Length: male, 1 1/4 in.; female, 1 3/4 in. Readily distinguished by sharply contrasting dark brown and light yellow dorsal and lateral stripes on pronotum and head; dorsal stripe on fore wings prominent; small, distinct, lateral carinae on pronotum (Fig. 4 E). Overwinters in egg, sixteen to twenty-four per pod; nymphs, May to July; adults, June to November. A rather uncommon species found on rocky slopes from the upper edge of the Lower Sonoran Zone through the Upper Sonoran Zone into the margin of the Transition Zone. It is almost always found feeding on grass under the protection of brush; never taken in open grasslands. In Texas it is found in association with creosote bushes in desert areas (Tinkham), but in Arizona it is more common about the junction of the Upper Sonoran and Transition zones. Mountains of southeastern Arizona north to Springerville, Showlow, Pleasant Valley, and Glenn Oaks in Yavapai County. Arizona to Colorado, Texas, and Mexico.