1919.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 65 



inhabiting grassy woodland, central and southeastern 



in habitat alacris Scudder 



BB. No supplementary carinse on lateral lobes of pronotum. 

 Species invariably hygrophilous. (Form very elongate. 

 Ventral margin of lateral lobes of pronotum longer than 

 depth of lobes. Subgenital plate of male greatly pro- 

 duced. Eastern and southeastern coast.) intertexta Scudder 

 AA. No lateral carinse indicated on pronotum. Form relatively 

 robust; tegmina but faintly or not at all surpassing the apices 

 of the caudal femora. 

 B. jVIale with no subcostal pale bar on the proximal half of the 

 tegmina. Fastigio-facial angle, when seen from the side, 

 more broadly rounded in both sexes." Coloration more 

 frequently greenish. Species central and southeastern in 



habitat hivittata (Serville) 



BB. Male with subcostal pale bar on the proximal half of teg- 

 mina. Fastigio-facial angle, when seen from the side, 

 more narrowly rounded and more angulate in both sexes." 

 Coloration more frequently buffy. Species central and 

 western in habitat. 

 C. Form more attenuate and elongate. Pronotum distinctly 

 more elongate and appreciably constricted mesad; caudal 

 angle of disk of pronotum very broadly and weakly 

 angulate. Eyes of female moderately prominent, when 

 viewed from the dorsum. Size in general larger. South- 

 central and southwestern in habitat. 



maculipennis maculipennis Bruner 

 CC. Form less attenuate and elongate. Pronotum shorter 

 and relatively broader, not appreciably constricted mesad; 

 caudal angle of disk of pronotum more distinctly pro- 

 duced and angulate. Eyes of female less prominent, 

 when viewed from the dorsum. Size in general smaller. 

 North-central in habitat. 



maciilipennis macdungi new subspecies 



Treatment of Species 



Mermiria texana Bruner. Plate V, figs 1-14. 



1890. Mermiria texana Bruner, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xii, p. 53, pi. I, 

 fig. 11. [c? 9 : El Paso, Texas; Lerdo, Durango, Mexico.] 



1897. Mermiria texana McNeill, Proc. Davenp. Acad. Nat. Sci., vi, pp. 204, 

 206. [Lerodo (error for Lerdo), Durango, Mexico; El Paso, Texas; 

 Colorado Springs, Colorado; Fort Grant, Arizona.] 



1899. Mermiria texana Scudder, Pro^. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., xxxv, 

 pp. 41. 42. [Colorado; Coahuila, Mexico; also summary of previously- 

 reported localities.] 



1902. Mermiria texana mut. viridis Cockerell, in Scudder and Cockerell, 

 Proc. Davenp. Acad. Sci., ix, p. 24. [Las Vegas Hot Springs, New Mex- 

 ico.] 



1904. Mermiria texana Bruner, Biol. Cent.-.\mer., Orth., ii, p. 38, pi. I, 

 figs. 19. 19a. [Siunmary of previous records.] 



1904. Papagoa arizonensis Bruner, Ibia., p. 42. [cT: Arizona or northern 

 Mexico.] 



" These features are relative and average, and by variation overlapping. 

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