering posteri¬ 
orly, wings (when fully developed) much longer than the tegmina. 
Anterior tibiae thickened, femora short, robust. Tarsi of the two pairs 
of anterior feet with the basal joints dilated, the middle joint about 
two-thirds the length of the basal one, the apical joint very slender, 
nearly as long as the two preceding ones together. Spurs at the apex 
of the basal joint acutely recurved, longer than the middle joint. Ovi¬ 
positor curved, of the normal form; cerci rather long, and slender. 
0. saltator. 
Pale clay-yellow, lustrous; head with a fuscous line behind the eyes, 
the upper side of which is margined with a pale streak, face and cheeks 
pale, almost white, dotted with fuscous, front and vertex more or less 
clouded with fuscous, antennse and palpi annulated and the eyes ob¬ 
liquely striated with fuscous, upper surface of the head covered with 
short pile. Thorax pilous, with a more or less depressed, irregular, 
longitudinal fuscous line upon the middle and a broad one each side 
below which touches the latero-dorsal margins, corresponding to and 
continous with that upon the head, the inferior marginal surface pale, 
sides flat, smooth, subquadrate, the angles moderately rounded. Teg¬ 
mina tapering towards the tip, the apex triangularly rounded and reach¬ 
ing almost to the tip of the cerci, the base more or less tinged with 
fuscous and the nervures with fuscous interruptions, dorso-lateral ner- 
vure pale yellowish, the lateral flaps broader than the depth of the 
abdomen and almost enveloping it, with the nervures of this part fus¬ 
cous at base. Tergum polished, darker than the other parts of the 
body, ovipositor pitchy at back and tip, cerci very hairy, sprinkled with 
fuscous, tarsal joints more or less fuscous at base and tip, spines of the 
posterior tibiae long, slender, tipped with fuscous, nine large ones each 
side and a number of shorter ones, basal joint of the posterior tarsi with 
a row of gradually increasing spines each side above, three in number 
and two long spurs at the apex, which project beyond the tip of the 
second joint and are curved upward at tip. 
Length to tip of abdomen 14 millims. Tegmina 14J millims. Ovi¬ 
positor 11 millims. Posterior femur 9 millims 9 . Length to tip of 
abdomen 12 millims. Tegmina 111 millims. Posterior femur 7 mil¬ 
lims h . 
This species is found in great abundance upon hedges of Cratasgus, 
