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  ritOCEEDlXGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol. 
  xx. 
  

  

  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  as 
  broad 
  (male) 
  or 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  again 
  (female) 
  as 
  the 
  

   first 
  autennal 
  joint; 
  fastiginm 
  shallow 
  (female) 
  or 
  moderately 
  silicate 
  

   (male) 
  with 
  low, 
  stout, 
  nearly 
  parallel, 
  bounding 
  walls 
  and 
  scarcely 
  

   expanding 
  in 
  front; 
  frontal 
  costa 
  stout, 
  well 
  advanced, 
  subequal, 
  

   scarcely 
  enlarging 
  downward, 
  above 
  Hat, 
  at 
  the 
  ocellus 
  and 
  below 
  it 
  a 
  

   little 
  and 
  broadly 
  sulcate. 
  Pronotum 
  simple, 
  the 
  metazona 
  coarsely 
  

   and 
  faintly 
  punctate, 
  expanding 
  very 
  slightly 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  depressed 
  

   above 
  anteriorly, 
  on 
  either 
  side; 
  prozona 
  narrowed 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  front 
  but 
  

   above 
  only; 
  transverse 
  sulci 
  distinct 
  and 
  continuous; 
  median 
  carina 
  

   slight 
  and 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  metazona, 
  lateral 
  carinae 
  subobsolete. 
  Pro- 
  

   sternal 
  spine 
  not 
  very 
  long, 
  erect, 
  appressed 
  conical, 
  blunt; 
  interspace 
  

   between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  thrice 
  (male) 
  or 
  nearly 
  twice 
  (female) 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  broad. 
  Tegmina 
  extending 
  a 
  little 
  (female) 
  or 
  considerably 
  (male) 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  Extremity 
  of 
  male 
  abdomen 
  clavate, 
  hardly 
  

   recurved, 
  the 
  supraanal 
  jjlate 
  triangular, 
  considerably 
  longer 
  than 
  

   broad, 
  bluntly 
  pointed, 
  the 
  sides 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  slightly 
  x>uckered 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle; 
  furcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  sinuous, 
  depressed, 
  conical, 
  

   pointed 
  jirojectious, 
  diverging 
  at 
  right 
  angles, 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  cerci; 
  cerci 
  forming 
  very 
  simple 
  compressed 
  laminae, 
  the 
  basal 
  

   three-fifths 
  straight, 
  tapering 
  a 
  little 
  and 
  directed 
  backward 
  and 
  

   upward, 
  the 
  apical 
  two-fifths 
  also 
  straight, 
  enlarging 
  slightly, 
  keeping 
  

   the 
  same 
  direction 
  but 
  bent 
  a 
  little 
  inward, 
  the 
  outer 
  surface 
  a 
  little 
  

   hollowed, 
  the 
  extremity 
  truncate, 
  its 
  corners 
  rounded; 
  subgenital 
  lobe 
  

   scoop-shaped 
  but 
  slightly 
  produced 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  margin 
  entire. 
  

   Basal 
  tootii 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  valves 
  of 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  sharp, 
  triangular, 
  but 
  

   much 
  broader 
  than 
  long. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  color 
  is 
  a 
  dirty 
  cinereous 
  above, 
  a 
  dingy 
  clay 
  yellow 
  

   below; 
  antennae 
  dull 
  testaceous, 
  becoming 
  somewhat 
  ferruginous 
  

   toward 
  the 
  tip; 
  a 
  pretty 
  broad 
  and 
  usually 
  distinct, 
  blackish 
  brown 
  or 
  

   piceous 
  band 
  extends 
  from 
  behind 
  the 
  eye 
  along 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  across 
  the 
  prozona, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  as 
  a 
  blurred 
  and 
  

   expanded 
  continuation 
  of 
  it 
  across 
  the 
  metazona 
  also. 
  Tegmina 
  

   brownish 
  cinereous, 
  the 
  anal 
  area 
  sometimes 
  a 
  little 
  lighter, 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   coidal 
  area 
  enlivened 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  extent, 
  but 
  seldom 
  conspicu- 
  

   ously, 
  by 
  an 
  alternation 
  of 
  blackish 
  and 
  i)allid 
  longitudinal 
  rectangular 
  

   spots. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  dirty 
  clay 
  brown 
  with 
  dusky 
  incisures, 
  above 
  with 
  

   median 
  and 
  subapical 
  dusky 
  or 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  patches; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   red 
  with 
  black-tipped 
  spines, 
  ten 
  to 
  twelve 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  

   series. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  24 
  mm., 
  female, 
  30 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  13.5 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  12 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  21 
  mm., 
  female, 
  24 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  14 
  mm., 
  female, 
  10.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Twelve 
  males, 
  11 
  females. 
  Pueblo, 
  Colorado, 
  August 
  30-31. 
  

  

  The 
  original 
  types 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  all 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  seen, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   said 
  by 
  Bruiier 
  to-be 
  found 
  also 
  in 
  "Kansas, 
  Nebraska, 
  Wyoming, 
  

   Utah, 
  Kevada, 
  Idaho, 
  Montana, 
  and 
  the 
  Bakotas, 
  along 
  with 
  New 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  