﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  liEriSWX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOP 
  LI— 
  SC 
  UDDER. 
  67 
  

  

  l)allicl 
  at 
  base, 
  slightly 
  darker 
  and 
  sometimes 
  infuscated 
  at 
  tip, 
  nearly 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  (female) 
  or 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  (male) 
  head 
  and 
  prouotum 
  

   together. 
  Prouotum 
  tectiform 
  with 
  a 
  feeble 
  blunt 
  and 
  equal 
  median 
  

   carina, 
  which 
  is 
  often 
  but 
  not 
  always, 
  sometimes 
  conspicuously, 
  pink 
  

   roseate; 
  proznna 
  much 
  longer 
  than, 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as, 
  

   the 
  metazona, 
  rugulose, 
  the 
  raised 
  portions 
  generally 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   yellowish 
  and 
  having 
  often 
  a 
  transverse, 
  never 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  trend; 
  

   the 
  metazona 
  equally 
  rugulose, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  longitudinal 
  trend 
  

   to 
  the 
  raised 
  portions; 
  hind 
  margin 
  obscurely 
  and 
  obtusely 
  augulate. 
  

   Tegmina 
  green 
  or 
  yellowish 
  green, 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  veins 
  being 
  yellow 
  

   and 
  the 
  ground 
  green 
  ; 
  they 
  taper 
  to 
  a 
  roundly 
  acuminate 
  tip 
  and 
  are 
  of 
  

   variable 
  length 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  but 
  always 
  considerably 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   pronotum, 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  usually 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  abdo- 
  

   men, 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  generally 
  varying 
  from 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  to 
  quite 
  

   or 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen; 
  wings 
  i)ellucid 
  green, 
  with 
  green 
  

   veins. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  green, 
  the 
  outer 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  below 
  

   the 
  carina 
  often 
  roseate, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  surface 
  generally 
  pale 
  yellow 
  ; 
  a 
  

   faint 
  sign 
  of 
  a 
  pregenicular 
  roseate 
  anuulation 
  often 
  appears; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   green, 
  the 
  spines 
  pallid 
  or 
  yellowish 
  green 
  with 
  black 
  tii)S. 
  Supraanal 
  

   plate 
  of 
  male 
  triangular, 
  with 
  slightly 
  sinuate 
  sides, 
  the 
  apex 
  some- 
  

   times 
  acute, 
  sometimes 
  rounded, 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  broad 
  and 
  deep 
  median 
  

   sulcus 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  half, 
  bounded 
  by 
  a 
  rather 
  high 
  and 
  acute 
  ridge 
  on 
  

   either 
  side, 
  between 
  ^Yhich 
  and 
  the 
  margin 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  deep 
  and 
  very 
  

   broad 
  valley; 
  a 
  slight 
  median 
  sulcus 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  half; 
  furcula 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  approximate, 
  little 
  protruding, 
  triangular 
  lobes; 
  

   cerci 
  delicate 
  and 
  slender, 
  tajiering 
  gently 
  and 
  more 
  on 
  basiil 
  than 
  on 
  

   apical 
  half, 
  though 
  sometimes 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  is 
  nearly 
  equal, 
  bluntly 
  

   acuminate 
  at 
  tip 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  half 
  distinctly 
  incurved; 
  apical 
  

   tubercle 
  prominent, 
  conical, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  appressed; 
  sometimes 
  slightly 
  

   transverse 
  as 
  viewed 
  from 
  behind, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  (as 
  in 
  the 
  figure; 
  

   by 
  accident 
  in 
  drying?) 
  bifid. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  22.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  34 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  10 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  11.5 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  9 
  mni.,^ 
  female, 
  18.5 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  14 
  mm., 
  female, 
  18.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Twelve 
  males, 
  27 
  females. 
  Nebraska, 
  Dodge, 
  Scudder; 
  Nebraska 
  

   City 
  and 
  banks 
  of 
  Platte 
  Kiver, 
  Nebraska, 
  Hayden 
  ; 
  Finney 
  County, 
  

   Kansas, 
  September, 
  H. 
  W. 
  Menke 
  (University 
  of 
  Kansas); 
  Lakin, 
  

   Kearny 
  County, 
  Kansas, 
  3,000 
  feet, 
  July 
  9, 
  September 
  1 
  ; 
  Garland, 
  Cos- 
  

   tilla 
  County, 
  Colorado, 
  8,000 
  feet, 
  August 
  28; 
  Texas, 
  Belfrage; 
  Dallas, 
  

   Texas, 
  Boll; 
  San 
  Antonio, 
  Bexar 
  County, 
  Texas 
  (L. 
  Bruner); 
  Fort 
  

   Worth, 
  Tarrant 
  County, 
  Texas, 
  May 
  (U.S.N.M.— 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  

   Gulf 
  coast 
  of 
  Texas, 
  Aaron; 
  Pecos 
  IJiver, 
  Texas, 
  Captain 
  Pope. 
  

  

  Since 
  writing 
  this, 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Baker 
  has 
  sent 
  me 
  specimens 
  from 
  Horse- 
  

   tooth 
  Mountain, 
  0,000 
  feet, 
  west 
  of 
  Fort 
  Collins, 
  Colorado. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  Dakota 
  or 
  Montana 
  (Thomas), 
  

  

  ' 
  The 
  male 
  selected 
  for 
  lueasuremeiit 
  has 
  unusually 
  short 
  tegmina. 
  

  

  