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  FROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  v.)l.xx. 
  

  

  middle 
  of 
  the 
  supraaual 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  rather 
  small, 
  tapering 
  in 
  the 
  

   basal 
  three-fifths, 
  gently 
  and 
  equally 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  beyond 
  equal, 
  

   less 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  base, 
  exteriorly 
  sulcate 
  apically, 
  tlie 
  tip 
  

   blunt 
  and 
  not 
  nearly 
  reaching 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  subgen- 
  

   i(al 
  plate 
  as 
  in 
  M. 
  herbaceus. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  25.5 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  13? 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  23 
  

   mm.; 
  hind 
  femora, 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  male. 
  San 
  Diego, 
  California, 
  Coquillett 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collec- 
  

   tion). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  preceding, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  

   differs 
  by 
  its 
  color 
  and 
  pattern, 
  by 
  the 
  differently 
  shaped 
  male 
  cerci 
  and 
  

   fnrcula, 
  by 
  the 
  extreme 
  narrowness 
  of 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  

   mesosternal 
  lobes, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  less 
  sharply 
  margined 
  frontal 
  costa. 
  

  

  12. 
  MELANOPLUS 
  PICTUS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XI, 
  fig. 
  2.) 
  

  

  Melanophis 
  jnctiis 
  Biunek!, 
  MS. 
  

  

  A 
  little 
  above 
  the 
  medium 
  size, 
  highly 
  variegated 
  in 
  coloring. 
  Head 
  

   slightly 
  prominent, 
  bright 
  flavous, 
  irregularly 
  and 
  profusely 
  mottled 
  

   and 
  blotched 
  witli 
  blackish 
  fuscous, 
  least 
  and 
  more 
  delicately 
  so 
  above; 
  

   vertex 
  moderately 
  tumid, 
  raised 
  slightly 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  prono- 
  

   tum, 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  narrow, 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  first 
  

   joint 
  of 
  the 
  antennae; 
  fastiginm 
  rapidly 
  and 
  roundly 
  decli 
  vent, 
  distinctly 
  

   sulcate 
  throughout; 
  frontal 
  costa 
  rather 
  prominent 
  above, 
  subequal, 
  

   considerably 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  iuters])ace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  just 
  failing 
  

   to 
  reach 
  the 
  clyi)eus, 
  distinctly 
  sulcate 
  excepting 
  above, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   biseriately 
  punctate; 
  eyes 
  rather 
  large, 
  long, 
  and 
  prominent, 
  much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  intraocular 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  genae; 
  antennae 
  nearly 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  hind 
  femora, 
  flavous 
  throughout. 
  Pronotum 
  subequal, 
  

   enlarging 
  a 
  little 
  on 
  the 
  metazoua, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  prozona 
  a 
  little 
  

   tumid 
  independently 
  on 
  each 
  zone, 
  the 
  disk 
  pilose, 
  gently 
  convex, 
  

   l)assing 
  by 
  a 
  rounded 
  shoulder 
  into 
  the 
  interiorly 
  vertical 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  

   the 
  median 
  carina 
  distinct 
  on 
  the 
  metazona, 
  subobsolete 
  on 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   zona, 
  obsolete 
  between 
  the 
  sulci; 
  front 
  margin 
  faintly 
  convex 
  with 
  a 
  

   slight 
  median 
  emargination, 
  hind 
  margin 
  obtusangulate, 
  the 
  angle 
  well 
  

   rounded; 
  pronotum 
  mostly 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  irregularly 
  enlivened 
  by 
  

   bright 
  flavous, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  disk, 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   most 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobe-<, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  metazona 
  of 
  

   the 
  same, 
  the 
  brown 
  deepening 
  in 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  third 
  or 
  more 
  

   of 
  the 
  j)rozona; 
  i)rozona 
  slightly 
  longitudinal, 
  scarcely 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  densely 
  punctate 
  metazona. 
  Prosterual 
  spine 
  rather 
  s'hort, 
  stout, 
  

   conical, 
  blunt, 
  erect; 
  interspace 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  of 
  male 
  

   nearly 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  the 
  metasternal 
  lobes 
  subattingent. 
  

   Tegmina 
  long, 
  slender, 
  subequal, 
  far 
  surpassing 
  the 
  hind 
  femoia, 
  

   brownish 
  with 
  a 
  roseate 
  tinge 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half, 
  scarcely 
  flecked 
  with 
  

  

  