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  EET'ISIOX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOFLl—SCrDDER. 
  65 
  

  

  with 
  a 
  pallid 
  liue 
  along 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  carinae 
  of 
  the 
  prozona, 
  

   extending- 
  also 
  across 
  the 
  head 
  ^yhere 
  it 
  follows 
  the 
  upper 
  hinder 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  of 
  the 
  eyes; 
  above 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  on 
  the 
  prozoua, 
  

   is 
  a 
  more- 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  and 
  irregular 
  fuscous 
  bar, 
  generally 
  darkest 
  

   below, 
  including 
  on 
  the 
  hinder 
  section 
  a 
  whitish 
  dash 
  in 
  its 
  upper 
  part, 
  

   and 
  sometimes 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  margined 
  with 
  pallid, 
  especially 
  below; 
  

   there 
  is 
  usual 
  Ij^ 
  present, 
  sometimes 
  conspicuously, 
  a 
  narrower 
  or 
  broader 
  

   mediodorsal 
  stripe, 
  sometimes 
  pale 
  yellow 
  or 
  pale 
  yellow 
  margined 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  broadly, 
  and 
  generally 
  more 
  broadly 
  behind 
  than 
  in 
  front, 
  with 
  

   reddish 
  pink 
  or 
  fuscous, 
  at 
  other 
  times, 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  generally 
  broader, 
  wholly 
  reddish 
  pink 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   iufnscated. 
  Tegmina 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  

   green 
  or 
  yellowish 
  green, 
  the 
  anal 
  area 
  and 
  often 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  that 
  

   sometimes 
  reddish 
  pink, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  female. 
  Legs 
  green, 
  the 
  fore 
  

   and 
  middle 
  femora 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  plainly 
  annulate 
  with 
  coral 
  red 
  before 
  

   the 
  geniculation, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  with 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  red 
  above 
  the 
  upper 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  face, 
  the 
  geniculation 
  with 
  a 
  fuscous 
  crescent 
  both 
  

   on 
  the 
  outer 
  and 
  inner 
  side; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  pale 
  bluish 
  green, 
  becoming 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  yellowish 
  apically, 
  the 
  spines 
  i^allid 
  on 
  their 
  basal, 
  blackish 
  

   brown 
  on 
  their 
  apical 
  half; 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  pale 
  green, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  yellow- 
  

   ish, 
  especially 
  at 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  joints. 
  Supraanal 
  plate 
  of 
  fei>iale 
  

   triangular, 
  subacutely 
  but 
  bluntly 
  angulate, 
  of 
  about 
  equal 
  length 
  and 
  

   breadth, 
  the 
  margins 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  either 
  half 
  with 
  a 
  

   rather 
  broad 
  moderately 
  elevated 
  ridge, 
  the 
  two 
  converging 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  plate 
  and 
  inclosing 
  a 
  deep 
  basal 
  sulcus; 
  furcula 
  consist- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  minute 
  rounded 
  lobes, 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  distant 
  as 
  their 
  

   width; 
  cerci 
  considerably 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate, 
  simple, 
  reg- 
  

   uh.rly 
  conical 
  on 
  basal 
  half, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  subeqnal, 
  bluntly 
  i^ointed, 
  

   very 
  feebly 
  downcurved 
  ; 
  infracercal 
  plates 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  supra- 
  

   anal 
  plate, 
  inconspicuous; 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  and 
  

   rather 
  deeply 
  emarginate. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  18.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  30 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  

   8.25 
  mm., 
  female, 
  10.25 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  13 
  mm., 
  female, 
  20 
  mm.; 
  

   hind 
  femora, 
  male, 
  11.0 
  mm., 
  female, 
  17.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Forty 
  males, 
  68 
  females. 
  Eed 
  River 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  [Minnesota 
  or 
  Mani- 
  

   toba], 
  Uhler; 
  southern 
  Illinois, 
  Kennicott; 
  Crawford 
  County, 
  Iowa, 
  

   July 
  13-24, 
  J. 
  A. 
  Allen; 
  Denison, 
  Crawford 
  County, 
  Iowa, 
  July 
  20, 
  

   J. 
  A. 
  Allen; 
  Jefferson, 
  Greene 
  County, 
  Iowa, 
  July 
  20-24, 
  J. 
  A. 
  Allen; 
  

   Dallas 
  County, 
  Iowa, 
  August, 
  J. 
  A. 
  Allen; 
  Valentine, 
  Cherry 
  County, 
  

   Xebraska,L.Bruner(U.S.iSr.:M. 
  [Xo.712]); 
  FortEobiuson, 
  Dawes 
  County, 
  

   Nebraska, 
  August 
  22, 
  L. 
  Bruner 
  (U.S.X.M. 
  [No. 
  712]); 
  Chadron, 
  Dawes 
  

   County, 
  Nebraska, 
  L. 
  Bruner 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  [No. 
  712]); 
  Nebraska, 
  Dodge, 
  

   Hayden 
  ; 
  West 
  Point, 
  Cuming 
  County, 
  Nebraska 
  (L. 
  Bruner) 
  ; 
  Bismarck, 
  

   North 
  Dakota, 
  July 
  23, 
  G. 
  W. 
  Sweet 
  ( 
  U.S.N. 
  M. 
  [No. 
  712]) 
  ; 
  Wyoming, 
  Mor- 
  

   rison 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  [No. 
  712]); 
  Fort 
  McKinney, 
  Johnson 
  County, 
  Wyoming, 
  

   July 
  20 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  [No. 
  712]); 
  Fort 
  Benton, 
  Choteau 
  County, 
  Montana, 
  

   Proc. 
  N. 
  M. 
  vol. 
  XX 
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