﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  EEVISIOX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELAXOrLI—SCrDDEK. 
  77 
  

  

  here, 
  the 
  slight 
  lateral 
  carinae 
  moderately 
  abrupt 
  and 
  obtuse, 
  the 
  pos- 
  

   terior 
  border 
  obtusely 
  augulated, 
  tlie 
  angle 
  rounded. 
  Prosternal 
  spine 
  

   very 
  short, 
  straight, 
  stout, 
  pyramidal, 
  pointed. 
  Tegmina 
  not 
  nuich 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  obscure 
  brown, 
  mottled 
  with 
  many 
  pale 
  and 
  

   darker 
  spots 
  (due 
  to 
  the 
  broken 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  veins), 
  mostly 
  arranged 
  

   longitudinally 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  field; 
  the 
  costal 
  held 
  is 
  broadly 
  enlarged 
  

   near 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  beyond 
  it 
  the 
  whole 
  tapers 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  rounded 
  

   tip; 
  veins 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  preanal 
  field 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  dusky 
  or 
  

   blackish, 
  Ilind 
  femora 
  with 
  two 
  median, 
  angulate, 
  moderately 
  broad, 
  

   brownish 
  fuscous 
  bands, 
  the 
  arc 
  of 
  the 
  geniculation 
  black; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   pale 
  dull 
  glaucous, 
  pale 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  spines 
  black-tipped. 
  Supra- 
  

   anal 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  triangular, 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  Hat, 
  with 
  a 
  

   shallow 
  median 
  furrow 
  of 
  moderate 
  width 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  and 
  a 
  slen- 
  

   der 
  mesial 
  groove 
  at 
  apex; 
  furcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  minute, 
  

   attingent, 
  triangular 
  lobes; 
  cerci 
  broad 
  at 
  base, 
  rapidly 
  tapering 
  on 
  

   the 
  compressed, 
  conical, 
  basal 
  half, 
  very 
  slender 
  and 
  nearly 
  equal 
  on 
  

   the 
  apical 
  half, 
  a 
  little 
  incurved 
  at 
  tip; 
  subapical 
  tubercle 
  of 
  subgeni- 
  

   tal 
  plate 
  rather 
  small, 
  erect, 
  appre.^sed, 
  bluntly 
  conical 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  

   behind. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  1S.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  21 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  8 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  7.5 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  11 
  mm., 
  female, 
  11.2 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  10.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  11.8 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  male, 
  1 
  female, 
  i^ortheru 
  Xew 
  Mexico, 
  August 
  to 
  September, 
  

   Lieutenant 
  W. 
  L. 
  Carpenter. 
  

  

  I 
  ha^e 
  seen 
  no 
  other 
  males 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  since 
  its 
  first 
  description, 
  

   but 
  I 
  have 
  before 
  me 
  three 
  new 
  females, 
  which 
  from 
  the 
  greater 
  brevity 
  

   of 
  their 
  tegmina 
  I 
  am 
  inclined 
  to 
  jilace 
  here 
  rather 
  than 
  in 
  Ae. 
  tiirnbitUii 
  

   (from 
  which 
  the 
  females 
  at 
  least 
  are 
  with 
  difficulty 
  separated), 
  and 
  

   which 
  come 
  from 
  Colorado 
  (Cafion 
  City, 
  Fremont 
  County, 
  Morrison 
  and 
  

   L'hler. 
  — 
  U.S.K.M. 
  [No. 
  716]). 
  The 
  specimen 
  collected 
  by 
  Morrison 
  was 
  

   obtained 
  on 
  the 
  plains 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  5,000 
  feet, 
  and 
  is 
  almost 
  wholly 
  

   grass-green 
  with 
  the 
  lighter 
  parts 
  yellowish 
  green. 
  

  

  8. 
  AEOLOPLUS 
  UNIFORMIS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  VI, 
  Fig. 
  2.) 
  

  

  The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  only 
  si^ecimens 
  seen 
  are 
  probably 
  changed 
  somewhat 
  

   from 
  their 
  having 
  been 
  killed 
  in 
  spirits 
  and 
  are 
  now 
  of 
  a 
  liglit 
  dead 
  leaf 
  

   color; 
  probably 
  in 
  life 
  they 
  were 
  uniformly 
  testaceous, 
  with 
  perhaps 
  

   a 
  greenish 
  tinge. 
  The 
  pronotum 
  shows, 
  at 
  least 
  on 
  the 
  prozona, 
  signs 
  

   of 
  a 
  broad, 
  paler, 
  mediodorsal 
  band, 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  baud 
  on 
  the 
  nnddle 
  

   of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes; 
  the 
  outer 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  shows 
  indications 
  

   of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  dusky 
  transverse 
  bands, 
  mesial 
  and 
  extramesial, 
  and 
  the 
  

   apical 
  half 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibial 
  spines 
  are 
  black. 
  The 
  fastigium 
  of 
  

   the 
  vertex 
  is 
  scarcely 
  in 
  the 
  least 
  im[)ressed, 
  excepting 
  at 
  its 
  very 
  base 
  

   between 
  the 
  eyes; 
  the 
  frontal 
  costa 
  has 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  puncta 
  on 
  either 
  side, 
  

  

  