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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  very 
  deep 
  basal 
  sulcus 
  between 
  them; 
  furcula 
  absent; 
  cercl 
  slightly 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  supraaual 
  plate, 
  subconical, 
  faintly 
  compressed, 
  a 
  

   little 
  downenrved 
  apically, 
  tapering 
  with 
  regularity 
  ; 
  iufracercal 
  plates 
  

   inconspicuous. 
  

  

  l)ody 
  griseo 
  fuscous, 
  mottled, 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  inferior 
  surface 
  of 
  body 
  

   sordid 
  brownish 
  yellow, 
  feebly 
  punctate 
  with 
  fuscous. 
  Vertex 
  and 
  

   fastigium 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  feebly 
  

   enlivened 
  with 
  orange, 
  and 
  the 
  former 
  mottled 
  or 
  streaked 
  with 
  livid 
  

   brown. 
  Both 
  thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  are 
  heavily 
  mottled 
  with 
  blactkish 
  

   fuscous, 
  much 
  more 
  heavily 
  in 
  some 
  individuals 
  than 
  in 
  others, 
  which 
  

   is 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  conspicuous 
  in 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  subdorsal 
  bands, 
  sometimes 
  con- 
  

   fined 
  to 
  the 
  i)osterior 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  segments, 
  and 
  to 
  leave 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   lighter 
  dorsal 
  stripe 
  between 
  them; 
  the 
  lower 
  iwrtion 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   lobes 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  is 
  always 
  lighter 
  than 
  the 
  upper 
  half, 
  which 
  is 
  

   often 
  marked 
  by 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct, 
  sometimes 
  abbreviated, 
  broad 
  

   black 
  or 
  blackish 
  band, 
  generally 
  deeper 
  in 
  tint 
  on 
  its 
  inferior 
  half. 
  

   Hind 
  femora 
  blackish 
  fuscous 
  feebly 
  clouded 
  with 
  dull 
  yellowish, 
  the 
  

   whole 
  under 
  surface 
  and 
  under 
  portion 
  of 
  its 
  outer 
  face 
  clay 
  yellow; 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  light 
  coral 
  red 
  (male) 
  or 
  dark 
  coral 
  red 
  on 
  apical 
  half 
  and 
  

   extreme 
  base, 
  passing 
  into 
  purplish 
  red 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  (female), 
  the 
  

   spines 
  blackish 
  on 
  their 
  apical 
  half 
  at 
  most. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  16.75 
  mm,, 
  female, 
  21 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  

   female, 
  0.5 
  mm.; 
  pronotum, 
  male, 
  3.05 
  mm., 
  female, 
  4.5 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  10 
  mm., 
  female, 
  11.75 
  mm. 
  

  

  Two 
  males, 
  6 
  females. 
  Yakima 
  Eiver 
  opposite 
  Ellen 
  sburg, 
  Kittitas 
  

   County, 
  Washington, 
  July 
  8-9 
  (Museum 
  Comparative 
  Zoology; 
  

   U.S.N.M. 
  [No. 
  718]); 
  Camp 
  Umatilla, 
  Washington, 
  June 
  27 
  (Museum 
  

   Comparative 
  Zoology); 
  Oregon 
  City, 
  Clackamas 
  County, 
  Oregon, 
  July, 
  

   W. 
  G. 
  W. 
  Harford. 
  

  

  3. 
  BRADYNOTES 
  EXPLETA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  VI, 
  tig. 
  7.) 
  

  

  Body 
  similar 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  clothing 
  to 
  B. 
  hispida, 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   relatively 
  a 
  trifle 
  stouter 
  at 
  the 
  metathorax, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  female. 
  

   Head 
  broad 
  and 
  full, 
  the 
  vertex 
  gently 
  tumid, 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  

   the 
  eyes 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  twice 
  as 
  great 
  as 
  the 
  least 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  frontal 
  

   costa, 
  the 
  fastigium 
  strongly 
  declivent, 
  shallowly 
  sulcate, 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   margins 
  rather 
  prominent, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  rounded; 
  frontal 
  

   costa 
  rather 
  broad, 
  considerably 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  

   antennae, 
  feebly 
  sulcate 
  if 
  at 
  all, 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punctate, 
  especially 
  at 
  

   the 
  margins; 
  eyes 
  as 
  in 
  B. 
  caurus 
  (antennae 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  broken 
  in 
  ail 
  

   specimens 
  seen). 
  Pronotum 
  regularly 
  expanding 
  posteriorly, 
  very 
  

   slightly 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  distinctly 
  but 
  not 
  greatly 
  in 
  the 
  female; 
  nieta/.ona 
  

   about 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  tlie 
  ])rozona, 
  the 
  sulci 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  equally 
  but 
  

   feebly 
  impressed, 
  all 
  cutting 
  the 
  feeble 
  median 
  carina, 
  which 
  is 
  obso- 
  

   lescent 
  on 
  the 
  prozona 
  in 
  the 
  female; 
  mesonotum 
  nearly 
  half 
  (female) 
  or 
  

  

  