﻿No.im. 
  JREVISIOX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOrLI—SCUDDEB. 
  243 
  

  

  mm., 
  female, 
  0,75 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male 
  and 
  female, 
  4 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  femora, 
  

   male, 
  10.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  11,25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Four 
  males, 
  7 
  females. 
  Siskiyou 
  County, 
  California 
  (U.S.X.M. 
  — 
  Eiley 
  

   collection); 
  Edgewood, 
  Siskiyou 
  County, 
  California 
  (L. 
  Bruner); 
  Sis- 
  

   sons, 
  Siskiyou 
  County, 
  Packard; 
  Mount 
  Shasta, 
  California 
  (L. 
  Bru- 
  

   nei) 
  ; 
  Shasta 
  County, 
  California, 
  June, 
  J. 
  Behreiis 
  (same); 
  Santa 
  Cruz 
  

   Mountains, 
  California 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Eiley 
  collection); 
  mountains 
  near 
  

   Lake 
  Tahoe, 
  California, 
  September, 
  Henshaw, 
  Wheeler's 
  Expedition, 
  

   1870. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  may 
  readily 
  be 
  confounded 
  with 
  the 
  following; 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   little 
  smaller 
  and 
  somewhat 
  slenderer 
  than 
  M. 
  horekii, 
  and 
  differs 
  also 
  

   in 
  the 
  points 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  table. 
  

  

  6i. 
  MELANOPLUS 
  BORCKII. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XVI. 
  fig. 
  6.) 
  

  

  Jcridium 
  (Podisma) 
  borckii 
  Stal, 
  Ortb. 
  Eug. 
  Res. 
  (1861), 
  p. 
  332. 
  

  

  Podisma 
  horclii 
  Walker, 
  Cat. 
  Derm. 
  Salt. 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  IV 
  (1870), 
  p. 
  718. 
  

  

  Fe:oteitix 
  (Mdanophts) 
  horclii 
  St.\l, 
  Eecens. 
  Ortli., 
  I 
  (1873), 
  p. 
  79. 
  

  

  Fczofettix 
  borckii 
  Thomas, 
  Eep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  8iirv. 
  Terr., 
  V 
  (1873). 
  p. 
  Utt.— 
  Brcner, 
  

  

  Rep. 
  U. 
  8. 
  Eut. 
  Comiii., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  59; 
  Can. 
  Eut., 
  XVII 
  (1885), 
  p. 
  12; 
  Bull. 
  

  

  Div. 
  Eut. 
  U. 
  S. 
  D.'p. 
  Agric, 
  IV 
  (1884). 
  p. 
  58. 
  

  

  Of 
  fully 
  medium 
  size, 
  ferrugineo- 
  fuscous, 
  dull 
  testaceous 
  beneath. 
  

   Head 
  scarcely 
  prominent, 
  flavous, 
  often 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  clouded 
  with 
  fus- 
  

   cous, 
  above 
  always 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  occasionally 
  punctate 
  

   or 
  streaked 
  with 
  black, 
  rarely 
  with 
  any 
  sign 
  of 
  a 
  postocular 
  band; 
  

   vertex 
  very 
  gently 
  tumid, 
  feebly 
  elevated 
  above 
  'the 
  pronotum, 
  the 
  

   Interspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  fully 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  again 
  (male) 
  or 
  twice 
  as 
  

   broad 
  (female) 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  antennal 
  joint; 
  fastigium 
  moderately 
  decliv- 
  

   ent, 
  silicate 
  throughout 
  but 
  more 
  feebly 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male; 
  

   frontal 
  costa 
  fading 
  before 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  equal 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  slight 
  narrow- 
  

   ing 
  above, 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  slightly 
  sulcata 
  

   at 
  and 
  sometimes 
  shortly 
  below 
  the 
  ocellus, 
  punctate 
  throughout 
  like 
  

   the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  genae; 
  eyes 
  of 
  moderate 
  size, 
  feebly 
  tumid 
  and 
  

   scarcely 
  more 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  infraocular 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  genae; 
  antennae 
  luteous 
  or 
  rufous, 
  becom- 
  

   ing 
  dusky 
  apically, 
  slightly 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  (male) 
  or 
  about 
  three-fifths 
  

   (female) 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  hind 
  femora. 
  Pronotum 
  distinctly 
  enlarging 
  

   posteriorly 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  of 
  nearly 
  uniform 
  color 
  but 
  becom- 
  

   ing 
  dull 
  fiisco-testaceous 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  and 
  

   sometimes, 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  tlie 
  male, 
  with 
  a 
  broad, 
  dull 
  piceous, 
  post- 
  

   ocular 
  band 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  prozona, 
  the 
  disk 
  broadly 
  convex 
  and 
  sep- 
  

   arated 
  by 
  a 
  distinct 
  and 
  tolerably 
  sharp 
  angulation, 
  forming 
  rather 
  

   distinct 
  lateral 
  carinae, 
  from 
  the 
  gently 
  tumid 
  but 
  otherwise 
  subvertical 
  

   lateral 
  lobes; 
  median 
  carina 
  distinct, 
  percurrent 
  but 
  feebler 
  on 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   zona, 
  and 
  feeblest 
  and 
  sometimes 
  subobsolete 
  between 
  the 
  sulci; 
  front 
  

   margin 
  truncate 
  or 
  faintly 
  convex, 
  hind 
  margin 
  truncate 
  or 
  feebly 
  

   rounded, 
  rarely 
  subangulate; 
  prozona 
  distinctly 
  (male) 
  or 
  feebly 
  (female) 
  

  

  