﻿i. 
  BE 
  VISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELAXOPLI—SCUDDEB. 
  125 
  

  

  e-. 
  Tegmina 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  proiiotum; 
  cerci 
  of 
  male 
  deeply 
  sulcate 
  longi- 
  

   tudinally 
  at 
  apex 
  and 
  inonrved 
  9. 
  rileyanus 
  (p. 
  151). 
  

  

  d-. 
  Cerci 
  of 
  male 
  more 
  elongate, 
  at 
  least 
  twice, 
  generally 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  

   twice, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  middle 
  breadth, 
  ordinarily 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  acnminate 
  at 
  ajiex. 
  

   e\ 
  Cerci 
  of 
  male 
  irregularly 
  tapering 
  or 
  scarcely 
  tapering 
  at 
  all, 
  compressed, 
  

   in 
  no 
  sense 
  styliform. 
  

   /'. 
  Snbgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  short 
  and 
  broad, 
  its 
  apical 
  breadth 
  ecinal 
  to 
  

   or 
  surjiassing 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  its 
  lateral 
  margin. 
  ' 
  

  

  (jK 
  (Jerci 
  of 
  male 
  long 
  and 
  very 
  slender, 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  not 
  one-half 
  the 
  

   width 
  of 
  the 
  frontal 
  costa; 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  

   strongly 
  oblique 
  snbmedian 
  sulci 
  outside 
  the 
  furcula;'^ 
  subgenital 
  jilate 
  

   not 
  elevated 
  apically 
  (3. 
  Aridus 
  series). 
  

  

  /) 
  '. 
  Hind 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  truucato-emargiuate; 
  disk 
  of 
  metazona 
  

   fully 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long; 
  tegmina 
  relatively 
  slender, 
  widely 
  dis- 
  

   tant. 
  

  

  'i\ 
  Disk 
  of 
  ]>rozona 
  coarsely 
  and 
  uniformly 
  punctate; 
  cerci 
  of 
  male 
  

   apically 
  enlarged 
  and 
  interiorly 
  acuminate 
  at 
  apex. 
  

  

  37. 
  hunn)hreiisii 
  (p. 
  206). 
  

  

  i 
  -. 
  Disk 
  of 
  prozona 
  coarsely 
  punctate 
  only 
  along 
  anterior 
  margin; 
  

  

  cerci 
  of 
  male 
  apically 
  equal, 
  rounded 
  at 
  tip... 
  38. 
  nitkhis 
  (p. 
  207). 
  

  

  7i 
  ■^. 
  Hind 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  obtusaugulate 
  but 
  subtrnncate; 
  disk 
  

  

  of 
  metazona 
  less 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long; 
  tegmina 
  relatively 
  

  

  broad, 
  approximate, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  39. 
  aridus 
  (p. 
  209). 
  

  

  </2. 
  Cerci 
  of 
  male 
  long 
  and 
  broad 
  throughout, 
  subequal, 
  broader 
  than 
  

   the 
  frontal 
  costa; 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  no 
  oblique 
  sulci 
  out- 
  

   sidethe 
  furcula 
  ; 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  apically 
  elevated 
  (10. 
  ludigens 
  series). 
  

  

  40. 
  indigens 
  (p. 
  211). 
  

   g 
  \ 
  Cerci 
  of 
  male 
  short 
  or 
  not 
  very 
  long, 
  and 
  broad 
  or 
  moderately 
  

   slender, 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  nearly 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  if 
  not 
  l)roader 
  than 
  the 
  frontal 
  

   costa 
  ; 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  no 
  oblique 
  sulci 
  outside 
  the 
  fur- 
  

   cula; 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  not 
  elevated 
  a]>ically 
  (11. 
  Mancns 
  series). 
  

   7( 
  '. 
  Prozona, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  male, 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  the 
  disk 
  of 
  the 
  

   whole 
  pronotum 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  middle 
  breadth, 
  the 
  

   median 
  carina 
  percurrent, 
  equal; 
  interval 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  

  

  of 
  male 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  41, 
  sciffWen 
  (p. 
  212). 
  

  

  /(-. 
  Prozona, 
  even 
  in 
  male, 
  transverse, 
  subquadrate 
  or 
  slightly 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal, 
  the 
  disk 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  pronotum 
  less 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   middle 
  breadth, 
  the 
  median 
  carina 
  often 
  subobsolete 
  between 
  the 
  

   sulci 
  : 
  interval 
  between 
  the 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  of 
  male 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  

   half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  broad. 
  

   i'. 
  Cerci 
  of 
  male 
  rather 
  stout, 
  subecjual. 
  

   _/'. 
  Abdomen 
  of 
  male 
  strongly 
  recnrved 
  ; 
  forks 
  of 
  fnrcnla 
  diver- 
  

   gent, 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment; 
  subgenital 
  

  

  plate 
  Avith 
  no 
  apical 
  tubercle 
  42. 
  fiiUettei 
  (p. 
  215). 
  

  

  j\ 
  Abdomen 
  of 
  male 
  scarcely 
  recurved 
  ; 
  forks 
  of 
  furcula 
  parallel, 
  

   minute, 
  hardly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment; 
  subgenital 
  

   plate 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  apical 
  tubercle 
  43. 
  artemisiae 
  (p. 
  217). 
  

  

  ' 
  Care 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  not 
  to 
  include 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  breadth 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   membranous 
  integument 
  connecting 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  preceding 
  ventral 
  segment. 
  For 
  

   simplicity 
  s 
  sake, 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  plate 
  is 
  here 
  considered 
  its 
  extent 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  margin 
  (or 
  that 
  margin 
  itself) 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  side; 
  its 
  breadth, 
  what 
  would 
  

   be 
  its 
  length 
  along 
  the 
  ventral 
  line 
  were 
  it 
  regarded 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  

   segments. 
  

  

  ^This 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  seen, 
  but 
  is 
  only 
  inferred, 
  in 
  M. 
  hinnphreysii. 
  

  

  