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indicated on the caudal margin, the tegminal sinus represented by only 

 a faint notch (fig. 1) . Tegmina reduced in size, vestigial, about as long 

 as the eye, normally hidden under the pronotum. Wings abbreviate, 

 reaching only to the caudal third of the pronotum. Ovipositor jaws 

 strongly compressed, decidedly dentate. Cephalic femora with the 

 dorsal margin entire, ventral margin weakly undulate. Median 

 femora with dorsal margin very faintly, and ventral margin weakly, 

 undulate. Caudal femora moderately robust, in length very slightly 

 more than two-thirds that of the pronotum, greatest width of the 

 femora contained slightly more than twice in the length, no distinct 

 genicular tooth indicated on dorsal margin, pattern of the pagina 

 of the dorso-lateral face well defined and moderately elevated; 

 caudal metatarsi distinctly exceeding the remaining tarsal joints 

 in length, distal metatarsal pul villus equal to the two proximal ones 

 in length. 



Allotype: cf ; Same data as type. [Hebard Collection.] 

 Description of Allotype. — Differing from the type in the following 

 features. Size somewhat less than in the female sex; form similar; 

 surface identical in character. Head with the fastigium very faintly 

 narrower than in the female, but otherwise similar. Pronotum as 

 in the female. Tegmina absent. Wings proportionately less 

 developed than in the female. Limbs as in the female. 



The coloration varies from a type of uniform fuscous black with 

 weakly indicated velvety black posthumeral triangles on the dorsal 

 surface of the pronotum (allotype), to an opposite extreme with 

 verona brown on the caudal half of the pronotum, greater portion 

 of lateral lobes of the pronotum and greater portion of dorsal and 

 lateral faces of the caudal femora, with a heavy saddle of fuscous 

 black covering the remainder of the pronotum, abdomen, limbs, 

 ventral surface and head (type). The Jasper male is similar to the 

 allotype but more fuscous and with the black triangles very faint, 

 while the Buckhead female approaches bone brown with distinct 

 triangles and a generally more mottled coloration. The sixth speci- 

 men examined, mentioned more fully below, is almost uniform natal 

 brown. The limbs are more or less variegated in the contrastingly 

 colored specimens, the caudal femora particularly so, the ventral 

 face of the latter, however, more solidly blackish than any other 

 aspect of the limbs. The antennal joints are narrowly annulate 

 with verona brown on fuscous black, the distal extremity largely 

 of the former color. The eyes vary from cameo brown to vandyke 

 brown, mottled. 



