Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy ; assisted by George B. McClellan. Page: 248 of 368
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APPENDIX F.-ORTHOPTEROUS INSECTS.
the third is more slender, and the fourth the smallest, terminating into
two curved spines or claws, between which is a subcircular fleshy disk.
The rudimentary elytra are subovoidal, not extending backwards to the
posterior margin of the third abdominal segment.
The ground-color, as preserved upon specimens in alcohol, is yellowish
brown; black dots and spots are scattered over the rudimentary elytra
The antennae are bluish brown; the femora and tibiae reddish, and the
tarsi purplish, whilst the spines are black.
This species differs from B. virescens by its proportionally longer antennae,
shorter pronotum, and less compressed femora. The general
shape of the body is in every respect proportionally longer than in the
latter species.
Two specimens were collected on the 7th of July-one " green," the
other " reddish brown."
Plate XV, fig. 1, represents Brachypeplus magnus in natural size.
.Fig. 2, front view of the head.
Fig. 3, a tarsus from above.
Fig. 4, same from below.
We refer to Brachypeplus virescens two specimens; one collected on
the 12th of June, and which was "green above, white beneath, with
yellow and black stripes on the back;" another specimen, a little
smaller, caught June 21st, was "green and brown."
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Marcy, Randolph Barnes. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy ; assisted by George B. McClellan., book, 1854; Washington, DC. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6105/m1/248/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.