﻿N0.1124. 
  EEVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCUDDER. 
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  especially 
  above, 
  the 
  imnctation 
  extending 
  upon 
  tlie 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  fas- 
  

   tigium; 
  rest 
  of 
  face 
  and 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  genae 
  sparsely 
  punctate; 
  anten- 
  

   nae 
  fuscous, 
  apically 
  ferruginous. 
  Pronotuni 
  with 
  the 
  disk 
  of 
  the 
  

   prozona 
  more 
  uniformly 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  rest, 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lat- 
  

   eral 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  prozona 
  suffused 
  with 
  luteous; 
  thoracic 
  epimera 
  black, 
  

   Tegmina 
  narrow 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  enlarging 
  rather 
  rapidly 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   middle 
  and 
  then 
  again 
  diminishing 
  to 
  the 
  well-rounded 
  extremity, 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  pronotum 
  but 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  i^rozona, 
  black 
  

   in 
  the 
  interstices 
  of 
  the 
  veins 
  which 
  are 
  fnsco-luteous, 
  generally 
  darker 
  

   below 
  than 
  above. 
  Hjnd 
  femora 
  variable 
  in 
  color 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  

   half 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  face 
  always 
  dark 
  fuscous, 
  sometimes 
  black- 
  

   ish, 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  it 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  luteous, 
  the 
  adjoitiing 
  carinae 
  black, 
  but 
  

   the 
  others 
  yellowish, 
  the 
  outer 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  surface 
  dull 
  oliva- 
  

   ceous, 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  olivaceo-fuscous, 
  the 
  genicular 
  arc 
  black 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  red, 
  feebly 
  incurved, 
  the 
  spines 
  black 
  on 
  their 
  ai)ical 
  half, 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  pallid, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side, 
  on 
  their 
  basal 
  half. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  sparsely 
  and 
  coarsely 
  punctate 
  throughout 
  with 
  a 
  pallid 
  median 
  

   carina, 
  the 
  hinder 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  sometimes 
  deeply- 
  infuscated. 
  

   Supraanal 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  rather 
  long 
  triangular, 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  approx- 
  

   imate, 
  rather 
  sharp 
  ridges, 
  subparallel 
  but 
  nearly 
  meeting 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   inclosing 
  on 
  basal 
  half 
  a 
  tolerably 
  dee^) 
  sulcus, 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  extrem- 
  

   ity 
  of 
  which, 
  outside 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  plate, 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  

   short 
  blunt 
  ridge; 
  furcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  subattingent 
  minute 
  

   lobes, 
  i^rojecting 
  by 
  about 
  their 
  own 
  width 
  ; 
  cerei 
  compressed, 
  laminate, 
  

   broad, 
  subequal, 
  tapering 
  a 
  very 
  little 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  subfalcate, 
  the 
  lower 
  

   apical 
  portion 
  produced 
  and 
  very 
  acutely 
  ai)gulate, 
  not 
  incurved 
  ; 
  apical 
  

   tubercle 
  coarse 
  and 
  blunt, 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   subgenital 
  x)late 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  distance. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  19 
  mm., 
  female, 
  27 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  

   female,*.) 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  4.1 
  mm., 
  female, 
  5 
  mm.: 
  liind 
  femora, 
  

   male, 
  12.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

  Two 
  males, 
  3 
  females. 
  Sierra 
  de 
  San 
  Miguelito, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  

   Mexico, 
  E. 
  Palmer. 
  

  

  2. 
  CONALCAEA 
  TRUNCATIPENNIS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Fusco-testaceous, 
  mottled 
  with 
  dull 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  dull 
  

   testaceous. 
  Head 
  pale 
  ferrugineo-testaceous, 
  mottled 
  with 
  ferruginous 
  

   on 
  luteo-testaceous, 
  the 
  summit 
  with 
  two 
  divergent 
  ferruginous 
  stripes 
  

   and 
  feeble 
  signs 
  of 
  a 
  postocular 
  ferruginous 
  stripe; 
  fastigium 
  feebly 
  

   depressed 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  punctate 
  at 
  tip 
  ; 
  frontal 
  costa 
  punctate 
  

   throughout, 
  very 
  shallowly 
  sulcate 
  ; 
  rest 
  of 
  face 
  and 
  lower 
  i)art 
  of 
  genae 
  

   sparsely 
  punctate; 
  antennae 
  dark 
  fuscous. 
  Pronotum 
  with 
  feeble 
  signs 
  

   of 
  a 
  luteous 
  stripe 
  following 
  the 
  lateral 
  carinae, 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  

   of 
  either 
  side, 
  including 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  sinuate. 
  Tegmina 
  

   rapidly 
  enlarging 
  from 
  the 
  constricted 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  mid('le, 
  beyond 
  sub- 
  

   equal, 
  broadly 
  truncate 
  at 
  the 
  extremity, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  jnozona, 
  

   testaceous. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  ferrugineo-testaceous, 
  dull 
  olivaceous 
  beneath. 
  

  

  