﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELAXOPLI—SCUDDER. 
  127 
  

  

  P. 
  Prosternal 
  spine 
  transverse, 
  apically 
  truncate 
  or 
  subtruu- 
  

   cate; 
  interval 
  between 
  mesosteruul 
  lobes 
  of 
  female 
  slio-btly 
  

   transverse; 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  moderately 
  narrow. 
  

  

  53. 
  monlanus 
  (p. 
  232). 
  

   l^. 
  Prosternal 
  spine 
  subeonical, 
  bluntly 
  pointed; 
  interval 
  

   between 
  mesosterual 
  lobes 
  of 
  female 
  broadly 
  transverse, 
  some- 
  

   times 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  lobes. 
  

  

  H)i. 
  Interval 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  of 
  female 
  narrower 
  

   than 
  the 
  loT)es; 
  cerci 
  of 
  male 
  siibequal 
  throughout. 
  

  

  ??,'. 
  Prozona 
  but 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  metazoua; 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  uniform 
  in 
  color 
  beyond 
  the 
  patellar 
  spot; 
  tegmina 
  

   transversely 
  convex, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  dorsal 
  and 
  lateral 
  fields 
  

   are 
  not 
  distinguished 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  any 
  angle 
  ; 
  costal 
  

   margin 
  of 
  same 
  regularlj- 
  arcuate. 
  

  

  54. 
  washiiigtoiiianus 
  (p. 
  233). 
  

   11'. 
  Prozona 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  themetazona; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   with 
  a 
  broad 
  pallid 
  subbasal 
  annulation; 
  dorsal 
  and 
  lat- 
  

   eral 
  fields 
  of 
  tegmina 
  set 
  in 
  distinct 
  planes 
  ; 
  costal 
  margin 
  

  

  of 
  same 
  augulato-arcuate 
  55. 
  walslni 
  (p. 
  235). 
  

  

  m~. 
  Interval 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  of 
  female 
  fully 
  as 
  

   broad 
  as 
  the 
  lobes; 
  cerci 
  of 
  male 
  scarcely 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  apical 
  half 
  as 
  at 
  base 
  56. 
  altitudiniim 
  (p. 
  236). 
  

  

  k-. 
  Interspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  of 
  taale 
  no 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  

   first 
  autennal 
  joint; 
  anal 
  cerci 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  nearly 
  straight 
  

   upper 
  margin; 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  not 
  apically 
  elevated, 
  thongli 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  a 
  backward 
  directed 
  tubercle 
  formed 
  by 
  tlie 
  

  

  angulation 
  of 
  the 
  margin 
  57. 
  graciUpes 
  (p. 
  238). 
  

  

  p. 
  Tegmina 
  lateral, 
  widely 
  separated; 
  cerci 
  of 
  male 
  apically 
  trun- 
  

   cate; 
  furcula 
  obsolescent; 
  subgenital 
  i)late 
  relatively 
  short, 
  of 
  

  

  unequal 
  breadth 
  58. 
  fjeniciilatns 
  (p. 
  2.39). 
  

  

  f-. 
  Apical 
  margin 
  of 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  neither 
  elevated 
  nor 
  

   tubeiculate, 
  the 
  margins 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  above 
  quadrate, 
  apically 
  

  

  transverse 
  59. 
  ritsiicus 
  (p. 
  2-10). 
  

  

  g-. 
  Cerci 
  of 
  mule 
  tapering 
  distinctly 
  and 
  abruptly, 
  the 
  apical 
  less 
  or 
  

   almost 
  less, 
  generally 
  very 
  much 
  less, 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  basal 
  

   portion 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  acuminate 
  (11. 
  Borckii 
  series). 
  

  

  hK 
  Subgenital 
  jdate 
  of 
  male 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  elevated 
  posteriorly, 
  but 
  

   with 
  no 
  distinct 
  apical 
  tubercle. 
  

  

  ji. 
  Posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  not 
  mesially 
  emargin.ate; 
  tegmina 
  

   attingent 
  or 
  approximate. 
  

   jK 
  Interval 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  of 
  female 
  strongly 
  trans- 
  

   verse; 
  lateral 
  earinae 
  of 
  prouotum 
  rounded 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  subobso- 
  

   lete; 
  postocular 
  piceous 
  band 
  generally 
  distinct, 
  complete, 
  per- 
  

  

  current 
  60. 
  pacificits 
  (p. 
  241 
  ). 
  

  

  j-. 
  Interval 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  f)f 
  female 
  subquadrate 
  or 
  

   feebly 
  transverse; 
  lateral 
  earinae 
  of 
  pronotum 
  distinct; 
  postocu- 
  

   lar 
  piceous 
  band 
  generally 
  obsolete 
  or 
  wholly 
  wanting, 
  and 
  even 
  

   when 
  distinct 
  wholly 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  prozona. 
  . 
  61. 
  hon-kii 
  (p. 
  243). 
  

   i-. 
  Posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  mesially 
  emarginate; 
  tegmina 
  dis- 
  

   tant, 
  lateral. 
  

   jK 
  Color 
  testaceous 
  with 
  feeble 
  or 
  no 
  i^ostocular 
  dark 
  belt. 
  

  

  62. 
  tenuipennis 
  (i).244). 
  

   j"^. 
  Color 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  with 
  distinct 
  and 
  broad 
  postocular 
  band, 
  at 
  

  

  least 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  63. 
  missionum 
  (j). 
  246). 
  

  

  h-. 
  Subgeuital 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  distinctly 
  tuberculate 
  at 
  tij). 
  

  

  