﻿NO. 
  1 
  124. 
  EE 
  VISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELA 
  NOPLI—SC 
  UDDEB. 
  8 
  7 
  

  

  the 
  male 
  show 
  a 
  black 
  stripe, 
  and 
  the 
  cercl, 
  mesially 
  yellow, 
  are 
  

   obscured 
  with 
  fuscous 
  both 
  above 
  and 
  below. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  23 
  mm., 
  female, 
  25.5 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  

   8 
  mm., 
  female, 
  9 
  mm.; 
  pronotum, 
  male, 
  4.75 
  mm., 
  female, 
  5.5 
  mm.; 
  

   hind 
  femora, 
  male, 
  12.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  14.25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Five 
  males, 
  2 
  females. 
  Washington, 
  Morrison 
  (IT.S.:N'.M. 
  [No. 
  720]); 
  

   Reno, 
  Washoe 
  County, 
  Nevada, 
  Hillman 
  (L. 
  Bruner). 
  Other 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  Morrison's 
  collecting' 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  Henshaw 
  were 
  

   labeled 
  by 
  Morrison 
  as 
  coming 
  from 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  but 
  of 
  course 
  by 
  

   mistake; 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  they 
  came 
  from 
  Washington; 
  he 
  collected 
  

   in 
  both 
  these 
  States. 
  

  

  5. 
  BRADYNOTES 
  OBESA. 
  

   (Plate 
  VI, 
  fig. 
  9.) 
  

  

  Pezotettix 
  obesns 
  Thomas!, 
  Ann. 
  Kep. 
  U.S. 
  Geol. 
  Siirv. 
  Terr., 
  V 
  (1872), 
  pp. 
  454- 
  

   455, 
  pi. 
  II, 
  figs. 
  13, 
  14.— 
  Glover, 
  111. 
  N. 
  A. 
  Ent., 
  Orth. 
  (1872), 
  pi. 
  ii, 
  figs. 
  13, 
  

   14.— 
  Thomas!, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr., 
  V 
  (1873), 
  p. 
  146; 
  Proc. 
  Dav. 
  

   Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sc, 
  I 
  (1876), 
  p. 
  259.— 
  Stal, 
  Bill. 
  K. 
  Sv. 
  Yet.-Akad. 
  Handl., 
  V, 
  

   No. 
  9 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  15. 
  

  

  Bradi/uotes 
  oicsa 
  Scudder!, 
  Can. 
  Ent.. 
  XII 
  (1880), 
  pp. 
  75-76. 
  

  

  Bradipiotes 
  opimus 
  Scudder 
  !, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Conim., 
  II 
  (1881), 
  app., 
  p. 
  24. 
  

  

  Body 
  wholly 
  similar 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  clothing 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  B. 
  piii(/i(is, 
  or 
  it 
  

   is 
  even 
  stouter 
  in 
  the 
  metathoracic 
  region 
  in 
  the 
  female. 
  Head 
  not 
  

   diftering 
  essentially 
  from 
  B. 
  pingids, 
  and 
  eyes 
  and 
  antennae 
  with 
  the 
  

   same 
  structure. 
  Pronotum 
  with 
  similar 
  but 
  rather 
  less 
  distinct 
  and 
  

   continuous 
  lateral 
  carinae; 
  metazona 
  half 
  (male) 
  or 
  distinctly 
  less 
  than 
  

   half 
  (female) 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  prozona, 
  the 
  two 
  sulci 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  

   approximated, 
  the 
  hinder 
  of 
  them 
  less 
  distinct 
  than 
  the 
  anterior, 
  which 
  

   is 
  as 
  well 
  marked 
  as 
  that 
  separating 
  the 
  prozona 
  from 
  the 
  metazona, 
  

   but 
  neither 
  traverse 
  the 
  median 
  carina, 
  which 
  is 
  equal 
  and 
  distinct 
  

   though 
  slight 
  throughout; 
  exposed 
  portion 
  of 
  mesonotum 
  half 
  (male) 
  

   or 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  (female) 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  metanotum. 
  Sternal 
  

   interspaces 
  as 
  in 
  B. 
  pinguis, 
  as 
  also 
  the 
  femora. 
  Abdomen 
  stout, 
  

   with 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  median 
  carina, 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  tapering 
  and 
  

   then 
  apically 
  enlarging 
  and 
  upturned; 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  tri- 
  

   angular, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  basal 
  breadth, 
  otherwise 
  as 
  in 
  B. 
  pingnis; 
  fur- 
  

   cula 
  absent; 
  cerci 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate, 
  straight, 
  tapering 
  

   regularly 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  threetifths, 
  beyond 
  equal 
  or 
  subequal, 
  blunt 
  

   tipped 
  ; 
  infracercal 
  plates 
  blunt 
  tipped, 
  reaching 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  

   plate. 
  

  

  General 
  color 
  blackish 
  griseous, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  flecked 
  with 
  brown. 
  

   Face 
  and 
  genae 
  below 
  the 
  eyes 
  varying 
  from 
  pale 
  to 
  pinkish 
  livid, 
  ]Kmc- 
  

   tate 
  with 
  black, 
  especially 
  below, 
  and 
  divided 
  by 
  black 
  stripes 
  following 
  

   the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  frontal 
  costa 
  and 
  the 
  lateral 
  carinae 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  

   also, 
  generally, 
  the 
  arcuate 
  posterior 
  carinae 
  of 
  the 
  genae, 
  and 
  an 
  oblique 
  

   line 
  of 
  punctures 
  subparalleltoitbelowthe 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  genae; 
  summit 
  

   of 
  head 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  arcuate 
  lateral 
  narrow 
  black 
  stripes, 
  

  

  