116 FAMILY v.— TRYXALINyE. 



pit on either side (male). The wings in both sexes and the 

 tegniina (female) are abortive or they are well developed. 

 In the male the scapular area is enlarged with prominent 

 veins. The posterior femora are slender, not banded. The 

 posterior tibifE have the apical spurs on the inner side not verA^ 

 unequal. The last ventral segment of the male is horizontal, 

 elongate , conical and four times as long as the penultimate 

 segment. The valves of the ovipositor are exerted, the lower 

 ones furnished with a strong lateral tooth, the upper ones 

 with two distinct basal teeth." 



Pseudopomala brachyptera Scudder. 



Brown, dotted faintly above with black. A very faint 

 and obscure dark stripe extends from the lower border of 

 each eye along the side of the pronotum. Hind femora 

 dotted with black along the upper edge; terminal lobe dark. 

 Spines tipped with black. The female, which is more uni- 

 formly brown than the male, is dotted with numerous 



Fig. 67. — Pseudopomala btachj ptera, Orisinal. 



minute dusky specks, and hasshorter wing-covers and wings. 

 Fig. 67 shows this insect. 



Measurements. — Length of body, male, 23.5-27 mm., 

 female, 27.5-29.5 mm. ; of long winged tegmina, male, 15.5- 

 17 mm., female, 18-22 mm.; of tegmina, male. 9-12.3 mm., 

 female, 7-12 mm.; of hind femora, male, 13.5-15.5 mm., 

 female, 14-19 mm.; of head- and pronotum, male, 7.3-8.6 

 mm., female, 7-12 mm.; of antennae, male, 9.5-11.3 mm., 

 female, 8.5-10 mm. 



