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FAMILY v.— ACRIDIIN.-K. 



forming distinct lateral carinae, into the vertical, anteriorly 

 feebly tumid, lateral lobes; median carina distinct on the 



Fig. 125. — Melaaoplus impjger,iema\e. Original. 



metazona, sub-obsolete on the prozona, sometimes wholly 

 obsolete between the sulci. Prosternal spine conical, bluntly 

 pointed (male) or appressed-cylindrical, very blunt (female), 

 moderately long, erect. Tegmina surpassing considerably 

 the hind femora, of normal breadth, feebly tapering, brownish 

 fuscous, usually with very distinct and prominent maculation 

 of quadrate blackish spots, interrupting a median luteousor 

 pallid stripe on the basal half, becoming a sprinkling of black- 

 ish dots beyond, sometimes foundalso more or less obscurely 

 in the other areas. Fore and middle legs only a little tumid 

 in the male, luteo-testaceous flecked with fuscous; hind fern- 



