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and much and abruptly ampliate on the Ijasal three-fifths, being- nearly 

 four times as broad at the widest point as at the narrowest; anterior 

 tibiffi armed above on the outer side only with, four, or ver}- rarely 

 with five, spines. Cerci of the female cylindrical, about four times as 

 long as the basal width, tapering to a point and apically curved some- 

 what inwards, of the male with the black naked apical portion nearly 

 one-half as long as the main body and bent inwards at right angles 

 with the main body and usually somewhat recurved (fig. 83), the basal 

 portion subcylindrical, slightl}" tapering. Ovipositor (fig. 85) straight, 

 considerably less than the posterior femora in length, the abruptly 

 pointed apex smooth. 



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85 



Figs. 82,83,84,85.— Clinopleura melanopleura. 82, adult male. 83, cercus ofmale. 

 tum of male from above. 85, ovipositor from the side. 



84, PRONO- 



Color light \^ello wish-brown, or, by variation, dark brown. The 

 abdomen of typical specimens is slightly darkened on the sides, as are 

 also the outer face of the posterior femora; the lateral lobes of the 

 pronutum are more or less deeply infuscated, except the lower and 

 posterior margins, which are always clear yellowish. The measure- 

 ments of tj'^pical specimens are as follows: 



MeasuT6me7its. — Length, pronotum, male, 6.5-7 mm. , female, 6.5-T.5; 

 posterior femora, male, 23-26, female, 24-28; elj^tra, male, 3.5-4, 

 female, 2.5-4; ovipositor, 19-23; width of the pronotal disk at the 

 posterior margin, male, and female, 3.25-3.5. 



