Pomona Cou.hx.K Joirnai, of Entomouxiv 



780 



versi" (lark liamls ou the (lorsiiin, wliii-li lu-urly iiii'ft in tlu- iiiiddlf. Ahdomrn 

 — Dt'pply si'tfiiicnted, eadi scgiiu'iit witli lateral tiilicrclf on both siiit-s (FiKurt- 

 2r)0, 7) aroiinil which is a dark si)ot, and two or ni/>re irn'jailar dark patchi-s 

 whicli form two dark lon-fitiidiiial rows — one on caeh side of the \\)i\\X dorsal 

 hand (see drawin-r). V<>nmks—(V\\r\\n' 24!), I)). A little stonier than iQ 

 the winj:ed foirii. hut of the same general shape, yellow to oran(,'e in eolor 



Figure 250. Melanoxantherium rufulus (Davidiion) 

 1-2, antenna of the winneil feinalo. tarsi >>i wiiii^eil icmali'; .1. larsi ni winded female: 

 4 and 5, prothoracic and lateral alidmninal liiberiles of wjnueil female: 6 and 7, 

 same of apterous female; 8 ami 9, ;mlenna of apterous female. 



with tile tip dusky in some instanees. hut not in all, length (l.;j(> nnn. Lfijs — 

 As in the winged lorin and colored as follows: coxa- very ligiit yellow, femora 

 with base yellow and apical two-thirds dark andicr. tihia- dusky hrown with 

 tips very dark hrown, tarsi dark brown. N/.i//< — Large, nearly as wide as tin- 

 anal plate, well rounded, nearly as Innp; as wide, hairy, dusky. 



You)\g — Amber brown to yellow, er even transiiarcnily white, without 

 the powdery covering and dark ilor.sjd markings. 



