5o6 McNeill 



white and black of the under surface and the black of the head is due 

 to the presence of thickly imbricated scales. These scales are of vari- 

 ous forms but possess the common characters of a prominent carina, 

 which ends distally in a point, and a complicated sculpture. This 

 sculpturing consists of thickened plates which are arranged in rows 

 parallel, approximately, to the median carina, and also in rows forming 

 a right angle with the fii'st set. Under a moderate power of the micro- 

 scope the appearance presented is that of concentric curved depres- 

 sions running lengthwise of the scale, and less evident depressions 

 curving radially from the midrib. The legs, and especially the pos- 

 terior pair, are plainly shorter and more robust. The last abdom- 

 inal segment of the male is shaped like the, bow of a boat and from its 

 apex extends a pair of minute forked appendages which are approxi- 

 mate nearly throughout their length. The anal cerci are quite as long 

 as and distinctly stouter than in C. erratictan and they are quite 

 thickly pilose with hairs, the longest of which are more than twice as 

 long as the diameter of the cerci at the base. On account of these 

 hairs the cerci appear much stouter. 



]\feas7ireme?its. — Length of body, S 6.5 mm., 9 9; pronotum 

 S 3-5' 5 2; hind femora, ^ 3.5, 9 5. 



Except for the omission of any mention of scales, Scudder's descrip- 

 tion of Cycloptihim erraticum would appear almost equally well to 

 each of these species. It seems unlikely that he has overlooked so 

 striking a character as this, however, and the smaller size of the only 

 adult male of C lepisj7ioide has determined me to consider this one 

 as the undescribed form. 



Found on the leaves of bushes and possibly also on the leaves of 

 the mangrove. 



Albemarle, i male, i nymph ; Narboro, 6 nymphs ; Abingdon, 1 

 female. 



