﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCUDDKB. 
  39 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  12.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  21 
  mm. 
  ; 
  anteunae, 
  male, 
  G.5 
  

   mm,, 
  female, 
  7.5 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  2 
  mm., 
  female, 
  '^.~) 
  mm.; 
  liiud 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  8 
  mm., 
  female, 
  11.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Two 
  males, 
  one 
  female. 
  Corpus 
  Cbristi 
  Bay, 
  Xueces 
  County, 
  Texas, 
  

   December 
  11-20, 
  E. 
  Palmer; 
  Lerdo, 
  Durango, 
  Mexico, 
  December 
  (L. 
  

   Bruner). 
  

  

  3. 
  CYCLOCERCUS 
  VALGA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   (Plate 
  III, 
  fig. 
  6.) 
  

  

  Brownish 
  testaceous 
  with 
  blackish 
  and 
  dull 
  luteous 
  markings. 
  Head 
  

   dull 
  luteo-testacc 
  ous, 
  the 
  whole 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  to 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  eyes 
  posteriorly 
  blackish, 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  and 
  somewhat 
  obscnre 
  

   luteous 
  stripe 
  on 
  either 
  side, 
  following 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  fastigium 
  

   around 
  the 
  eyes 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  then 
  passing 
  backward, 
  continuing 
  

   across 
  the 
  prozona 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  nuirgin 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes; 
  fa.stigium 
  

   feebly 
  sulcate 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  which 
  are 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  sj^ace, 
  

   much 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  rather 
  broad 
  and 
  subequal 
  frontal 
  costa; 
  this 
  

   becomes 
  obsolescent 
  below 
  and 
  is 
  shallowly 
  sulcate 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  

   sparsely 
  and 
  feebly 
  punctate 
  tliroughout, 
  like 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  

   the 
  genae 
  ; 
  antennae 
  luteo-testaceous. 
  Pronotum 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  blackish 
  

   fuscous 
  dorsal 
  stripe, 
  crossing 
  the 
  whole 
  prozona 
  between 
  the 
  luteous 
  

   stripes 
  mentioned, 
  coarsely 
  and 
  feebly 
  rugoso-iiunctate; 
  metazona 
  finely 
  

   and 
  closely 
  rugoso-punctate, 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  palUd 
  lute- 
  

   ous 
  below, 
  crossed 
  above 
  by 
  a 
  very 
  broad 
  mixed 
  luteo-castaneous 
  and 
  

   blackish 
  band, 
  greatly 
  broadening 
  and 
  weakening 
  on 
  the 
  metazona, 
  

   where 
  it 
  becomes 
  rufo-testaceous; 
  episterna 
  pale 
  greenish 
  luteous; 
  

   epimera 
  subj)iceous. 
  Intersi^ace 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  of 
  male 
  

   subquadrate. 
  Tegmina 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  with 
  luteous 
  veins, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  the 
  prozona, 
  linear, 
  slightly 
  and 
  regularly 
  enlarging 
  to 
  the 
  rounded 
  

   apex. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  flavo-luteous 
  like 
  the 
  under 
  surlace 
  of 
  the 
  abdo- 
  

   men, 
  pale 
  rufo-testaceous 
  above, 
  the 
  outer 
  field 
  with 
  a 
  bluish 
  green 
  

   upper 
  margin, 
  the 
  whole 
  geniculation 
  pale 
  rufo-testaceous; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   feebly 
  incurved 
  aincally 
  (whence 
  the 
  specific 
  name), 
  blue-green 
  with 
  

   a 
  testaceous 
  base, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  spines 
  black. 
  Supraanal 
  plate 
  

   of 
  male 
  shield-shaped, 
  with 
  strongly 
  sinuous 
  sides, 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  

   broad, 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  narrow 
  sulcus 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half, 
  bounded 
  by 
  slight 
  

   ridges; 
  furcula 
  wanting 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  parted 
  in 
  tlie 
  mid- 
  

   dle; 
  cerci 
  somewhat 
  tumid 
  and 
  large 
  at 
  base, 
  tapering 
  rapidly 
  in 
  the 
  

   basal 
  half, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  laminate, 
  tapering, 
  acuminate, 
  with 
  an 
  inferior 
  

   dentation 
  at 
  its 
  base. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  18.5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  antennae, 
  ^.~i 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tegmina, 
  4 
  mm. 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  femora, 
  11.25 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  male. 
  Sierra 
  Xola, 
  Tamaulipas, 
  Mexico, 
  J)ecember 
  .'3-0, 
  E. 
  

   Palmer. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  differs 
  widely 
  from 
  the 
  two 
  preceding. 
  

  

  