. Bulletin. Geology -- Connecticut; Animals -- Connecticut; Plants -- Connecticut. FIG. 41. Melanoplus femur-rubrum. a. Cercus of male. b. Ovipositor of female. \^ Pig. 43. Melanoplus femur-rubrum, female. Meso- and metasterna; interspace longitudinal. Medium-sized. Pronotum with the median carina distinct on both the metazona and the prozona. Tegmina usually surpass- ing, at least slightly, the tips of hind femora; distinctly but very gradually tapering. Color reddish brown to dark olive brown. Occiput usually with a pair of widening fuscous stripes on its sides. Pronotum with the disk genera
. Bulletin. Geology -- Connecticut; Animals -- Connecticut; Plants -- Connecticut. FIG. 41. Melanoplus femur-rubrum. a. Cercus of male. b. Ovipositor of female. \^ Pig. 43. Melanoplus femur-rubrum, female. Meso- and metasterna; interspace longitudinal. Medium-sized. Pronotum with the median carina distinct on both the metazona and the prozona. Tegmina usually surpass- ing, at least slightly, the tips of hind femora; distinctly but very gradually tapering. Color reddish brown to dark olive brown. Occiput usually with a pair of widening fuscous stripes on its sides. Pronotum with the disk generally darker than the lower half of lateral lobes. The usual dark band on the upper part of the lateral lobes of the prozona, often inconspicuous in the female. The top of the occiput and disk of the pronotum often rose-red, and the lower part of the face and lower parts of lateral lobes yellowish green. Tegmina brownish fuscous, some- times immaculate, but usually with fuscous dots along the basal half of the discoidal area. Hind femora reddish brown clouded with fuscous which often forms two oblique cross-bars on the upper face. Lower inner face dull yellowish or orange. Hind tibiae almost always deep red, very rarely yellowish green. Spines black. Measurements. Body Antennae Tegmina Hind Femora Female 18-28 IX -J5 Male 16-23 13 -20 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut. [Hartford] : The Survey
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