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  PBOCEEDIXGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  XJTIOXAL 
  MTSEUM. 
  

  

  Tegmina 
  extending 
  to 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  slender, 
  

   scarcely 
  tapering, 
  profusely 
  maculate 
  tliroughout, 
  as 
  described 
  below. 
  

   Sn])raana] 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  rounded 
  trianuular, 
  pointed, 
  fully 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  

   long; 
  furcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  minute 
  triangular 
  denticles; 
  cerci 
  Habcl- 
  

   late, 
  each 
  consisti 
  g 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  broad, 
  upturned 
  lateral 
  lamella, 
  whose 
  

   anterior 
  edge 
  is 
  gently 
  convex, 
  whose 
  lower 
  is 
  strongly 
  convex 
  only 
  at 
  

   the 
  expanded 
  base 
  and 
  there 
  thickened, 
  the 
  tip 
  rounded, 
  angular, 
  and 
  

   the 
  whole 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  the 
  extreme 
  width 
  ; 
  snbgenital 
  plate 
  

   shallowly 
  scoop-sbaped, 
  the 
  apical 
  edge 
  entire, 
  but 
  just 
  below 
  it, 
  at 
  the 
  

   extremit}', 
  a 
  conical 
  tubercle. 
  Basal 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  valve 
  of 
  the 
  

   ovipcxsitor 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  sharp, 
  triangular, 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  color 
  is 
  a 
  ferruginous-brown 
  above, 
  mottled 
  strongly 
  with 
  

   blackish-fuscous, 
  livid 
  brown 
  below; 
  a 
  blackish-browu 
  median 
  stripe, 
  

   broadening 
  posteriorly, 
  jiasses 
  from 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  to 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  

   the 
  head, 
  but 
  seldom 
  continues, 
  and 
  then 
  less 
  deeply, 
  npon 
  the 
  prono- 
  

   tum; 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  genae 
  vary 
  from 
  yellow 
  to 
  testaceous 
  and 
  are 
  sel- 
  

   dom 
  blotched 
  by 
  dusky 
  colors, 
  excepting 
  on 
  the 
  genae; 
  the 
  antennae 
  

   are 
  of 
  a 
  lighter 
  or 
  darker 
  testaceous, 
  and 
  are 
  scarcely 
  infuscated 
  at 
  tip; 
  

   a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  broken 
  black 
  patch 
  occupies 
  the 
  upper 
  jyart 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes. 
  The 
  tegmiua 
  are 
  dark 
  brownish 
  

   cinereous, 
  with 
  a 
  slender 
  median 
  yellow 
  stripe, 
  frequently 
  broken 
  by 
  

   quadrate 
  fuscous 
  or 
  blackish 
  sj^ots, 
  and 
  similar 
  si)Ots 
  are 
  scattered 
  

   rather 
  distantly 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  tegmina, 
  giving 
  them 
  an 
  unusually 
  

   speckled 
  appearance; 
  wings 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  veins 
  glaucous, 
  except 
  ante- 
  

   riorly. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  variable, 
  either 
  with 
  oblique 
  pale 
  patches 
  on 
  a 
  

   dark 
  ground 
  or 
  — 
  and 
  generallj^ 
  — 
  the 
  reverse; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  glaucous, 
  with 
  

   black 
  tipped 
  spines, 
  ten 
  or 
  eleven 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  18 
  mm., 
  female, 
  25 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  0.5 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  10.25 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  10 
  mm., 
  female, 
  2L 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  11.5 
  mm., 
  fenmle, 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Sixteen 
  males, 
  12 
  females. 
  Yellowstone, 
  Montana 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Kiley 
  

   collection); 
  Eastern 
  AYyoming 
  (same); 
  Sweetwater 
  and 
  Cottonwood, 
  

   Wyoming 
  (same) 
  ; 
  Cheyenne, 
  Laramie 
  County, 
  Wyoming 
  (same) 
  ; 
  Doug- 
  

   las, 
  Converse 
  County, 
  Wyoming, 
  Bruner 
  (same); 
  Sidney, 
  Cheyenne 
  

   County, 
  ISTebraska, 
  August 
  (L. 
  Bruner); 
  Fort 
  llobinson, 
  Dawes 
  

   County, 
  Nebraska, 
  August 
  22, 
  Bruner 
  (U.S. 
  N.M.—Eiley 
  collection); 
  

   AVestern 
  Kansas, 
  July 
  (same); 
  Lakin, 
  Kearny 
  County, 
  Kansas, 
  3,000 
  

   feet, 
  September 
  1; 
  Colorado, 
  5,500 
  feet, 
  Morrison; 
  Pueblo, 
  Colorado, 
  

   4,700 
  feet, 
  July 
  8-9, 
  August 
  30-31; 
  Garden 
  of 
  the 
  Gods, 
  El 
  Paso 
  

   County, 
  Colorado; 
  Salida, 
  ChaU'ee 
  County, 
  Colorado, 
  July 
  3 
  (U.S. 
  

   K.M. 
  — 
  Eiley 
  collection); 
  Magdalena, 
  Socorro 
  County, 
  New 
  Mexico 
  

   (University 
  of 
  Kansas); 
  Fort 
  Wingate. 
  Bernalillo 
  County, 
  New 
  Mex- 
  

   ico 
  (U.S.X.M.— 
  Riley 
  collection). 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  Bismarck, 
  North 
  Dakota 
  (Bruner), 
  

   Minnesota 
  (Thomas). 
  Salt 
  Lake, 
  Utah 
  (Scudder), 
  and 
  Spring 
  Lake, 
  Utah 
  

   (Thomas). 
  

  

  