﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  BEVISWN 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCrDDER. 
  23 
  

  

  band 
  behind 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  blackish 
  fuscous; 
  whole 
  face 
  and 
  

   lower 
  part 
  of 
  genae 
  punctate; 
  antennae 
  fusco-ferrnginous. 
  Pronotum 
  

   blackish 
  fuscous 
  on 
  prozona, 
  ferrugineo-fuscous 
  on 
  metazoua, 
  tlie 
  upper 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  blackish 
  band, 
  on 
  the 
  nieta- 
  

   zona 
  curving 
  slightly 
  downward 
  and 
  fading 
  out, 
  sometimes 
  edged 
  

   above 
  anteriorly 
  by 
  a 
  feeble, 
  dull 
  luteous 
  strij)e, 
  but 
  beneath 
  sharply 
  

   defined 
  from 
  the 
  dull 
  luteous 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  this 
  band 
  

   often 
  subobsolete 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  or 
  scarcely 
  distinguishable 
  from 
  the 
  

   disk; 
  metasternal 
  epimera 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  luteous 
  stripe. 
  Tegmiua 
  

   dark 
  fuscous. 
  Fore 
  and 
  middle 
  femora 
  luteo-fuscous 
  or 
  fusco 
  luteous; 
  

   hind 
  femora 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  face 
  greenish 
  plumbeous, 
  the 
  upper 
  fiice 
  

   ferruginous, 
  the 
  lower 
  luteous, 
  the 
  inner 
  luteous 
  in 
  the 
  lower, 
  fuscous 
  

   in 
  the 
  upper 
  half, 
  the 
  whole 
  geniculation 
  fuscous; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  blue- 
  

   green, 
  fusco-ferruginous 
  at 
  extreme 
  base 
  and 
  tip, 
  the 
  spines 
  black- 
  

   tipped. 
  Supraanal 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  subclypeate, 
  tapering 
  gradually, 
  th^ 
  

   broadly 
  subtruncate 
  tip 
  very 
  obtusely 
  angulate, 
  the 
  sides 
  feebly 
  con- 
  

   cave, 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  tectate 
  ridge 
  which 
  divides 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  to 
  

   include 
  a 
  narrow, 
  triangular, 
  rather 
  deep 
  sulcus; 
  furcula 
  consisting* 
  of 
  

   a 
  pair 
  of 
  inconspicuous 
  rounded 
  lobes, 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  slight 
  fullness 
  of 
  

   the 
  interior 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  divided 
  halves 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment; 
  

   cerci 
  broad 
  at 
  base 
  but 
  at 
  once 
  narrowed 
  by 
  the 
  abrupt 
  excision 
  of 
  the 
  

   lower 
  margin, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  basal 
  breadth, 
  tlie 
  apical 
  

   portion 
  subequal, 
  subfalcate, 
  the 
  lower 
  apical 
  angle 
  acute, 
  the 
  whole 
  

   laminate, 
  scarcely 
  incurved. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  13 
  mm., 
  female, 
  17 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  o.S 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  6 
  mm.; 
  tegmiua, 
  male, 
  2 
  mm., 
  female, 
  2.8 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  8 
  mm., 
  female, 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Six 
  males, 
  six 
  females. 
  Mount 
  Alvarez, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  Mexico, 
  

   E. 
  Palmer 
  fU.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  703, 
  male 
  and 
  female] 
  ; 
  Comancho, 
  Durango, 
  

   Mexico, 
  November 
  (L. 
  Bruner); 
  Corpus 
  Christi 
  Bay, 
  Nueces 
  County, 
  

   Texas, 
  December 
  11-20, 
  E, 
  Palmer. 
  

  

  5. 
  CONALCAEA, 
  new 
  genus. 
  

   {hojvo?, 
  coue; 
  'aXxata, 
  tail.) 
  

  

  Body 
  rather 
  stout, 
  somewhat 
  compressed, 
  sliglitly 
  (male) 
  or 
  distinctly 
  

   (female) 
  largest 
  at 
  the 
  metatborax, 
  thinly 
  pilose. 
  Head 
  moderate, 
  

   slightly 
  prominent 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  only, 
  with 
  the 
  eyes 
  about 
  as 
  broad, 
  in 
  

   the 
  male, 
  as 
  the 
  metazona; 
  vertex 
  gently 
  convex, 
  scarcely 
  elevated 
  

   above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  the 
  fastigium 
  descending 
  rapidly, 
  the 
  

   face 
  retreating' 
  slightly; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  not 
  very 
  prominent, 
  little 
  more 
  so 
  

   in 
  the 
  male 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  longer 
  than 
  (male) 
  or 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  long- 
  

   as 
  (female) 
  the 
  jjosterior 
  intraocular 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  genae, 
  broad 
  oval, 
  

   hardly 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  broad 
  in 
  either 
  sex; 
  interspace 
  

   between 
  the 
  eyes 
  rather 
  narrow, 
  similar 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  sexes, 
  scarcely 
  nar- 
  

   rower 
  than 
  the 
  frontal 
  costa, 
  which 
  is 
  subequal, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  sulcate, 
  

   and 
  fails 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  clypeus; 
  antennae 
  slender, 
  rather 
  long. 
  Pro- 
  

  

  