﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOP 
  LI— 
  SCUDDEB. 
  225 
  

  

  (female). 
  Tegmiiia 
  short, 
  sublauceolate, 
  lateral, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   iiotum, 
  the 
  tip 
  rounded, 
  subangiilate, 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  blackish 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  area. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  pallid 
  testaceous, 
  very 
  

   transversely 
  and 
  narrowly 
  bifasciate 
  with 
  blackish 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  inferior 
  

   face 
  and 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  interior 
  face 
  roseate 
  and 
  unbroken, 
  the 
  genicu- 
  

   lation 
  black; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  red, 
  the 
  spines 
  black 
  almost 
  or 
  quite 
  to 
  the 
  

   base, 
  nine 
  to 
  ten 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  Abdomen 
  sordid 
  pale 
  

   testaceous, 
  heavily 
  overlaid 
  or 
  blotched 
  with 
  blackish 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  

   extremity 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  feebly 
  clavate, 
  a 
  little 
  upturned, 
  the 
  supraanal 
  

   plate 
  triangular, 
  with 
  convex 
  sides, 
  rectangular 
  apex, 
  the 
  mesial 
  region 
  

   broadly 
  elevated 
  in 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  closed 
  

   sulcus 
  of 
  considerable 
  depth, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  plate 
  also 
  basally 
  elevated, 
  

   so 
  that 
  two 
  lateral 
  valleys 
  are 
  formed 
  with 
  synclinal 
  sides; 
  furcula 
  

   consisting- 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  slender, 
  a 
  little 
  divergent, 
  tapering, 
  acuminate 
  

   spines, 
  crossing 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  rather 
  

   small, 
  rapidly 
  tapering 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  by 
  the 
  excision 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  

   margin 
  (much 
  more 
  rapidly 
  than 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  figure), 
  beyond 
  subeqnal 
  

   and 
  arcuate, 
  being 
  a 
  little 
  upturned, 
  narrowed 
  and 
  well 
  rounded 
  

   apicall} 
  , 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  incurved, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  supraanal 
  ]>late; 
  subgenital 
  

   plate 
  small, 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  produced 
  apically 
  and 
  

   elevated 
  only 
  at 
  extreme 
  tip 
  and 
  slightly, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  well 
  

   rounded, 
  entire. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  17.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  22 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  

   7.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  6.5 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male 
  and 
  female, 
  3.25 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  0.1 
  mm., 
  female, 
  11.75 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  male, 
  1 
  female. 
  Soldier, 
  Logan 
  County, 
  Idaho 
  (L. 
  Bruuer). 
  

  

  49. 
  MELANOPLUS 
  NIGRESCENS. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XV, 
  fig. 
  4.) 
  

  

  'i 
  Pezoteitix 
  zimmermaniti 
  Saussure, 
  Kev. 
  Mag. 
  Zool., 
  18(31 
  (1861), 
  p. 
  159; 
  Orth. 
  

  

  Nov. 
  Auier., 
  II 
  (1861), 
  p. 
  9.— 
  Thomas, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Siirv. 
  Terr., 
  V 
  (1873), 
  

  

  p. 
  150.— 
  Bkuner, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Comm., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  59. 
  

   ? 
  Fodisma 
  zimmermanni 
  Walker, 
  Cat. 
  Derm. 
  Salt. 
  Brit. 
  Mas., 
  IV 
  (1870), 
  p. 
  718. 
  

   Calopteniis 
  nigresceiis 
  Scudder!, 
  Proc. 
  Best. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  XIX 
  (1877), 
  p. 
  27; 
  

  

  Ent. 
  Notes, 
  YI 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  5; 
  Cent. 
  Orth. 
  (1879), 
  p. 
  44. 
  

   Pezotettix 
  nU/rencens 
  Scudder!, 
  Can. 
  Ent., 
  XII 
  (1880), 
  p. 
  75. 
  

   Melanoplus 
  nigrescens 
  Scudder, 
  Cent. 
  Orth. 
  (1879), 
  p. 
  84. 
  — 
  Bruner, 
  Rep. 
  IT. 
  8. 
  

  

  Ent. 
  Comm., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  61. 
  

  

  Dull 
  wood-brown, 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  tegmina 
  marked 
  with 
  black. 
  Anten- 
  

   nae 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  a 
  little 
  infuscated 
  at 
  the 
  tip; 
  front 
  of 
  head 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  infuscated, 
  the 
  upper 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  margined 
  by 
  a 
  pale 
  yellow- 
  

   ish 
  stripe, 
  followed 
  interiorly 
  behind 
  the 
  eye 
  by 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct, 
  

   broad, 
  blackish 
  belt, 
  which 
  extends 
  ui3on 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  where 
  it 
  infus- 
  

   cates 
  the 
  upper 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  especially 
  anteriorly, 
  and 
  

   deepens 
  to 
  black 
  next 
  the 
  lateral 
  carinae; 
  metathoracic 
  epimera 
  yellow 
  

   ish 
  or 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  edged 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  with 
  black. 
  Anal 
  

   Proc. 
  N. 
  M. 
  vol. 
  XX 
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