﻿N..1124. 
  EEVISIOX 
  OF 
  TRE 
  MELAXOPLI—SCrDDER. 
  197 
  

  

  broad. 
  Tegmina 
  a 
  little 
  surpassiug 
  the 
  lilnd 
  femora, 
  at 
  least 
  iu 
  the 
  male, 
  

   only 
  moderately 
  slender, 
  tapering 
  a 
  little, 
  well 
  rounded 
  apically, 
  fus- 
  

   cous, 
  generally 
  very 
  dark 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  discoidal 
  area 
  maculate 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  

   variable 
  degree, 
  from 
  a 
  feeble 
  indication 
  only 
  (in 
  which 
  case 
  the 
  whole 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  tegmina 
  is 
  generally' 
  exceptionally 
  dark) 
  to 
  a 
  heavy 
  and 
  

   coarse 
  or 
  a 
  pronounced, 
  rather 
  delicate 
  and 
  distant 
  flecking; 
  wings 
  mod- 
  

   erately 
  broad, 
  hyaline, 
  with 
  fuscous 
  veins 
  and 
  cross 
  veins 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   tinged 
  with 
  glaucous, 
  and 
  becoming 
  wholly 
  glaucous 
  in 
  the 
  anal 
  area. 
  

   Hind 
  femora 
  dull 
  testaceous, 
  very 
  obliquelj* 
  and 
  broadly 
  bifasciate 
  

   with 
  blackish 
  fuscous 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  basal 
  patch 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  

   and 
  upiDcr 
  faces, 
  the 
  lower 
  face 
  and 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  face 
  red 
  or 
  

   reddish; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  either 
  dark 
  glaucous, 
  or 
  red, 
  or 
  luteo-giaucous, 
  

   often 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscated 
  in 
  threads 
  basally, 
  generally 
  deepening 
  

   there 
  in 
  color, 
  and 
  when 
  deepest 
  often 
  with 
  a 
  narrow, 
  pale, 
  subbasal 
  

   annulus; 
  the 
  spines 
  black, 
  except 
  their 
  pallid 
  base, 
  ten 
  to 
  eleven, 
  rarely 
  

   twelve, 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  Extremity 
  of 
  male 
  abdomen 
  

   oblong 
  clavate, 
  considerably 
  upturned, 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  triangular, 
  

   with 
  subrectangulate 
  apex, 
  convex 
  and 
  broadly 
  upturned 
  lateral 
  mar- 
  

   gins, 
  a 
  deep 
  and 
  narrow, 
  percurreut, 
  median 
  sulcus, 
  bounded 
  by 
  high 
  

   walls, 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  slight 
  and 
  short 
  apical 
  ridges; 
  furcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   a 
  pair 
  of 
  parallel, 
  flattened, 
  rather 
  slight, 
  tapering, 
  acuminate 
  fingers, 
  

   hardly 
  reaching 
  a 
  third 
  way 
  across 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  small, 
  

   slender, 
  subequal 
  but 
  feebly 
  tapering 
  in 
  basal 
  half, 
  very 
  feebly 
  up- 
  

   curved 
  and 
  as 
  feebly 
  incurved, 
  about 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  the 
  

   apical 
  third 
  or 
  less 
  externally 
  excavate, 
  the 
  tip 
  well 
  rounded, 
  the 
  whole 
  

   much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  moderately 
  

   broad 
  at 
  base, 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  considerably 
  and 
  

   rather 
  abruptly 
  elevated, 
  but 
  not 
  prolonged, 
  and 
  slightly 
  notched 
  

   mesially. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  21 
  mm., 
  female, 
  24 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male. 
  7.75 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  6.25 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  16.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  16 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  11.75 
  mm., 
  female, 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Eighty-two 
  males, 
  58 
  females. 
  Wenas, 
  Yakima 
  County, 
  Washington 
  

   (^luseum 
  Comparative 
  Zoology); 
  California 
  (L. 
  Bruner); 
  California, 
  H. 
  

   Edwards; 
  California, 
  Eicksecker 
  (S. 
  Henshaw); 
  Siskiyou 
  County, 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  (U.S.KM. 
  — 
  Kiley 
  collection); 
  Sissons, 
  Siskiyou 
  County, 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia, 
  Packard; 
  Fort 
  Redding, 
  Shasta 
  County, 
  California, 
  Lieutenant 
  

   Williamson; 
  Tehama 
  Count}', 
  California 
  (U.S.X.M. 
  — 
  Eiley 
  collection); 
  

   Lakeport, 
  Lake 
  County, 
  California, 
  Crotch: 
  Sierra 
  Valley, 
  Sierra 
  

   County, 
  California, 
  Lemmon, 
  August 
  (L^'.S.X.M. 
  — 
  Eiley 
  collection); 
  

   Placer 
  County, 
  California, 
  August, 
  September 
  (same); 
  Colfax, 
  Placer 
  

   County, 
  California, 
  October 
  11 
  ; 
  Clarkson, 
  Eldorado 
  County, 
  California, 
  

   July 
  14 
  (U.S.X.M. 
  — 
  Eiley 
  collection); 
  Calaveras 
  County, 
  California 
  

   (same) 
  ; 
  Marble 
  Valley 
  and 
  White 
  Eock, 
  Amador 
  County, 
  California, 
  

   July 
  14, 
  15 
  (same); 
  Sacramento 
  County, 
  Coquillett 
  (same); 
  Folsom, 
  

   Sacramento 
  County, 
  California, 
  July 
  3 
  (same;; 
  ISTatoma, 
  Sacramento 
  

  

  