﻿.NO. 
  1124. 
  HE 
  VISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCUDDEIi. 
  119 
  

  

  proiiotum 
  unicolorous 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  lower 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   lobes 
  become 
  gradually 
  flavesceiit 
  and 
  the 
  lateral 
  carinae 
  are 
  conspicu- 
  

   ously 
  flavous; 
  median 
  carina 
  percurrent, 
  equal, 
  blunt, 
  longitudinally 
  

   arcuate 
  on 
  the 
  prozona; 
  front 
  margin 
  subtruncate, 
  hind 
  margin 
  very 
  

   obtusangulate, 
  both 
  delicately 
  margined; 
  prozona 
  very 
  longitudinal, 
  

   being 
  more 
  than 
  (male) 
  or 
  almost 
  (female) 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  broad, 
  

   very 
  coarsely 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punctate, 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  the 
  finely 
  

   rnguloso-punctate 
  metazona. 
  Prosternal 
  spine 
  rather 
  long, 
  conico-cyl- 
  

   indrical, 
  erect, 
  blunt; 
  interspace 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  twice 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  broad 
  (male) 
  or 
  fully 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  broad 
  (female), 
  the 
  

   metasternal 
  lobes 
  approximate 
  (male) 
  or 
  moderately 
  distant 
  (female). 
  

   Tegmina 
  subovate, 
  very 
  broad, 
  very 
  rapidly 
  tapering 
  especially' 
  by 
  the 
  

   oblique 
  excision 
  of 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  and 
  the 
  strong 
  apical 
  arcuation 
  of 
  

   the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  subacuminate, 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  i)ronotum, 
  

   overlapping, 
  brownish 
  castaneous, 
  the 
  ulnar 
  vein 
  broadly 
  marked 
  with 
  

   pale 
  flavous 
  edged 
  anteriorly 
  with 
  blackish 
  fuscous. 
  Fore 
  and 
  middle 
  

   femora 
  somewhat 
  enlarged 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  rufo-flavous; 
  hind 
  femora 
  flavo- 
  

   testaceous, 
  the 
  outer 
  face 
  and 
  the 
  geniculation 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  deejily 
  

   infuscated 
  especially 
  above, 
  without 
  fasciation 
  or 
  maculation 
  of 
  any 
  

   kind; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  rather 
  deep 
  red 
  or 
  fusco-violaceous, 
  the 
  spines 
  pallid 
  

   with 
  black 
  tips, 
  eight 
  to 
  eleven 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  Extremity 
  

   of 
  male 
  abdomen 
  clavate 
  butvery 
  feebly 
  enlarged, 
  very 
  strongly 
  recurved, 
  

   the 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  pretty 
  regularly 
  triangular, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  the 
  

   apex 
  acutangulate, 
  the 
  margins 
  feebly 
  and 
  broadly 
  elevated, 
  the 
  median 
  

   sulcus 
  not 
  very 
  deep, 
  termimiting 
  with 
  its 
  bordering 
  ridges 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  the 
  plate; 
  furcula 
  ?; 
  cerci 
  very 
  broad 
  and 
  somewhat 
  tumid 
  at 
  base, 
  

   forming 
  a 
  compressed 
  and 
  slightly 
  tortuous 
  cone, 
  tapering 
  rapidly 
  and 
  

   somewhat 
  regularly, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  slender 
  tip 
  a 
  little 
  produced, 
  curved 
  

   slightly 
  inward 
  ami 
  downward, 
  bluntly 
  pointed, 
  reaching 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  

   supraanal 
  plate; 
  iiifracercal 
  plates 
  very 
  broad, 
  suddenly 
  narrowing 
  just 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  base 
  but 
  easily 
  visible 
  outside 
  the 
  cerci 
  nearly 
  the 
  whole 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  latter, 
  slightly 
  produced 
  apically 
  to 
  attain 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  

   supraanal 
  plate; 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  tumid, 
  very 
  broad 
  at 
  apex, 
  partly 
  by 
  

   the 
  retrocession 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  ventral 
  segment, 
  distinctly 
  broader 
  

   than 
  long, 
  the 
  lateral 
  and 
  apical 
  margins 
  together 
  feebly 
  arcuate 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  slightlj^ 
  elevated, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  above 
  

   acutangulate, 
  entire. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  29.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  39..") 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  female, 
  

   12.5 
  mm.; 
  pronotum, 
  male, 
  7.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  9.75mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  

   9 
  mm., 
  female, 
  11.15 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  femora, 
  male, 
  16 
  mm., 
  female, 
  18.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  male, 
  1 
  female. 
  Dakota 
  (L. 
  Bruner); 
  Dallas, 
  Texas, 
  Boll 
  

   (U.S.N.M. 
  [No. 
  730.]— 
  Eiley 
  collection). 
  

  

  The 
  single 
  male 
  (from 
  Dakota) 
  is 
  slightly 
  mutilated, 
  preventing 
  a 
  

   description 
  of 
  certain 
  parts. 
  I 
  was 
  at 
  first 
  inclined 
  to 
  regard 
  this 
  as 
  

   distinct 
  from 
  Brunner's 
  species, 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  fiivored 
  me 
  with 
  a 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  figure 
  (hitherto 
  unpublished), 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  representation 
  

  

  