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  e\ 
  Breadth 
  of 
  siibgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  variable, 
  but 
  generally 
  narrower 
  than 
  

   long, 
  its 
  apical 
  margin 
  usually 
  entire; 
  cerci 
  rarely 
  less 
  than 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  middle 
  breadth 
  (when 
  less, 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long, 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  

   apical 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  is 
  entire), 
  generally 
  slender, 
  exceiitino- 
  

   sometimes 
  at 
  extreme 
  base 
  when 
  there 
  is 
  great 
  disparity 
  in 
  width 
  between 
  

   the 
  basal 
  and 
  ajncal 
  halves, 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  generally 
  tapering 
  considerably, 
  

   the 
  apical 
  half 
  often 
  much 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  basal, 
  rarely 
  showing 
  any 
  

   excision 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  margin, 
  the 
  apex 
  narrowly 
  ronnded 
  or 
  bluntly 
  pointed. 
  

   /'. 
  Subgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  as 
  bi-oad 
  or 
  nearly 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  apex 
  as 
  at 
  base, 
  

   generally 
  elevated 
  apically 
  and 
  often 
  notched 
  (generally 
  narrowly) 
  ; 
  cerci 
  

   usually 
  narrowing 
  but 
  little 
  on 
  basal 
  half, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  equal 
  and 
  sym- 
  

   metrical, 
  bluntly 
  rounded 
  (rarely 
  truncate 
  or 
  angulate) 
  apically. 
  

  

  g\ 
  Apicalmargin 
  of 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  notched 
  with 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  

   distinctness; 
  cerci 
  slender, 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  frontal 
  costa, 
  subequal, 
  

   straight 
  or 
  only 
  gently 
  incurved 
  (7. 
  Devastator 
  series). 
  

  

  /('. 
  Small 
  species, 
  with 
  tegmiua 
  not 
  surpassing 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  in 
  

   either 
  sex 
  ; 
  interval 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  of 
  male 
  distinctly 
  less 
  

   than 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long. 
  

  

  i'. 
  Cerci 
  of 
  male 
  narrowed 
  rather 
  than 
  broadened 
  apically. 
  

   jK 
  External 
  surface 
  of 
  male 
  cerci 
  apically 
  dimpled; 
  furculawith 
  

   the 
  tapering 
  jjortion 
  relatively 
  broad, 
  distinctly 
  flattened, 
  almost 
  

   reaching 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate. 
  

  

  A;'. 
  Prozona 
  of 
  male 
  longitudinal; 
  lingers 
  of 
  furcula 
  parallel; 
  

  

  cerci 
  bent 
  inward 
  apically 
  28. 
  dimhiittiis 
  (-p. 
  190). 
  

  

  k-. 
  Prozoua 
  of 
  male 
  quadrate; 
  lingers 
  of 
  furcula 
  divergent; 
  

  

  cerci 
  gently 
  incurved 
  throughout 
  29. 
  consaiigiiinens 
  (y}. 
  192). 
  

  

  J'. 
  External 
  surface 
  of 
  male 
  cerci 
  sulcate 
  through 
  apical 
  third 
  or 
  

   more; 
  furcula 
  with 
  the 
  tapering 
  jiortiou 
  very 
  slender, 
  not 
  flat- 
  

   tened, 
  not 
  nearly 
  reaching 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate. 
  

  

  30. 
  sierranits 
  (p. 
  193). 
  

   f-. 
  Cerci 
  of 
  male 
  feebly 
  enlarged 
  apically 
  rather 
  than 
  narrowed. 
  

  

  31. 
  aterii^. 
  194). 
  

   h-. 
  Medium-sized 
  species, 
  with 
  tegmina 
  almost 
  always 
  surpassing 
  the 
  

   hind 
  femora 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  and 
  usually 
  in 
  l)oth 
  sexes; 
  interval 
  between 
  

   mesosternal 
  lobes 
  of 
  male 
  fully 
  twice, 
  generally 
  more 
  than 
  twice, 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  broad. 
  

  

  ?'. 
  Tegmina 
  more 
  or 
  less, 
  generally 
  distinctly 
  and 
  profusely, 
  mac- 
  

   ulate. 
  

   j'. 
  Lateral 
  lobes 
  of 
  jirozona 
  with 
  a 
  generally 
  distinct 
  black 
  band, 
  

   rarely 
  broken 
  and 
  then 
  by 
  no 
  conspicuous 
  pale 
  oblique 
  stripe. 
  

  

  32. 
  devastator 
  (p. 
  196). 
  

   j-. 
  Lateral 
  lobes 
  of 
  prozona 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  black 
  band, 
  always 
  

   broken 
  by 
  a 
  consi)iuous 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  arcuate 
  olilique 
  pale 
  stripe. 
  

  

  33. 
  virf/atus 
  (p. 
  199). 
  

  

  i'\ 
  Tegmina 
  immaculate 
  or 
  with 
  the 
  feeblest 
  possible 
  sign 
  of 
  macu- 
  

  

  latiou. 
  

  

  J'. 
  Whole 
  body, 
  including 
  legmina, 
  very 
  light 
  colored, 
  having 
  a 
  

  

  bleached 
  appearance 
  with 
  no 
  dark 
  markings, 
  except 
  (and 
  very 
  

  

  rarely) 
  dusky 
  clouds 
  on 
  hind 
  femora 
  34. 
  tmiformis 
  (p. 
  201). 
  

  

  j'. 
  Whole 
  body, 
  including 
  tegmiua, 
  moderately 
  dark, 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   lobes 
  with 
  a 
  darker 
  stripe 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  distinctly 
  though 
  

  

  not 
  conspicuously 
  bifasciate 
  35. 
  aufjeliciis 
  (p. 
  202). 
  

  

  </-. 
  Apical 
  margin 
  of 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  entire; 
  cerci 
  either 
  

   broad 
  (broader 
  than 
  the 
  frontal 
  costa 
  or 
  fully 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  it) 
  and 
  sub- 
  

   equal; 
  or 
  else 
  very 
  inequol, 
  tapering 
  rapidly 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  generally 
  

   arcuate; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  usually 
  red. 
  

  

  