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femora, the right one in the male with an oval transparent membrane 

 at the ])ase on the tympanum, a similar oval area on the left eh^tron 

 hut there eoraceous like the rest of the surface; wings about as long 

 us the elytra, the anal tield not produced be^'ond the general outline; 

 veins ((uite heavy and the space next the costal vein somewhat thick- 

 ened. Legs moderately long and slender; anterior coxal spines long 

 and sharp, slightly curved; anterior femora longer than the pronotum 

 and rounded, ui^armed above, broadl}' sulcate below, with several 

 spines on the inner margin and on the outer margin with a few very 

 oliscure l)lunt spines or usually with black tubercles or dots repre- 

 senting them; middle femora like the anterior ones except the spines 

 are distinct on l)oth margins below; posterior femora about four times 

 as long as the pronotum, swollen in the basal half where they are 

 a}x)ut three times as broad as apically, rounded and unarmed above, 

 below broadly sulcate and armed on 

 both margins in apical three-fourths 

 with al)out half a dozen short dis- 

 tinct and sharp spines; anterior 

 femora armed below with several 

 distinct spines on the inner margin, 

 the outer margin unarmed or with a 

 few acute tubercles, rarely, if ever, 

 with distinct spines; anterior tibia^ 

 armed below on both margins and 

 above on the outer margin with 

 three to live spines and on the inner 

 margin above with none to two 

 spines; middle and hind tibia^ armed 

 above and below on lioth margins with several long spines, those of 

 the posterior tibia' l)elow, except near the tip, alternate and quite 

 remote from each other; plantula short, not (|uito one-half as long- 

 as the basal segment of the tarsus. Abdomen large and generally 

 fairly plump, slightly carinate above, the last segment in both sexes 

 long and furcate, each branch at least live or six times as long as the 

 basal width; subgenital plate in both sexes moderatel}" long and broad 

 and apicalh^ notched, in the male furnished with a pair of apical styles 

 a))out four or ti v(^ times as long as the basal w idth ; cerci long and slender, 

 slightly exceeding the anal prolongation of the last abdominal seg- 

 ment in botii sexes, simple and uniformly tapering to a sharp point in 

 the female and in the male apicallv depressed and incurved, the apex 

 divided into two short, stout, inwardh' directed teeth with sharp 

 naked points (tig. 22); ovipositor somewhat shorter than the posterior 

 femora and curved moderately downwai'd (fig. 21). 



General color brown variegated with lighter shades; head light brown 

 with ol>scure postocular and occipital bands; pronotum light brown with 



Figs. 21, 22. — Capxobotes FruGiNo.sus. 21. ovi- 

 positor. 22. CKKCTS ol'" THE MALE. 



