﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  BEVISIOX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELAXOPLT-SCrDDEB. 
  63 
  

  

  prozona 
  plainly 
  though 
  feebly, 
  sparsely 
  and 
  rather 
  coarsely 
  punctate, 
  

   the 
  metazona 
  closely 
  punctate. 
  Tegmina 
  rather 
  long 
  ovate, 
  nearly 
  

   twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  and 
  scarcely 
  shorter 
  than 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  three- 
  

   quarters 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  prouotuui, 
  green. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  green, 
  the 
  

   outer 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  ruddy, 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  and 
  the 
  

   carina 
  beneath 
  the 
  outer 
  lield 
  luteous; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  green, 
  the 
  spines 
  

   l)ale 
  green 
  with 
  black 
  tips. 
  Abdomen 
  green, 
  becoming 
  darker 
  above, 
  

   the 
  carina 
  marked 
  heavily 
  with 
  yellow 
  and 
  margined 
  with 
  blackish 
  

   green. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  female, 
  33 
  mm. 
  ; 
  antennae, 
  7.75 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tegmina, 
  6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  femora, 
  12.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Two 
  females. 
  Colorado, 
  Morrison 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  [Xo. 
  710]; 
  L. 
  Bruiier). 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  long-winged 
  forms, 
  this 
  species 
  most 
  resembles 
  H. 
  festiinis, 
  

   but 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  it, 
  apart 
  from 
  the 
  great 
  difference 
  in 
  

   the 
  tegmiua. 
  

  

  6. 
  HESPEROTETTIX 
  BREVIPENNIS. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  y, 
  tig. 
  2.) 
  

  

  Ommatolampis 
  hreripeiinis 
  Thomas!, 
  lUill. 
  U. 
  S. 
  (ieol. 
  Siirv. 
  Terr., 
  I, 
  No. 
  2 
  (1874), 
  

  

  1st 
  Ser., 
  p. 
  67. 
  

   HesperoieHix 
  riridis 
  Uhler 
  (pars), 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr., 
  Ill 
  (1877), 
  p. 
  795. 
  — 
  

  

  Morse!, 
  Psyche, 
  YI 
  (1892), 
  p. 
  262; 
  VII 
  (1894), 
  p. 
  106. 
  

  

  Head 
  pea 
  green, 
  fusco-punctate 
  in 
  front, 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  blackish 
  stripe 
  

   below 
  the 
  eyes, 
  behind 
  the 
  pallid 
  callosity; 
  streaks 
  of 
  dark 
  green 
  pass 
  

   backward 
  from 
  the 
  eye, 
  and 
  the 
  vertex 
  has 
  a 
  slender, 
  mediodorsal 
  fus- 
  

   cous 
  stripe, 
  narrowing 
  anteriorly 
  and 
  ending 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fastig- 
  

   ium 
  in 
  a 
  round 
  blackish 
  spot; 
  antennae 
  pale 
  ferruginous, 
  slightly 
  

   iufuscated 
  apically. 
  Prouotum 
  shaped 
  as 
  iu 
  if. 
  j^aYens/s, 
  pea 
  green, 
  

   with 
  a 
  moderately 
  broad, 
  bright 
  ferruginous, 
  obscurely 
  fuscous, 
  mar- 
  

   gined, 
  mediodorsal 
  stripe, 
  generally 
  broader 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  

   male; 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  but 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  

   front 
  margiu 
  nor 
  passing 
  beyond 
  the 
  prozona, 
  a 
  blackish 
  fuscous 
  bar, 
  

   sharply 
  delimited 
  below, 
  fading 
  out 
  above, 
  bordered 
  beneath 
  and 
  some- 
  

   times 
  interrupted 
  posteriorly 
  above 
  with 
  pallid 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  green 
  

   except 
  that 
  the 
  metapleura 
  have 
  an 
  oblique 
  ijallid 
  stripe, 
  bordered 
  on 
  

   the 
  upper 
  posterior 
  and 
  lower 
  anterior 
  sides 
  with 
  black. 
  Tegmina 
  con- 
  

   siderably 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  abdomen 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  but 
  particularly 
  in 
  

   the 
  female, 
  the 
  anal 
  area 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  that 
  ferruginous, 
  its 
  upper 
  

   limit 
  sometimes 
  infuscated, 
  the 
  remainder 
  pea 
  green. 
  Femora 
  almost 
  

   precisely 
  as 
  in 
  H.pratensis; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  varying 
  from 
  pea 
  green 
  to 
  pale 
  

   bluish 
  green, 
  the 
  spines 
  pale 
  on 
  basal, 
  black 
  on 
  apical 
  half; 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  

   coucolorous 
  with 
  tibiae 
  or 
  sometimes 
  a 
  little 
  yellower. 
  Supraaual 
  plate 
  

   of 
  male 
  triangular, 
  with 
  straight 
  sides 
  and 
  rounded 
  subacute 
  apex, 
  

   about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  and 
  rather 
  high 
  tectate 
  ridge 
  

   parallel 
  to 
  the 
  margins, 
  inclosing 
  a 
  deep, 
  basally 
  broad, 
  triangular 
  sul- 
  

   cus; 
  furcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  slightly 
  projecting, 
  moderate 
  sized. 
  

  

  