﻿1124. 
  FFFISIOX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELAXOPLI—SCUDDER. 
  135 
  

  

  /('. 
  Apical 
  margin 
  of 
  stibgenital 
  plate 
  not 
  elevated 
  where 
  it 
  joins 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  margins, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  straight 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  behind. 
  

  

  84. 
  extremus 
  (p. 
  287). 
  

   ?(-. 
  Apical 
  margin 
  of 
  stibgenital 
  plate 
  elevated 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  tubercle 
  

   where 
  it 
  joins 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  broadly 
  notched 
  as 
  

  

  seen 
  from 
  behind 
  85. 
  montlcola 
  (p. 
  '290). 
  

  

  C-. 
  Cerci 
  of 
  male 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  expanded 
  apically, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  broader 
  at 
  some 
  

   point 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  middle, 
  spatnlate 
  or 
  siibspatulate 
  or 
  

   apically 
  bifnrcate. 
  

   dK 
  Cerci 
  of 
  male 
  simply 
  spatnlate 
  or 
  siibspatulate, 
  at 
  most 
  moderately 
  broad, 
  

   apically 
  entire 
  and 
  no 
  broader 
  than 
  at 
  base; 
  fnrcula 
  always 
  developed 
  as 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  denticalations, 
  generally 
  as 
  long 
  or 
  very 
  long 
  ones. 
  

  

  e'. 
  Fnrcula 
  of 
  male 
  long 
  and 
  prominent, 
  the 
  projecting 
  portion 
  much 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  springs, 
  generally 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  

   third 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate. 
  

   /'. 
  Snbgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  only 
  moderately 
  broad 
  at 
  apex, 
  distinctly 
  

   narrower 
  than 
  long, 
  never 
  in 
  the 
  least 
  notched 
  and 
  rarely, 
  and 
  then 
  but 
  

   slightly, 
  elevated 
  apically; 
  fnrcula 
  rarely 
  (and 
  then 
  but 
  little) 
  less, 
  

   usually 
  more, 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  green 
  

   or 
  blue, 
  rarely 
  (J/. 
  compJanatlpes) 
  reddish 
  yellow 
  (20. 
  Cinereus 
  series). 
  

   (j^. 
  Fnrcula 
  of 
  male 
  only 
  moderately 
  broad 
  at 
  base, 
  tapering 
  uniformly, 
  

   not 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  uniformly 
  

   incurved 
  throughout, 
  not 
  nearly 
  reaching 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  

   plate; 
  the 
  latter 
  abruptly 
  and 
  strongly 
  contracted 
  shortly 
  before 
  its 
  

   tip. 
  

  

  7i'. 
  Prozona 
  of 
  male 
  quadrate 
  or 
  transverse; 
  apical 
  margin 
  of 
  sub- 
  

   genital 
  i)late 
  of 
  male, 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  above, 
  well 
  rounded. 
  

  

  ><6. 
  hixpinosus 
  (p. 
  292). 
  

   7i-. 
  Prozona 
  of 
  male 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  Ijasal 
  breadth; 
  apical 
  

   margin 
  of 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  of 
  male, 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  above, 
  I'ounded 
  

  

  angulate 
  87. 
  termlnaJis 
  (p. 
  293). 
  

  

  </2. 
  Fnrcula 
  of 
  male 
  unusually 
  broad 
  at 
  base, 
  usually 
  tapering 
  unequally, 
  

   the 
  narrowing 
  beginning 
  beyond 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  leaving 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   apex 
  equal 
  and 
  very 
  slender, 
  the 
  whole 
  considerably 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  bent 
  suddenly 
  inward 
  before 
  the 
  

   tip 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  reassuming, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  part, 
  the 
  original 
  course, 
  

   reaching 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  the 
  latter 
  with 
  no 
  abrupt 
  pre- 
  

   apical 
  constriction. 
  

  

  li^. 
  The 
  distal 
  twist 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  cerci 
  conspicuous 
  and 
  involving 
  the 
  

   apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  

   i'. 
  Furcula 
  ofmalenarrowinguniformly 
  or 
  almost 
  uniformly 
  through- 
  

   out 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  very 
  obtusangulate 
  ; 
  disk 
  of 
  pronotum 
  

  

  dotted 
  obscurely 
  if 
  at 
  all 
  with 
  fuscous 
  88. 
  cyanipes 
  (p. 
  29.5). 
  

  

  I-. 
  Furcula 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  a 
  considerable 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  portion 
  

   equal 
  and 
  very 
  slender; 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  

   obtusangulate 
  ; 
  disk 
  of 
  pronotum 
  generally 
  distinctly 
  dotted 
  with 
  

  

  fuscous 
  89. 
  cinereus 
  (p. 
  296). 
  

  

  h'. 
  The 
  distal 
  twist 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  cerci 
  inconspicuous, 
  involving 
  only 
  

   the 
  extreme 
  tiji. 
  

   fi. 
  Tegmina 
  long 
  and 
  very 
  slender, 
  far 
  surpassing 
  the 
  hind 
  femora, 
  

   without 
  distinct 
  spots; 
  hind 
  femora 
  strongly 
  compressed; 
  hind 
  

  

  tildae 
  reddish 
  yellow 
  90. 
  complanaiipes 
  (p. 
  298). 
  

  

  i-. 
  Tegmina 
  of 
  normal 
  width 
  and 
  but 
  little 
  surpassing 
  the 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  maculate 
  along 
  the 
  discoidal 
  area; 
  hind 
  femora 
  normal; 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  glaucous 
  91. 
  canonicus 
  (p. 
  300). 
  

  

  