134 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xxmil 



Melampsalta camerona new species. Plate V, figs. i8, 19. 



Type male, Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas, "7-6" (E. A. Schwarz). 

 Collection U. S. National Museum. ' 



Allotype female, Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas, June, 1903 (Charles 

 Schaeffer). .Collection, Museum Brooklyn Inst, of Arts and Sciences. 



Head small, about as wide as the ginuate, anterior margin of the pronotum ; 

 sides of the pronotum not parallel, but considerably widened toward the pos- 

 terior angles, which are rounded and lobiform. Cavity in which the antenna 

 starts oblique, with the margin high and definite, except anteriorly. Median 

 sulcus of the face well defined. Inner margin of eyes more rounded than in 

 either calliope or kansa. Fore wings with eight apical areas in type, but with 

 only seven in allotype, and the single paratype. Hind wings with five apical 

 areas in type, but only four in allotype and the paratype. Tympanal orifice 

 rather widely open ; more so than in calliope or kansa. Uncus seen in profile 



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Melampsalta camerona 



curved inward, claw-like ; seen from behind deeply cleft. Beneath, the oper- 

 cula rounded at the extremities, but the ends not touching ; about as far apart 

 as in kansa, and nearer together than in calliope. Last ventral segment broad 

 at base with the sides rather suddenly converging to the rounded extremity. 

 In the allotype the notch in the last ventral segment is broad and deep. While 

 there are some short silvery hairs on the body, this is rather a smooth species. 

 General color of upper surface of body is green ; head variegated with 

 dark brown ; a dark dot each side not quite in front of the posterior ocelli. 

 Pronotum green ; grooves with scattered brown marks ; hind margin or collar 

 entirely green. Mesonotum with four obconical dark marks, the inner pair 

 about half as long as the outer pair. The outer pair broken up into separate 

 blotches, especially near the greenish colored elevated X . Hind margin of 

 the metanotum green. Both pairs of wings clear; basal membranes almost 

 white. Tergum green, the exposed tymbals darker. Beneath the head is 

 variegated with brown, the median sulcus is yellowish, and the transverse 

 rugse are brown. The legs are pale variegated with brown ; the opercula are 

 green ; the abdomen yellowish green with the usual dark spots centsally near 

 the base. The allotype is nearly entirely green above, the head slightly 

 variegated with brown along the front, and the dots nearly in front of the hind 



