﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCrDDER. 
  33 
  

  

  6'. 
  Interspace 
  between 
  the 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  of 
  male 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  

   the 
  lobes 
  rounded 
  on 
  their 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  cerci 
  of 
  male 
  feebly 
  and 
  regularlj' 
  incurved 
  

  

  throughout, 
  almost 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  1. 
  concinnus 
  (p. 
  33). 
  

  

  i-. 
  Interspace 
  between 
  the 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  of 
  male 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   broa^.^Jtliesides 
  parallel 
  ; 
  cerci 
  of 
  male 
  bent 
  distinctly 
  inward 
  on 
  apical 
  third, 
  

  

  ^irfuch 
  legs 
  ^[^Ivialf 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  2. 
  2>almer} 
  (l^. 
  3i). 
  

  

  yk.l.\^ides 
  of 
  the 
  diSt 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  with 
  

  

  u6 
  distinct 
  stripes; 
  cfcci 
  of 
  male 
  narrowed 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  3. 
  pilosus 
  (p. 
  35). 
  

  

  * 
  I. 
  RHteDOTETTIX 
  CONCINNUS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  : 
  A 
  '.' 
  \ 
  ' 
  r2. 
  --im 
  (Plate 
  in, 
  tig. 
  2.) 
  

  

  ^ 
  Body 
  very 
  spardPy 
  but 
  not 
  briefly 
  i)ilose, 
  brownish 
  testaceous 
  above, 
  

   ij^o-testaceofisj^clow, 
  marked 
  with 
  blackish 
  castaneous 
  and 
  dull 
  

   ej>u« 
  and 
  uawe 
  or 
  less 
  tinged 
  with 
  ferruginous. 
  Head 
  luteo-testa- 
  

   ccousT^fKKrusely 
  and 
  delicately 
  mottled 
  with 
  fuscous 
  on 
  face 
  and 
  genae, 
  

   the 
  vertex 
  black 
  or 
  blackish 
  castaneous, 
  bounded 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  luteous 
  

   stripe 
  behind 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  eyes, 
  separating 
  from 
  it 
  a 
  broad 
  

   black 
  or 
  blackish 
  band 
  behind 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  eyes, 
  which 
  again 
  is 
  

   followed 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  luteous 
  patch 
  behind 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  eyes; 
  

   face, 
  including 
  frontal 
  costa 
  and 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  genae, 
  sparsely 
  punc- 
  

   tate; 
  antennae 
  luteo- 
  testaceous 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscated. 
  Pronotum 
  

   with 
  a 
  very 
  broad, 
  median, 
  blackish 
  castaneous 
  band 
  crossing 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   zona, 
  separated 
  from 
  an 
  equally 
  broad, 
  similar, 
  percurrent, 
  posteriorly 
  

   widening 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  (but 
  here 
  less 
  pure) 
  

   by 
  a 
  rather 
  narrow 
  dull 
  luteous 
  stripe, 
  the 
  continuation 
  of 
  that 
  beliind 
  

   the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  eyes; 
  metazoua 
  mostly 
  ferrugineo-testaceous; 
  

   rest 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  blackish 
  castaneous 
  above, 
  with 
  a 
  broad, 
  irregularly 
  

   margined, 
  broadening, 
  dull 
  luteous 
  or 
  luteo 
  ferruginous, 
  median 
  stripe; 
  

   lower 
  portion 
  of 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  luteous 
  or 
  luteo-testa- 
  

   ceous. 
  Tegmina 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  interstices 
  of 
  the 
  pale 
  testaceous 
  veins. 
  

   Fore 
  and 
  middle 
  femora 
  greenish 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  strong 
  ferruginous 
  tinge 
  

   above; 
  hind 
  femora 
  ferruginous 
  above, 
  yellowish 
  luteous 
  beneatb, 
  the 
  

   outer 
  face 
  olivaceous 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscated 
  above, 
  the 
  genicular 
  

   arc 
  piceous; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  olivaceous 
  green, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  spines 
  

   black, 
  ten 
  spines 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  Suj)raanal 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  triangu- 
  

   lar 
  with 
  slightly 
  convex 
  sides, 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  slightly 
  raised, 
  the 
  

   inner 
  half 
  tectate 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  deep 
  and 
  slender 
  median 
  sulcus 
  on 
  the 
  

   summit, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  plate; 
  furcula 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  scarcely 
  projecting 
  exceedingly 
  broad 
  plates, 
  

   each 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  its 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  supra- 
  

   anal 
  plate 
  beneath 
  it, 
  separated 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   interval; 
  cerci 
  thinly 
  laminate, 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  slightly 
  convex 
  trans- 
  

   versely, 
  pretty 
  broad, 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  subequal, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  bent 
  

   strongly 
  upward 
  in 
  a 
  curve, 
  the 
  apex 
  rounded, 
  the 
  whole 
  gently 
  

   incurved, 
  subfalcate; 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  slightly 
  

   and 
  broadly 
  convex 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  side, 
  falling 
  toward 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   which 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  angulate; 
  pallium 
  capable 
  of 
  erection 
  as 
  a 
  high 
  

   pyramid. 
  

  

  Proc. 
  ^. 
  M. 
  vol. 
  XX 
  3 
  

  

  