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merest nodes. The ovipositor of the female, always, as far as 

 our material goes, shows the characteristic dorsal curve of the 

 distal section, although this is subject to some fluctuation in the 

 degree of the curvature. The apex of the ovipositor is always 

 nearer the median hne than is usual in the genus and there is a 

 shght and very gradual approximation of the margins distad. 

 The depth of the ovipositor is relatively considerable and its 

 length proportionate to the caudal femora appears to be well 

 fixed. The female subgenital plate has the median emargination 

 constant in form and diagnostic of the species. The prosternal 

 spines, as in davisi, vary from the merest nodes to spines of 

 medium length. The mesosternal lobes are always slightly 

 acute-angulate with the apex submammillate. 



Color Notes.— The coloration of this species varies greatly; in 

 several specimens the base color of the hmbs, and in one, of the 

 pronotum, is pale ochraceous. Some individuals have pencillings 

 of blackish fuscous on the dorsum of the pronotum and abdomen 

 and heavy stipplings and cloudings of the same on the limbs, 

 while the majority of the specimens show a narrow median or a 

 broad medio-ventral area of the same blackish fuscous on the 

 external face of the caudal femora, although several representa- 

 tives have this absent. In addition several specimens show 

 cloudings of fuscous proximad, mesad and distad on the caudal 

 femora and distal clouds on the other femora, these more evident 

 in the pale specimens. The fuscous of the lateral lobes of the 

 pronotum varies in proportion to the contrast of the pattern. 

 These color differences are irrespective of sex. 



Measurements {in millimeters) 



Shaver's Mountain, West Vir- 

 ginia 



Linville, North CaroHna, Para- 

 type 



Black Mountains, North Caro- 

 lina, Paratype 



