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  FBOCEEDINdS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEVM. 
  

  

  incurved, 
  the 
  tip 
  bluntly 
  angulate 
  below, 
  the 
  whole 
  fully 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  basal 
  breadth 
  ; 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  narrowest 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  ampliate 
  and 
  well 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  

   as 
  a 
  whole 
  sinuate, 
  rising 
  again 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  as 
  .seen 
  

   from 
  behind 
  broadly 
  angulate, 
  entire. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  16 
  mm., 
  female, 
  20 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  7 
  mm., 
  

   female, 
  8 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  3 
  mm., 
  female, 
  4.75 
  mm. 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora, 
  

   male, 
  10 
  mm., 
  female, 
  15.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Three 
  males, 
  5 
  females. 
  Monterey 
  County, 
  California, 
  M. 
  li. 
  Curran 
  

   (L. 
  Bruner); 
  Los 
  Angeles, 
  Calfornia, 
  Cocpiillett 
  (same); 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  

   County, 
  California, 
  Koebele 
  (same); 
  San 
  Bernardino 
  County, 
  Califor 
  

   nia, 
  August 
  18 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Eiley 
  collection); 
  Kern 
  County, 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  (U.S.N.M.). 
  

  

  As 
  there 
  is 
  considerable 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  slenderness 
  of 
  the 
  tegmina, 
  

   the 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  McNeill 
  is 
  not 
  closely 
  applicable. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  single 
  female 
  from 
  Monterey 
  County 
  does 
  not 
  

   belong 
  here, 
  as 
  it 
  varies 
  from 
  the 
  others, 
  as 
  indicated 
  in 
  part 
  by 
  the 
  

   description, 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  subbasal 
  annulus 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  has 
  

   considerably 
  broader 
  tegmina 
  than 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  and 
  hardly 
  any 
  

   trace 
  of 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  femora. 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  distinct, 
  it 
  indicates 
  an 
  

   uudescribed 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  same 
  series 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  present. 
  

  

  63. 
  MELANOPLUS 
  MISSIONUM, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   (Plate 
  XVI, 
  tiy. 
  S.) 
  

  

  Of 
  average 
  size, 
  dark, 
  ferrugineo-fuscous. 
  Head 
  feebly 
  prominent, 
  at 
  

   least 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  testaceous, 
  heavily 
  punctate 
  with 
  fuscous, 
  above 
  

   blackish 
  fuscous, 
  enlivened 
  by 
  a 
  testaceous 
  stripe 
  following 
  the 
  margin 
  

   of 
  the 
  eye 
  posteriorly, 
  and 
  separating 
  the 
  fuscous 
  summit 
  from 
  the 
  broad 
  

   piceous 
  ])ostocular 
  band 
  ; 
  vertex 
  gently 
  tumid, 
  distinctly 
  elevated 
  above 
  

   the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  nearly 
  

   (male) 
  or 
  fully 
  (female) 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  again 
  as 
  the 
  tirst 
  anteunal 
  joint; 
  

   fastigium 
  somewhat 
  declivent, 
  throughout 
  distinctly 
  (male) 
  or 
  scarcely 
  

   (female) 
  sulcate; 
  frontal 
  costa 
  rather 
  prominent, 
  almost 
  reaching 
  the 
  

   clypeus, 
  equal 
  or, 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  sometimes 
  feebly 
  narrowed 
  above, 
  slightly 
  

   broader 
  than 
  the 
  iuterspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  feebly 
  sulcate 
  at, 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  male 
  below, 
  the 
  ocellus, 
  rather 
  closely 
  punctate 
  throughout 
  like 
  the 
  

   rest 
  of 
  the 
  face; 
  eyes 
  moderately 
  large, 
  slightly 
  prominent, 
  much 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  intraocular 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  genae; 
  antennae 
  luteo 
  testaceous, 
  

   about 
  three-fourths 
  (male) 
  or 
  more 
  than 
  three-tifths 
  (female) 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  hind 
  femora. 
  Pronotum 
  feebly 
  expanding 
  posteriorly, 
  the 
  disk 
  

   broadly 
  convex, 
  passing 
  by 
  a 
  distinct 
  though 
  slight 
  ruga 
  or 
  rough 
  

   angulation 
  into 
  the 
  vertical 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  these 
  lateral 
  carinae 
  marked, 
  

   at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  by 
  a 
  slender 
  Havous 
  stripe, 
  followed 
  beneath 
  on 
  

   the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  by 
  a 
  slender 
  (female) 
  or 
  broad 
  but 
  posteriorly 
  narrow- 
  

   ing 
  (male) 
  piceous 
  postocular 
  band, 
  mostly 
  or 
  wholly 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  

   prozona; 
  median 
  carina 
  j)ercurrent 
  and 
  distinct, 
  but 
  duller 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  