﻿REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCUBDER. 
  1 
  75 
  

  

  than 
  the 
  infraocular 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  genae 
  ; 
  antennae 
  testaceous, 
  about 
  

   two-thirds 
  (male) 
  or 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  three-fifths 
  (female) 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   hind 
  femoi'a. 
  Pronotum 
  sube(|ual 
  on 
  the 
  prozona, 
  expanding 
  posteri- 
  

   orly 
  on 
  the 
  metazona, 
  darker 
  above 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  but 
  occasionally 
  

   with 
  pale 
  stripes 
  follo\Ying 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  carinae, 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  lobes 
  with 
  a 
  generally 
  maculate 
  or 
  broken 
  but 
  usually 
  consjiicu- 
  

   ous 
  piceous 
  postocular 
  band 
  confined 
  to 
  tlie 
  prozona, 
  the 
  disk 
  plane 
  on 
  

   the 
  metazona, 
  feebly 
  convex 
  on 
  the 
  prozona, 
  i^assing 
  abruj^tly 
  into 
  the 
  

   vertical 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  by 
  a 
  distinct 
  shoulder, 
  on 
  the 
  metazona 
  forming 
  

   rather 
  definite 
  lateral 
  carinae 
  ; 
  median 
  carina 
  distinct 
  on 
  the 
  metazona, 
  

   subdued 
  and 
  uniform 
  on 
  tfie 
  prozona, 
  more 
  nearly 
  obsolete 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  

   than 
  iu 
  the 
  male; 
  front 
  margin 
  truncate, 
  hind 
  margin 
  feebly 
  obtusang- 
  

   ulate; 
  prozona 
  (piadrate 
  or 
  feebly 
  longitudinal 
  (male) 
  or 
  transversely 
  

   subquadrate 
  or 
  transverse 
  (female), 
  scarcely 
  or 
  not 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   densely 
  i)unctate 
  metazona. 
  Prosternal 
  spine 
  not 
  very 
  stout, 
  stouter 
  

   in 
  the 
  female 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  appressed 
  conical, 
  rather 
  blunt, 
  erect; 
  

   interspace 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  fully 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  

   (male), 
  or 
  subquadrate 
  (female). 
  Tegmina 
  generally 
  surpassing 
  a 
  little, 
  

   sometimes 
  considerably, 
  the 
  hind 
  femora, 
  moderately 
  slender, 
  tapering 
  

   but 
  little, 
  well 
  rounded 
  apically, 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  variably 
  maculate 
  

   but 
  generally 
  rather 
  heavily 
  marked 
  along 
  the 
  discoidal 
  area, 
  sometimes 
  

   sprinkled 
  with 
  fuscous 
  over 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tegmina, 
  rarely 
  reduced 
  

   to 
  a 
  feeble 
  series 
  of 
  spots 
  along 
  the 
  middle 
  line; 
  wings 
  rather 
  broad, 
  

   hyaline 
  with 
  fuscous 
  veins. 
  Fore 
  and 
  middle 
  femora 
  somewhat 
  tumid 
  

   in 
  the 
  male; 
  hind 
  femora 
  testaceous 
  or 
  flavo-testaceous, 
  heavily 
  and 
  

   obliquely 
  (and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly) 
  bifasciate 
  with 
  fuscous 
  or 
  black- 
  

   ish 
  fuscous.over 
  the 
  ujiper 
  and 
  outer 
  faces, 
  the 
  geniculation 
  black, 
  often 
  

   witli 
  an 
  indistinct 
  pregenicular 
  pale 
  tlavous 
  annulation, 
  the 
  lower 
  face 
  

   with 
  a 
  flush 
  of 
  roseate; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  bright 
  red 
  (by 
  rare 
  exception 
  glau- 
  

   cous) 
  with 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  fuscous 
  patellar 
  spot, 
  the 
  spines 
  black 
  

   almost 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  eleven 
  to 
  thirteen, 
  usually 
  eleven, 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  

   outer 
  series. 
  Extremity 
  of 
  male 
  abdomen 
  considerably 
  clavate, 
  well 
  

   recurved, 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  long 
  triangular, 
  feebly 
  compressed 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle, 
  the 
  apex 
  acutaugulate, 
  the 
  margins 
  elevated, 
  the 
  median 
  

   sulcus 
  rather 
  heavy 
  and 
  deep, 
  apically 
  evanescent, 
  its 
  walls 
  stout; 
  fur- 
  

   cula 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  parallel, 
  tapering, 
  flattened 
  fingers 
  about 
  

   a 
  third 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  nearly 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  middle 
  breadth, 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  feebly 
  tapering 
  basal 
  portion 
  

   nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  and 
  an 
  apical, 
  slightly 
  iubent 
  and 
  feebly 
  

   u))turned, 
  externally 
  broadly 
  sulcate, 
  subequal 
  portion, 
  well 
  rounded 
  at 
  

   til); 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  subpyramidal, 
  with 
  its 
  lateral 
  margins 
  very 
  feebly 
  

   sinuate, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  rising 
  a 
  little 
  higher 
  and 
  distinctly 
  notched 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  laterally 
  tumid. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  21 
  mm., 
  female, 
  2G.5 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  nude, 
  9 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  8.75 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  18.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  20 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  13 
  mm., 
  female, 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Forty-eight 
  males, 
  71 
  females. 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  G. 
  W. 
  Taylor 
  CU 
  

  

  