﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVISTON 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCrDDEn. 
  57 
  

  

  b'. 
  Pronotum 
  diversified 
  in 
  color 
  only 
  by 
  longitndin:il 
  stripes, 
  the 
  dorsum 
  dis- 
  

   tiuclly 
  tectiform; 
  tegmina 
  ■witbont 
  pale 
  stripes 
  (tbongb 
  tbey 
  are 
  oi-casionallv 
  

   indicated). 
  

  

  C-. 
  Tegmina 
  loliiforni, 
  no 
  longer 
  than 
  tbe 
  pronotum. 
  

  

  (V. 
  General 
  color 
  dark 
  brown, 
  occasionally 
  witb 
  a 
  tinge 
  of 
  green; 
  tegmina 
  

  

  short 
  ovate, 
  distinctly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  pronotum 
  4. 
  pacificus 
  (p. 
  61). 
  

  

  d'. 
  General 
  color 
  grass-green; 
  tegmina 
  long 
  oval, 
  scarcely 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  

  

  pronotum 
  5. 
  vurtlpennis 
  (p. 
  62). 
  

  

  -. 
  Tegmina 
  fully 
  developed 
  or 
  abbreviate, 
  fully 
  twice 
  or 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  jironotum. 
  

  

  d-. 
  Tegmina 
  and 
  wings 
  abl)reviate, 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  body. 
  

  

  6. 
  hreripeniHs 
  {yi.QQ). 
  

   d-. 
  Tegmina 
  and 
  wings 
  distinctly 
  surpassing 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  or 
  sometimes 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  female 
  only 
  equaliug 
  it 
  7. 
  pratensi-s 
  (p. 
  6-1). 
  

  

  A*. 
  Pronotum 
  tectiform 
  ; 
  both 
  jirozona 
  and 
  metazona, 
  both 
  on 
  dorsum 
  and 
  lateral 
  

   lobes, 
  equally 
  and 
  distinctly 
  rugulose 
  8. 
  speciosns 
  {-p. 
  66). 
  

  

  I. 
  HESPEROTETTIX 
  VIRIDIS. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  IV, 
  fig. 
  8.) 
  

  

  Caloptenus 
  viridis 
  Thomas, 
  Ann. 
  Rep. 
  V. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr., 
  Y 
  (1872), 
  p. 
  450, 
  pi. 
  

  

  II, 
  hg. 
  3.— 
  Glover, 
  111. 
  N. 
  A. 
  Ent., 
  Orth. 
  (1872), 
  pi. 
  ii, 
  fig. 
  3. 
  

   Ommaiolampis 
  viridis 
  Thomas 
  (jiars^, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr., 
  V 
  (1873), 
  p. 
  

  

  J56;? 
  Rep. 
  Geol. 
  Geogr. 
  Surv. 
  100th 
  mer., 
  V 
  (1875), 
  p. 
  892.— 
  Pruner. 
  Can. 
  

  

  Ent., 
  IX 
  (1877), 
  p. 
  144, 
  

   Bespcrotetiix 
  viridis 
  Uhler 
  (pars), 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr., 
  Ill 
  (1877), 
  p. 
  

  

  795. 
  — 
  ? 
  Thomas, 
  Ann. 
  Rep. 
  Chief 
  Eng., 
  1878 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  1845.— 
  Kruxer 
  (pars), 
  

  

  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Comm., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  59; 
  Bull. 
  Washb. 
  Coll., 
  I 
  (1885), 
  

  

  p. 
  137.— 
  ? 
  COQUILLETT, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent., 
  1885 
  (1886), 
  pp. 
  295, 
  297.— 
  Bruxer, 
  

  

  Publ. 
  Nebr. 
  Acad. 
  Sc, 
  III 
  (1893), 
  p. 
  26. 
  

   PezoMlix 
  viridis 
  Stal, 
  Bib. 
  K. 
  Sv. 
  Vet.-Akad. 
  Handl.. 
  Y, 
  No. 
  9 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  14. 
  

   Hesperoietiijc 
  monianus 
  Bruxer!, 
  MS. 
  

  

  Head 
  varying 
  from 
  olivaceous 
  to 
  ocbraceous, 
  sparsely 
  and 
  rather 
  

   coarsely 
  punctate 
  "with 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  costae, 
  front, 
  and 
  inferior 
  margins 
  

   of 
  the 
  genae 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  pallid, 
  an 
  intraocular 
  black 
  bar 
  and 
  infra- 
  

   antennal 
  black 
  band, 
  the 
  clypeal 
  incisures 
  black 
  ; 
  fastigium 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   infuscated 
  or 
  blackish, 
  and 
  the 
  vertex 
  with 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  black 
  striije. 
  

   broadening 
  posteriorly 
  and 
  there 
  sometimes 
  inclosing 
  a 
  pallid 
  thread; 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  behind 
  the 
  eye 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  streaked 
  longitudinally 
  

   with 
  blackish; 
  antennae 
  warm 
  testaceous, 
  with 
  a 
  greenish 
  tinge 
  near 
  

   base. 
  Pronotum 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  ground 
  color 
  as 
  the 
  head, 
  but 
  the 
  dorsum 
  

   often 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  a 
  testaceous 
  or 
  subferruginous 
  tint, 
  the 
  sulci 
  

   narrowly 
  marked 
  in 
  black, 
  a 
  moderately 
  broad 
  mediodorsal 
  bright 
  or 
  

   dull 
  wliite 
  stripe 
  rather 
  narrowly 
  margined, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  the 
  excep- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  metazona, 
  with 
  black 
  or 
  fuscous; 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  much 
  varie- 
  

   gated 
  on 
  the 
  i)rozona 
  by 
  an 
  irregular 
  assortment 
  of 
  brief, 
  longitudinal, 
  

   black, 
  rarely 
  dark-green 
  bars, 
  sometimes 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  connected 
  to 
  form 
  

   a 
  gently 
  oblique 
  moderately 
  broad 
  belt. 
  Pleura 
  and 
  tegmina 
  as 
  in 
  

   H.fcstivns, 
  and 
  the 
  femora 
  similar, 
  but 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  almost 
  always 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  a 
  moderately 
  broad 
  pregenicular 
  salmon 
  colored 
  com- 
  

   ])lete 
  annulation; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  as 
  in 
  R.fesiivns. 
  Supraanal 
  

  

  