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Cerci exceeding subgenital plate by about three-fourths the length of 

 the latter. Styles short. 



Supra-anal plate of female short, equilaterally trigonal, about half 

 as long as the cerci. Cerci about 1.2 mm. long, slender, acuminate at 

 the tip and barely sinuate below. Ovipositor long and approximately 

 straight with a very slight open-sigmoid curve, its tip barely upturned, 

 acute, formed by the upper division, the ventral division terminating 

 immediately behind the tip; the upper division about twice as deep as 

 the lower division. Ovipositor exceeding the posterior femora by 

 about two-fifths of its length ; surpassing the abdomen by about one 

 and one-third the length of the latter. Subgenital plate trigonal, not 

 surpassing the ninth abdominal tergum ; rounded apically. 



Coloration : Male. In most cases the general color is a dark brown, 

 but occasional individuals are of a light olivaceous tint. 



Median stripe on head blackish-brown, broadest on occiput, narrow- 

 ed in front to the width of the apical tubercle, bordered laterally by 

 grayish-white. Face, dark brown, darkest on the facial fastigium, 

 radiating below to form a brownish suffusion over the genae, which 

 are a light grayish-green with numerous brownish spots and blotches. 

 Postocular stripe brown, deeper than long and extended well down 

 over the genae where it fades into the general grayish tint of the 

 latter. 



Median stripe of the pronotum blackish, bordered laterally by a 

 broad streak of grayish which extends down over the dorsal third of 

 the lateral lobes. Remainder of the lateral lobes a deep rich brown. 



Tegmina with the basal three-fourths a pale chestnut or orange, the 

 color being deepest on the larger veins ; apical portion of a pale trans- 

 lucent bluish-green ; radial areas colorless. 



Median dorsal abdominal stripe brown, blending laterally with the 

 lighter brown of the sides and posteriorly more or less interrupted 

 by invasions of the orange of the sides. Anteriorly the sides of the 

 abdomen are a light brown bordered below by grayish ; posteriorly 

 the brown is replaced by a bright orange which covers about half of 

 the abdomen and the subgenital plate. Spiracular areas of the first 

 to the eighth segments inclusive a deep brownish-black, the whole 

 forming a conspicuous band along the ventral portion of the sides of 

 the abdomen. This blackish band is in striking contrast with the 

 grayish or orange of the sides. 



Sternites of the abdomen a beautiful steel-blue more or less mixed 

 and blended with pale orange posteriorly. Subgenital plate orange. 



Cerci a bright grass-green, similar in color to those of spartinae. 



Posterior femora a pale greenish-blue strongly suffused with brown- 

 ish-orange at the base and thickly spotted with reddish. Tibiae pale 

 bluish green. Tarsi dusky. 



