﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCUDDEE. 
  105 
  

  

  sternal 
  lobes 
  (female). 
  Tegmina 
  fully 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  

   elongate, 
  subfusiform, 
  the 
  tip 
  roundly 
  pointed, 
  dark 
  brown, 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  variegated 
  with 
  yellowish 
  and 
  blackish, 
  the 
  small 
  spots 
  showing 
  a 
  

   tendency 
  to 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  arrangement, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  veins 
  light; 
  wings 
  

   a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  tegmina. 
  Fore 
  and 
  middle 
  femora 
  rather 
  

   tumid 
  in 
  the 
  male; 
  hind 
  femora 
  light 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  

   conspicuous, 
  submedian, 
  V-sha[)ed, 
  dark 
  brown 
  or 
  blackish 
  bands 
  exter- 
  

   nally, 
  crossing 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  transversely, 
  the 
  extreme 
  base 
  and 
  

   tip 
  marked 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  color; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  yellow, 
  the 
  spines 
  black 
  to 
  

   theii' 
  base, 
  10 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  Abdomen 
  yellowish 
  

   beneath, 
  mostly 
  reddish-brown 
  above, 
  deepening 
  into 
  black, 
  the 
  

   extremity 
  clavate 
  and 
  somewhat 
  upturned 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  the 
  supraanal 
  

   plate 
  hastate, 
  strongly 
  constricted 
  mesially, 
  with 
  elevated 
  margins 
  and 
  

   obtnsangulate 
  tip, 
  the 
  median 
  sulcus 
  narrow, 
  deep, 
  and 
  extending 
  

   almost 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  iurcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  large, 
  parallel, 
  attingent, 
  

   tapering, 
  acuminate, 
  flattened 
  lingers, 
  reaching 
  nearly 
  halfway 
  across 
  

   the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  short, 
  very 
  broad, 
  nearly 
  equal, 
  strongly 
  

   comi)ressed, 
  laminate, 
  the 
  tip 
  broadly 
  rounded, 
  slightly 
  incurved, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  is 
  broadly 
  convex, 
  the 
  inner 
  shallowly 
  concave; 
  

   subgenital 
  plate 
  broad 
  and 
  short, 
  narrowing 
  apically, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  

   abruptly, 
  slightly, 
  and 
  almost 
  uniformlj^ 
  elevated 
  above 
  the 
  lateral 
  mar- 
  

   gins 
  and 
  set 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  with 
  them, 
  feebly 
  notched 
  mesially. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  17 
  mm., 
  female, 
  liO.o 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  

   female, 
  7.5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  7.7 
  mm., 
  female, 
  C.75 
  mm. 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora, 
  

   female, 
  11.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  male, 
  3 
  females. 
  Taos 
  Peak, 
  Sangre 
  de 
  Cristo 
  Mountains, 
  

   northern 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  13,000 
  feet. 
  Lieutenant 
  W. 
  L. 
  Carpenter 
  (S. 
  H. 
  

   Scudder; 
  U.S.N.M. 
  [Jso. 
  726].— 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  Colorado, 
  "Alpine," 
  

   August 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  [ISo. 
  726].— 
  Riley 
  collection). 
  

  

  5. 
  PODISMA 
  DODGEI. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  VII, 
  tig. 
  7.) 
  

  

  Caloptenus 
  dodgei 
  Thomas!, 
  Can. 
  Ent., 
  Ill 
  (1871), 
  p. 
  168; 
  Aiiu. 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  

   Surv. 
  Terr., 
  V 
  (1872), 
  p. 
  451, 
  PI. 
  ii, 
  figs. 
  4, 
  5, 
  9.— 
  Glover, 
  111. 
  N. 
  A. 
  Ent., 
  Orth. 
  

   (1872), 
  PL 
  XI, 
  figs. 
  4, 
  5, 
  9. 
  

  

  PezoteUix 
  dodgei 
  Thomas!, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr., 
  V 
  (1873), 
  p. 
  \r^3; 
  Proc. 
  

   Dav. 
  Acad. 
  Sc, 
  I 
  (1876), 
  p. 
  259.— 
  Uhleu, 
  liull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Snrv. 
  Terr., 
  Ill 
  

   (1877), 
  p 
  796.— 
  Thomas, 
  Anu. 
  Rep. 
  Chief 
  Eng., 
  1878, 
  p. 
  1845 
  (1878).— 
  Bruner, 
  

   Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Eut. 
  Comin., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  59; 
  Bull. 
  Div. 
  Ent. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep. 
  Agric, 
  IV 
  

   (1884), 
  p. 
  57.— 
  Riley, 
  Stand. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  II 
  (1884), 
  p. 
  202.— 
  Cockekell, 
  Can. 
  

   Eut., 
  XXII 
  (1890), 
  p. 
  76. 
  

  

  Pezotettix 
  iohemani 
  Stal!, 
  Bih. 
  K. 
  Sv. 
  Yet.-Akad. 
  Haudl., 
  V 
  (1878), 
  No. 
  9, 
  p. 
  15. 
  

  

  PezoteUix 
  marshalUi 
  Scudder!, 
  Appal., 
  I 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  263. 
  

  

  PezoteUix 
  aspirans 
  Scudder!, 
  Proc. 
  Bust. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  XX 
  (1879), 
  pp. 
  85-86; 
  

   Cent. 
  Orth. 
  (1879), 
  pp. 
  74-75.— 
  Bruner, 
  Rep. 
  U.S. 
  Ent. 
  Conim., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  59. 
  

  

  Vertex 
  gently 
  tumid, 
  slightly 
  elevated 
  above 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   space 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  considerably 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  iirst 
  antennal 
  

  

  