﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  BEVISIOX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELAXOPLI—SCrDDEE. 
  75 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  17 
  mm., 
  female, 
  20.5 
  mm.; 
  autennae, 
  male, 
  C.5 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  6 
  mm.; 
  tegmiiia, 
  male, 
  3 
  mm., 
  female, 
  3.75 
  mm.; 
  liind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  9.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Two 
  males, 
  2 
  females. 
  Graud 
  Juuction, 
  ]\Iesa 
  County, 
  Colorado, 
  

   June, 
  L. 
  Bruner. 
  

  

  6. 
  AEOLOPLUS 
  TURNBULLII. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  Y, 
  lig. 
  10.) 
  

  

  CaJoptenus 
  turnbuUii 
  Thomas 
  !, 
  Anu. 
  Eep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr., 
  V 
  (1872), 
  p. 
  452, 
  

   pi. 
  II, 
  fig. 
  10; 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr., 
  V 
  (1873), 
  p. 
  158; 
  Eep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  

   Coinm., 
  I 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  42.— 
  Glover, 
  111. 
  X. 
  A. 
  Ent., 
  Orth. 
  (1872), 
  pi. 
  xi, 
  fis^-. 
  10.— 
  

   Scudder!, 
  Cau. 
  Ent., 
  XII 
  (1880), 
  p. 
  75. 
  — 
  Bruner, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Comni., 
  

   Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  60; 
  Bull. 
  Div.Ent. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep. 
  Agric, 
  IV 
  (1884), 
  p. 
  58. 
  

  

  Mdanophis 
  inrnhuUii 
  Brunei;, 
  Bull. 
  Washb. 
  Coll., 
  I 
  (1885), 
  p. 
  139; 
  Publ. 
  Xebr. 
  

   Acad. 
  So., 
  Ill 
  (1893), 
  p. 
  28. 
  

  

  Head 
  varying 
  from 
  pallid 
  testaceous 
  to 
  brownish 
  testaceous, 
  the 
  

   genae 
  sometimes 
  clouded 
  with 
  fuscous; 
  a 
  broad 
  blackish 
  stripe, 
  usually 
  

   broadening 
  posteriorly, 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  fastigium 
  across 
  

   the 
  summit, 
  nearly 
  occupying 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  fastigium 
  except 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  expanded 
  portion 
  and 
  sometimes 
  iuvading 
  this; 
  a 
  broader 
  

   band 
  extends 
  longitudinally 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes; 
  antennae 
  pale 
  salmon 
  

   red, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  deeply 
  infuscated 
  apically; 
  fastigium 
  not 
  sulcate; 
  

   frontal 
  costa 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  narrowest 
  space 
  between 
  

   the 
  eyes, 
  shallowly 
  sulcate 
  below 
  the 
  ocellus. 
  Prouotum 
  varying 
  from 
  

   testaceous 
  to 
  dark 
  brownish 
  yellow, 
  the 
  metazona 
  generally 
  feebly 
  infus- 
  

   cated 
  in 
  parts, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  disk, 
  the 
  prozona 
  aud 
  generally 
  the 
  

   front 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  metazona 
  Avitli 
  a 
  broad, 
  obscurely 
  bordered, 
  blackish 
  

   fuliginous, 
  mesial 
  stripe, 
  sometimes 
  including 
  a 
  yellowish 
  thread 
  ; 
  upper 
  

   half 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  prozona 
  similarly 
  colored, 
  forming 
  a 
  

   broad 
  bar, 
  which 
  sometimes 
  extends 
  as 
  a 
  cloud 
  upon 
  the 
  metazona; 
  

   posterior 
  nmrgin 
  obtusely 
  angulate, 
  the 
  angle 
  rounded; 
  median 
  carina 
  

   on 
  the 
  metazona 
  only. 
  Prosternal 
  spine 
  conical 
  or 
  pyramidal, 
  rather 
  

   pointed, 
  moderately 
  long. 
  Teginina 
  brown, 
  variably 
  flecked 
  with 
  dull 
  

   yellowish, 
  the 
  basal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  anal 
  vein 
  often 
  so 
  marked, 
  falling 
  

   distinctly 
  short 
  of 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  somewhat 
  

   but 
  not 
  greatly 
  expanded 
  beyond 
  the 
  base, 
  beyond 
  tapering 
  regularly, 
  

   the 
  tip 
  well 
  rounded; 
  wings 
  at 
  rest 
  protruding 
  slightly 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   tegmina. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  clay 
  yellow, 
  thrice 
  broadly 
  banded 
  with 
  blue 
  

   black, 
  the 
  bands 
  generally 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  blended 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  face, 
  the 
  

   whole 
  genicular 
  arc 
  inky 
  black; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  glaucous, 
  suffused 
  apically 
  

   with 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  subbasal 
  yellowish 
  aunulus, 
  the 
  

   pallid 
  spines 
  black 
  tipped, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  clay 
  yellow. 
  Supraanal 
  plate 
  of 
  

   male 
  triangular, 
  the 
  apex 
  acute 
  and 
  bluntly 
  pointed, 
  the 
  sides 
  nearly 
  

   straight, 
  the 
  surface 
  feebly 
  arched, 
  with 
  a 
  basal, 
  triangular, 
  apically 
  

   narrowing 
  sulcus, 
  which 
  hardly 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  plate 
  and 
  

   is 
  bounded 
  by 
  sharp 
  walls; 
  a 
  short, 
  moderately 
  sharp 
  but 
  low, 
  oblique 
  

   ridge 
  starts 
  from 
  the 
  outer 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  plate 
  and 
  runs 
  a 
  similar 
  dis- 
  

  

  