﻿NO 
  1124. 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCUDDEIl. 
  165 
  

  

  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  ratlier 
  broad, 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  (male) 
  or 
  broader 
  

   than 
  (female) 
  the 
  first 
  aiiteunal 
  joint; 
  fastigium 
  rapidly 
  descending 
  

   with 
  a 
  reg^ular 
  curve, 
  broadly 
  and 
  very 
  shallowly 
  sulcate 
  (male) 
  or 
  

   plane 
  with 
  feebly 
  raised 
  margins 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  (female); 
  frontal 
  

   costa 
  liroad, 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  equal, 
  or 
  

   feeb]> 
  narrower 
  above 
  than 
  below, 
  just 
  failing- 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  clypeal 
  mar- 
  

   gin, 
  feebly 
  impressed 
  at 
  and 
  sometimes 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  the 
  ocellus, 
  punc- 
  

   tate 
  es])ecially 
  at 
  the 
  sides; 
  eyes 
  moderate, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  infraocular 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  genae, 
  not 
  very 
  prominent; 
  antennae 
  varying 
  from 
  fulvo- 
  

   testaceous 
  to 
  rufous, 
  much 
  infuscated 
  apically, 
  about 
  three-fourths 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  hind 
  femora, 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

   Pronotum 
  with 
  the 
  front 
  margin 
  transverse, 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  obtusely 
  

   angulate, 
  the 
  angle 
  rounded, 
  tlie 
  median 
  carina 
  percurrent, 
  but 
  feeble 
  

   on 
  the 
  prozona, 
  the 
  prozona 
  plano-convex, 
  passing 
  by 
  a 
  well-rounded 
  

   angle 
  into 
  the 
  subvert 
  ical 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  the 
  disk 
  smooth, 
  quadrate 
  

   (male) 
  or 
  feebly 
  transverse 
  (female), 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  finely 
  and 
  

   densel\' 
  punctate 
  metazona, 
  the 
  transverse 
  sulci 
  distinct 
  and 
  continuous; 
  

   the 
  upper 
  two-tifths 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  are 
  marked 
  on 
  the 
  prozona 
  by 
  

   a 
  fuscous 
  or 
  piceous 
  patch, 
  while 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  is 
  occasionally 
  lighter 
  

   than 
  tlie 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  hody. 
  Prosternal 
  spine 
  erect, 
  and 
  moderately 
  hmg, 
  

   ap])ressed 
  conical,* 
  the 
  t\\) 
  blunt 
  (male) 
  or 
  short, 
  stout, 
  conico-cylin- 
  

   dri("al, 
  very 
  blunt 
  (female); 
  interspace 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  more 
  

   than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  (male) 
  or 
  subquadrate 
  (female) 
  ; 
  metasternal 
  

   lobes 
  attingent 
  (male) 
  or 
  distant 
  by 
  half 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  frontal 
  costa 
  

   (female). 
  Tegmina 
  reaching 
  and 
  generally 
  some\yhat 
  surpassing 
  the 
  

   tii)sof 
  the 
  hind 
  femora, 
  somewhat 
  but 
  rather 
  delicately 
  maculate 
  in 
  the 
  

   basal 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  area; 
  wings 
  pellucid, 
  rather 
  broad. 
  

   Hind 
  femora 
  fusco-ferruginous, 
  oblii^uely 
  blotched 
  externally 
  and 
  above 
  

   witli 
  lutco-testaceous, 
  the 
  lighter 
  parts 
  occurring 
  before 
  and 
  past 
  the 
  

   middle 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  pregenicular 
  annulus; 
  beneath 
  dull 
  luteous 
  with 
  a 
  

   tinge 
  of 
  fulvous; 
  genicular 
  arc 
  fusco-piceous; 
  inferior 
  genicular 
  lobe 
  

   pallid 
  or 
  sordid 
  luteous 
  with 
  a 
  basal 
  black 
  bar; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  pale 
  red, 
  

   sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  greenish 
  yellow 
  tinge, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  feeble 
  

   fuscous 
  patellar 
  mark, 
  the 
  spines 
  black 
  excepting 
  at 
  base, 
  ten 
  to 
  twelve, 
  

   usually 
  eleven, 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  Extremity 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  

   abdomen 
  a 
  little 
  clavate, 
  much 
  upturned, 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  rather 
  

   narrow, 
  demi 
  oval, 
  with 
  rounded 
  sides 
  and 
  scarcely 
  angulate 
  apex, 
  the 
  

   rather 
  deep 
  median 
  sulcus 
  tern)inating 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  by 
  the 
  con- 
  

   traction 
  of 
  its 
  rather 
  stout 
  lateral 
  walls, 
  each 
  lateral 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  plate 
  

   with 
  a 
  short 
  apical 
  ridge 
  in 
  its 
  middle; 
  furcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  

   straight, 
  jiarallel, 
  flattened, 
  rather 
  slender, 
  tapering, 
  pointed, 
  basally 
  

   attingent 
  lingers, 
  reaching 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  

   broad, 
  sube(|ual 
  but 
  mesially 
  contracted, 
  compressed, 
  slightly 
  upcuryed 
  

   and 
  incurved 
  laminae, 
  bluntly 
  rounded 
  apically, 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  broad, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  infracercal 
  plates 
  

   broad, 
  obli(|uely 
  truncate 
  ajiiealb', 
  scarcely 
  surpassing 
  the 
  supraanal 
  

   plate; 
  subgeuital 
  plate 
  greatly 
  prolonged 
  and 
  elevated 
  apically, 
  the 
  

  

  