﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  BEVISIOX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCUDDEB. 
  31 
  

  

  zona, 
  divided 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  by 
  a 
  feeble, 
  straiglit, 
  transverse 
  snlcns, 
  

   followed 
  at 
  scarcely 
  less 
  tlian 
  halfway 
  to 
  the 
  nietazona 
  by 
  a 
  similar 
  

   sulcus. 
  Trosternal 
  spine 
  erect, 
  rather 
  long^ 
  pyramidal, 
  acuminate; 
  

   interval 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  feebly 
  transverse, 
  almost 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  

   the 
  lobes 
  themselves, 
  the 
  metasternal 
  lobes 
  snbcontiguous. 
  Tegmina 
  

   elliptical, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  prozona. 
  Fore 
  and 
  middle 
  femora 
  tumes- 
  

   (ijent 
  in 
  a 
  slight 
  degree; 
  hind 
  femora 
  short 
  and 
  moderately 
  stout, 
  the 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  nine 
  spines 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  Extremity 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  subclavate, 
  well 
  rounded, 
  upturned, 
  tbe 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   genital 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  no 
  basal 
  ampliation, 
  straight, 
  the 
  apex 
  

   broadly 
  rounded, 
  protruding 
  beyond 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  by 
  

   less 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  latter; 
  furcula 
  wanting; 
  cerei 
  com- 
  

   pressed, 
  slender, 
  subequal 
  and 
  nearly 
  straight. 
  

  

  The 
  female 
  being 
  unknown, 
  the 
  description 
  is 
  based 
  wholly 
  u]»on 
  the 
  

   male. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  single 
  species 
  found 
  in 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  CEPHALOTETTIX 
  PARVULUS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   (Plate 
  III, 
  tig. 
  1.) 
  

  

  rezoteitix 
  parvuhts 
  McNeill!, 
  MS. 
  

   Fezotetiix 
  oUvaccux 
  Bruner!, 
  M.S. 
  

  

  Blacliish 
  or 
  fuscous 
  bronze 
  green 
  above, 
  olivaceous 
  yellow 
  below, 
  

   rather 
  sparsely 
  and 
  not 
  briefly 
  pilose. 
  Head 
  above 
  and 
  sides 
  to 
  the 
  

   lower 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  bronze 
  green, 
  becoming 
  blackish 
  above, 
  with 
  

   tlie 
  feeblest 
  sign 
  of 
  a 
  light-colored 
  stripe 
  behind 
  the 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  

   the 
  eye; 
  rest 
  of 
  head 
  with 
  face 
  olivaceous 
  yellow, 
  feebly 
  infuscated 
  and 
  

   sparsely 
  punctate; 
  antennae 
  olivaceous 
  at 
  base, 
  testaceous 
  beyond 
  and 
  

   infuscated 
  at 
  tip. 
  Pronotum 
  wholly 
  and 
  almost 
  uniformly 
  dark 
  bronze 
  

   green, 
  a 
  little 
  darker 
  above 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   darker 
  on 
  prozona 
  than 
  on 
  metazona. 
  Abdomen 
  above 
  fusco-olivaceous, 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  ferruginous 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  segments. 
  Tegmina 
  testa- 
  

   ceous. 
  Fore 
  and 
  middle 
  legs 
  and 
  hind 
  femora 
  olivaceous 
  yellow, 
  the 
  

   upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  becoming 
  fuscous 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  half, 
  the 
  

   whole 
  geniculation 
  blackish; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  green, 
  the 
  spines 
  blackish 
  

   brown 
  except 
  at 
  base. 
  Supraanal 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  triangular, 
  broadly 
  tec- 
  

   tiform 
  except 
  apically, 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  tectate 
  portion 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  

   deep, 
  slightly 
  narrowing, 
  basal 
  sulcus 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  plate; 
  furcula 
  

   absent; 
  cerci 
  slender, 
  compressed 
  but 
  not 
  laminate, 
  tapering 
  slightly 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  beyond 
  equal, 
  straight, 
  feebly 
  incurved 
  and 
  bluntly 
  rounded 
  

   at 
  the 
  tip, 
  angulate 
  below. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  13.25 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  6.75 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  2.5 
  

   mm. 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora, 
  8.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Two 
  males. 
  Otoyac, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico, 
  2,700 
  feet, 
  December 
  (L. 
  Bru- 
  

   ner); 
  Orizaba, 
  Mexico, 
  4,000 
  feet, 
  W. 
  S. 
  Blatchiey 
  (J. 
  McXeill). 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  preferred 
  McNeill's 
  name 
  to 
  Bruner's 
  because 
  the 
  latter 
  has 
  

   and 
  the 
  former 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  employed 
  in 
  closely 
  related 
  genera. 
  

  

  