﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCrDDER. 
  13 
  

  

  longer 
  than 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  and 
  only 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  pronotum 
  

   alone 
  ; 
  face 
  rarely 
  a.s 
  declivent 
  as 
  in 
  Paroxya; 
  prozona 
  usually 
  a 
  half 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  luetazoua. 
  

   jK 
  Head 
  not 
  large 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  pronotum, 
  nor 
  prominent, 
  but 
  

   little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  prozona, 
  unless 
  (as 
  in 
  Melanophis 
  spretas) 
  

   the 
  latter 
  is 
  distinctly 
  tran.sverse 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  in 
  no 
  way 
  subsellate, 
  

   nor 
  tlaring 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  tegmina, 
  when 
  fully 
  developed, 
  narrow, 
  rarely 
  

   {Melanophis 
  dawso)ii,^ 
  21. 
  extremus, 
  AI. 
  marginatus, 
  etc.) 
  rather 
  broad 
  

   but 
  then 
  very 
  distinctly 
  tapering, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  tapering 
  in 
  distal 
  

   half, 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  teg- 
  

   mina 
  distinctly 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  metazona, 
  the 
  intercalaries 
  and 
  

   cross- 
  veins 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  area 
  (except 
  in 
  J/, 
  dawsoni 
  completiis 
  and 
  

   M. 
  marginatus 
  ampins) 
  relatively 
  numerous, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  

   fourth 
  and 
  usually 
  throughout, 
  the 
  venation 
  in 
  general 
  sharp 
  and 
  

   clearly 
  defined, 
  the 
  area 
  intercalata 
  generally 
  distinctly 
  defined 
  

   by 
  the 
  adjustment 
  of 
  the 
  veins 
  at 
  its 
  distal 
  extremitj^, 
  the 
  humeral 
  

   A'ein 
  straight 
  and 
  apicallyarcuate, 
  nearly 
  always 
  terminatingelther 
  

   on 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  or 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  before 
  it, 
  running 
  for 
  

   some 
  distance 
  almost 
  exactly 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  or 
  merg- 
  

   ing 
  insensibly 
  into 
  it; 
  cerci 
  of 
  male 
  very 
  variable, 
  very 
  rarely 
  

   {Melanoplus 
  JiaheUatus, 
  M. 
  j;«cr) 
  substyliform, 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   genital 
  plate 
  is 
  either 
  exceptionally 
  broad, 
  or 
  only 
  moderately 
  nar- 
  

   row 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  elevated 
  23. 
  Melanophis 
  (p. 
  120). 
  

  

  j'^. 
  Head 
  large 
  in 
  inoportion 
  to 
  pronotum, 
  especially 
  above, 
  and 
  

   prominent, 
  nearly 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  the 
  long 
  prozona; 
  pro- 
  

   notum 
  faintly 
  subsellate, 
  feebly 
  flaring 
  in 
  front 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  

   tegmina, 
  when 
  fully 
  developed, 
  broad 
  and 
  subequal, 
  hardly 
  taper- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  the 
  distal 
  half, 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  

   breadth 
  of 
  the 
  tegmina 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  metazona, 
  the 
  intercalaries 
  

   and 
  cross-veins 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  area 
  everywhere 
  few, 
  the 
  venation 
  

   in 
  general 
  loose 
  and 
  ill 
  defined, 
  the 
  area 
  intercalata 
  not 
  distinctly 
  

   marked 
  by 
  the 
  adjustment 
  of 
  veins 
  at 
  its 
  distal 
  extremity, 
  the 
  

   humeral 
  vein 
  (the 
  upper 
  of 
  the 
  pair 
  of 
  stout 
  veins 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  

   attachment) 
  broadly 
  sinuous, 
  terminating 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  

   at 
  least 
  as 
  far 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  as 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  tegmina, 
  

   nowhere 
  running 
  closely 
  parallel 
  to 
  that 
  margin 
  nor 
  merging 
  into 
  

   it; 
  cerci 
  of 
  male 
  styliform, 
  the 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  very 
  narrow, 
  the 
  

  

  margin 
  not 
  apically 
  elevated 
  24. 
  Fhoetaliotes 
  (p. 
  376) 
  

  

  i-. 
  Dorsum 
  of 
  pronotum 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  average 
  breadth, 
  at 
  least 
  

   in 
  the 
  male, 
  with 
  no 
  median 
  constriction; 
  antennae, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  

   the 
  male, 
  generally 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  

   than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  generally 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  together; 
  face 
  more 
  declivent 
  than 
  in 
  Melan- 
  

   oplus; 
  prozona 
  only 
  about 
  a 
  third 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  metazona. 
  

  

  25. 
  Paroxya 
  (p. 
  380). 
  

   /)■-. 
  Inferior 
  genicular 
  lobe 
  of 
  hind 
  femora 
  wholly 
  pallid, 
  with 
  no 
  dark 
  

   basal 
  spot 
  or 
  transverse 
  band; 
  cerci 
  of 
  male 
  conical 
  or 
  subconical 
  or 
  

   basally 
  bullate, 
  always 
  apically 
  pointed. 
  

  

  i 
  '. 
  Subgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  pronounced 
  tubercle; 
  

  

  prosternal 
  spine 
  slender 
  26. 
  PoecUotettix 
  (p. 
  385). 
  

  

  i'^. 
  Subgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  male, 
  even 
  when 
  apically 
  augulate, 
  not 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  with 
  an 
  apical 
  tubercle; 
  prosternal 
  spine 
  stout. 
  

   j\ 
  Relatively 
  heavy-bodied 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  disk 
  of 
  prozona 
  tumid 
  inde- 
  

   pendently 
  of 
  the 
  metazona; 
  pronotum 
  distinctly 
  angulate 
  or 
  con- 
  

  

  ' 
  In 
  form 
  of 
  tegmina 
  and 
  sparseness 
  of 
  neuration 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  the 
  Melanophis 
  

   most 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  Phoetalioies, 
  and 
  like 
  it 
  it 
  is 
  dimorphic 
  as 
  to 
  tegmina. 
  

  

  