﻿NO 
  1124. 
  EEVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCUBDER. 
  103 
  

  

  iieiit 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  no 
  longer 
  (male) 
  or 
  distinctly 
  shorter 
  (female) 
  than 
  

   the 
  infiaocular 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  genae; 
  antennae 
  luteoiis 
  or 
  luteo 
  casta- 
  

   neous, 
  heavily 
  infuscated 
  apically, 
  two-thirds 
  (male) 
  or 
  hardly 
  half 
  

   (female) 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  hind 
  femora. 
  Pronotum 
  feebly 
  constricted 
  

   mesially, 
  ciuereo-fuscous 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscated, 
  sometimes 
  punctate 
  

   with 
  fuscous, 
  pilose, 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  prozona 
  distinctly 
  tumid 
  

   above 
  and 
  piceous 
  or 
  blackish 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  disk 
  considerably 
  convex, 
  

   particularly 
  on 
  the 
  prozona, 
  and 
  passing 
  into 
  the 
  subvertical 
  lateral 
  

   lobes 
  by 
  a 
  well-rounded 
  shoulder, 
  which 
  is 
  distinctly 
  angulate 
  on 
  the 
  

   metazonaonly, 
  forming 
  blunt 
  lateral 
  carinae; 
  median 
  carina 
  percurrent, 
  

   marked 
  in 
  black, 
  distinct 
  throughout 
  but 
  more 
  elevated 
  and 
  longitudi- 
  

   nally 
  arched 
  on 
  the 
  metazona 
  and 
  sometimes 
  subobsolete 
  between 
  the 
  

   sulci; 
  front 
  margin 
  faintly 
  convex, 
  liind 
  margin 
  obtusangulate, 
  the 
  

   angle 
  well 
  rounded; 
  prozona 
  quadrate, 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  if 
  any 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  rather 
  sparsely 
  and 
  shallowly 
  punctate 
  metazona. 
  Prosterual 
  spine 
  

   short, 
  very 
  stout, 
  appressed 
  conical, 
  very 
  blunt; 
  interspace 
  between 
  

   mesosternal 
  lobes 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  long 
  (male) 
  or 
  fully 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  

   again 
  as 
  long 
  but 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  lobes 
  (female), 
  the 
  metasternal 
  lobes 
  

   subattingent 
  (male) 
  or 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  distant 
  as 
  the 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  

   (female). 
  Tegmina 
  reaching 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  femora, 
  

   overlapping, 
  rapidly 
  tapering 
  but 
  apically 
  well 
  rounded, 
  cinereo-fuscous 
  

   often 
  with 
  a 
  vinous 
  tinge, 
  generally 
  heavily 
  flecked 
  witb 
  blackish 
  fus- 
  

   cous, 
  particularly 
  but 
  not 
  exclusively 
  in 
  the 
  discoidal 
  area. 
  Fore 
  and 
  

   middle 
  femora 
  somewhat 
  tumid 
  in 
  the 
  male; 
  hind 
  femora 
  testaceous 
  or 
  

   flavo-testaceous, 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  obliquely 
  and 
  rather 
  broadly 
  bifas- 
  

   ciate 
  with 
  fuscous 
  or 
  blackish 
  fuscous, 
  besides 
  a 
  basal 
  spot 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   and 
  an 
  infuscated 
  or 
  piceous 
  upper 
  genicular 
  lobe, 
  the 
  inferior 
  face 
  

   flavous; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  pale 
  red 
  brightening 
  apically, 
  the 
  spines 
  black 
  in 
  

   their 
  apical 
  half, 
  nine 
  to 
  eleven, 
  usually 
  ten, 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  

   series. 
  Extremity 
  of 
  male 
  abdomen 
  clavate, 
  somewhat 
  recurved, 
  the 
  

   supraanal 
  plate 
  triangular 
  with 
  acutangulate 
  apex, 
  nearly 
  plane 
  sur- 
  

   face, 
  with 
  a 
  moderately 
  broad 
  and 
  equal 
  median 
  sulcus, 
  gradually 
  

   fading 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle; 
  furcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  very 
  slender 
  

   tapering 
  parallel 
  lingers, 
  extending 
  over 
  the 
  outer 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  subme- 
  

   dian 
  ridges 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  by 
  about 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  dor- 
  

   sal 
  segment; 
  cerci 
  stout 
  and 
  thick, 
  subequal, 
  hardly 
  tapering 
  blades, 
  

   about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  nearly 
  straight 
  but 
  faintly 
  arcuate, 
  well 
  

   rounded 
  apically, 
  very 
  faintly 
  twisted 
  with 
  a 
  feeble 
  sulcation 
  or 
  com- 
  

   pression 
  somtimes 
  apparent 
  along 
  the 
  upper 
  outer 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  

   half; 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  rather 
  small, 
  of 
  about 
  equal 
  length 
  and 
  breadth, 
  

   the 
  apical 
  margin 
  a 
  little 
  elevated^ 
  broadly 
  truncate 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  behind 
  

   and 
  entire, 
  a 
  feeble 
  ridge 
  descending 
  from 
  each 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  

   margin 
  across 
  the 
  apical 
  face. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  16 
  mm., 
  female, 
  19 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  (5.25 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  ^^ 
  mm.: 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  7.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  8 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  fem- 
  

   ora, 
  male, 
  0.75 
  mm., 
  female, 
  10.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  