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Allotype: 9 ; Same data as type but taken December 3, 1903. 

 [Hebard Collection.] 



Description of Allotype. — Differing only from the same sex of 

 nigrescens in the average larger size, actually as well as proportion- 

 ately, longer antennae, longer tegmina and more robust and less 

 attenuate ventral valves of the ovipositor. The tegmina are dis- 

 tinctly longer than the head and pronotum together. The ventral 

 jaws of the ovipositor are well decurved at the apex and have the 

 proximal tooth strongly indicated, these being more slender, straighter 

 and with a weaker tooth in nigrescens, while in walshii the valves, 

 though nearly as straight as in nigrescens, are heavier and nearer in 

 form to those of querneus. 



Measurements (in millimeters). 



Thomasville, Ga. Length of 



Length Length of Length of caudal 



of body. pronotum. tegmen. femur. 



■ XI, 30, 1903. Type 22.5 6.2 10 15.8 



<? XI, 12, 1902. Paratvpe 27.1 6.5 11.7 • 16.7 



9X11,3,1903. Allotype 32.2 6.7 11.6 17.3 



9 XII, 10, 1903. Paratype....32.8 7.9 12.5 18.3 



In size there is some little variation, particularly in the male sex, 

 the type and allotype being about the minimum for each sex, the 

 maximums being measured above. The males show practically no 

 individual variation at all in the form of the appendages, there being 

 but a scarcely perceptible amount in the relative depth of the cercus, 

 while the females show no noteworthy structural variation. 



Color Xotes. — Detailed color descriptions made from life have 

 already been published for this species (see above). In consequence 

 we will only comment on the differences noted from those descrip- 

 tions. The general coloration is diluted or brightened in certain 

 individuals, the pale tones becoming cinnamon buff on the dorsum 

 of the head, pronotum, anal field of tegmina, pleural streak and 

 caudal femora, while rarely the deepening of the coloration has 

 resulted in a general benzo brown to fuscous tone, with the dark 

 markings fuscous black to shining black. The caudal tibiae occa- 

 sionally show no trace of maroon or poppy red, but are largely dull 

 honey yellow with the usual proximal suffusion. The less bicolored 

 condition of the tegmina in this species, when compared with walshii 

 and nigrescens, is due to the more pronounced breaking up into small 

 maculations of the blackish fuscous of the discoidal and marginal 

 fields, while in nigrescens and walshii these areas are more uniformly 



