﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVJSIOX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELAXOPLI—SCUDDER. 
  265 
  

  

  a 
  little 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  lobes 
  themselves 
  (female). 
  Tegmina 
  broad 
  

   ovate, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  well 
  rounded, 
  varying 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  

   longer 
  than 
  broad 
  to 
  fully 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  broad, 
  lateral, 
  never 
  

   attiiigent, 
  uniform 
  brownish 
  fuscous. 
  Mesothoracic 
  epimera 
  piceous 
  

   and 
  consjjicuous 
  from 
  the 
  light 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  thoracic 
  episterua, 
  which 
  is 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes. 
  Fore 
  femora 
  of 
  male 
  very 
  

   feebly 
  tumescent; 
  hind 
  femora 
  ferruginous, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  cim-reous 
  on 
  the 
  

   outer 
  face 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscated 
  on 
  apical 
  half, 
  with 
  feeble 
  cloudy 
  

   indications 
  of 
  bifasciate 
  fuscous 
  or 
  deeper 
  ferruginous 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  

   upper 
  face, 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  luteo-rufous, 
  the 
  geniculation 
  black 
  or 
  

   blackish 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  olivaceous, 
  often 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscated, 
  occasion- 
  

   ally 
  red, 
  with 
  a 
  subbasal 
  pallid 
  annulus, 
  the 
  spines 
  black 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   pallid 
  base, 
  nine 
  to 
  twelve 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  Extremity 
  

   of 
  male 
  abdomen 
  a 
  little 
  clavate, 
  well 
  recurved, 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  

   long 
  triangular 
  with 
  slightly 
  convex 
  sides, 
  the 
  margins 
  broadly 
  and 
  

   feebly 
  raised, 
  the 
  median 
  sulcus 
  percurreut 
  but 
  contracted 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  before 
  that 
  rather 
  deep, 
  with 
  sharp 
  but 
  not 
  greatly 
  elevated 
  

   walls; 
  furcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  approximate, 
  somewhat 
  divergiug, 
  

   cylindrical, 
  tapering, 
  slender, 
  acuminate 
  lingers, 
  reaching 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  

   than 
  one-third 
  way 
  across 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  rather 
  slender, 
  

   mesially 
  contracted 
  to 
  nearly 
  half 
  the 
  extreme 
  basal 
  width 
  by 
  the 
  

   arcnation 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  margin, 
  the 
  lower 
  border 
  being 
  straight, 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  middle 
  somewhat 
  enlarged 
  again, 
  the 
  apex 
  roundly 
  truncate, 
  the 
  

   whole 
  gently 
  incurved, 
  nearly 
  reaching 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  i^late; 
  

   infracercal 
  plate 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  supraanal. 
  apically 
  broad: 
  sub- 
  

   genital 
  plate 
  small, 
  almost 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  not 
  ele- 
  

   vated, 
  well 
  rounded 
  as 
  viewed 
  from 
  above, 
  entire. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  IG 
  mm., 
  female, 
  20 
  ram. 
  ; 
  antennae, 
  male. 
  10 
  mm., 
  

   female, 
  10.25 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  3.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  4.25 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  fem- 
  

   ora, 
  male, 
  10 
  mm., 
  female, 
  13.25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Twelve 
  males, 
  14 
  females. 
  Vigo 
  County, 
  Indiana, 
  Vs 
  . 
  S. 
  Blatchley 
  

   (A. 
  P. 
  Morse; 
  !S. 
  H. 
  Scudder); 
  High 
  Bridge, 
  Jessamine 
  County, 
  Ken- 
  

   tucky. 
  October 
  15, 
  H. 
  Garman; 
  near 
  Mammoth 
  Cave, 
  Kentucky, 
  Octo- 
  

   ber 
  2, 
  Putnam 
  (Museum 
  Comparative 
  Zoology) 
  ; 
  St. 
  Louis, 
  Missouri 
  

   (IT.S.N.M.— 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  Dallas, 
  Texas 
  (U.S.N. 
  M.—Piley 
  collec- 
  

   tion; 
  L. 
  Bruner). 
  

  

  Blatchley 
  also 
  reports 
  it 
  from 
  Monroe 
  County, 
  Indiana, 
  and 
  if 
  Saus- 
  

   sure's 
  species 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  Carolina. 
  Blatchley 
  says 
  

   "it 
  reaches 
  maturity 
  about 
  September 
  1, 
  and 
  frecpients 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  

   part 
  high, 
  dry, 
  open 
  woods, 
  especially 
  those 
  in 
  which 
  beech 
  and 
  oak 
  

   tiees 
  predominate 
  ... 
  In 
  late 
  October, 
  if 
  the 
  season 
  is 
  dry, 
  it 
  is 
  

   often 
  found 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  among 
  the 
  reeds 
  and 
  tall 
  rank 
  grasses 
  near 
  the 
  

   border 
  of 
  marshes." 
  

  

  