438 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Juiie, 



and tegmina"** as in that species. Wings absent. Ovipositor^^ pre- 

 cisely as in griseus, but very much shorter, little over three-quarters 

 the length of the caudal femur. 



Measurements (in millimeters) . 



Type, 9. 

 College Station, Tex. 



Length of body . 7.9 



Length of pronotum 1 . 7 



Caudal width of pronotum . 2 . 



Length of tegmina 2.7, 2.9 



Length of caudal femur 5 . 6 



Greatest width of caudal femur 1.8 



Length of ovipositor 4 . ^^ 



Color Notes. — The type is much darker than the series of N. griseus 

 before us, being in general coloration very dark clove brown (almost 

 black) washed with grayish, but the distinctive markings of that 

 insect are all present in this dark specimen although less prominent. 

 The portion of the head below the antennse is deep shining piceous, 

 exactly as in griseus, while the occipital stripes though faint are 

 clearly discernible under a Zeiss binocular. Eyes clove brown and 

 maxillary palpi of the same color, the distal portion of the third 

 segment and the entire penultimate segment somewhat paler. 

 Pronotum wholly of general coloration excepting in the cephalic 

 portion which is somewhat paler, particularly so on the lateral lobes. 

 Tegmina with dorsal field broccoli brown faintly tinged with rufous, 

 intermediate channel of same coloration with the black line of the 

 dorsal margin (often striking in griseus) very narrow; lateral fields 

 black. Femora and ventral surface of body black; other portions 

 of limbs bistre. 



Distribution. — The present insect is known only from College 

 Station, in central southeastern Texas. 



Specimens Examined. — 1 : 1 female. 



College Station, Texas, Dec. 26, 1905, (Hart) 1 9 . Type N. funeralis Hart. 

 (HI. State Lab. Nat. Hist.] b. 



44 The right tegmen of the type is slightly shrivelled. 



■*5 The ovipositor of the type has the dorsal and ventral valves considerably 

 separated at their extremities as is so frequently found in .V. bruneri. 



^^ Hart gives in the original description 3.5 mm. for this length, probably 

 because he measured the length of the exposed ventral surface of the shaft. The 

 measurements given throughout the present paper for this length are taken 

 from the base of the ovipositor, within the subgenital plate, to the apex of the 

 ovipositor. 



