. Bulletin. Geology -- Connecticut; Animals -- Connecticut; Plants -- Connecticut. 120 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. Size medium. Eyes quite prominent and rather widely sepa- rated. Pronotum short. Tegmina reaching about to the tips of the hind femora, a little shorter in the female, sometimes slightly surpassing them in the male. Color dark brownish fuscous above, often tinged with reddish brown, yellowish below. The bar behind the eye shining black, and extending across the upper third of the lateral lobes of the prozona. Tegmina brownish fuscous, the discoidal area more or
. Bulletin. Geology -- Connecticut; Animals -- Connecticut; Plants -- Connecticut. 120 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. Size medium. Eyes quite prominent and rather widely sepa- rated. Pronotum short. Tegmina reaching about to the tips of the hind femora, a little shorter in the female, sometimes slightly surpassing them in the male. Color dark brownish fuscous above, often tinged with reddish brown, yellowish below. The bar behind the eye shining black, and extending across the upper third of the lateral lobes of the prozona. Tegmina brownish fuscous, the discoidal area more or less distinctly marked with dark spots. Hind femora brownish yellow with indistinct, oblique, fuscous bars on the upper and outer faces. The lower face generally dull orange. Hind tibiae variable, pale red, sometimes yellowish or lead-color. Measurements. Body Antennae Tegmina Hind Femora Female 19-24 7 -8 Male 15-18-5 11 -15 io-ii This is the earliest species of Melanoplus to appear, reaching maturity early in June. Morse states that he has found it most numerous among sweet vernal and blue grasses (Anthoxanthutn odoratum, and Poa pratensis) in pastures and mowing-lands on gravelly or sandy upland soils. M. luridus Dodge. M. collinus 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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