﻿BE 
  VISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELJXOPLI—SC 
  UDDER. 
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  lar, 
  entire, 
  the 
  palliaui 
  projectiug 
  over 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  backward 
  directed, 
  stout, 
  

   subdepressed, 
  bhmt 
  process. 
  

  

  Tlie 
  general 
  color 
  is 
  dark 
  umber 
  above, 
  yellowish 
  testaceous 
  below; 
  

   face 
  dull 
  olivaceous, 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  apparently 
  darker 
  by 
  infuscatiou 
  ; 
  

   antennae 
  testaceous, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscated 
  at 
  the 
  apical 
  half; 
  on 
  the 
  

   summit 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  a 
  clay-colored 
  band, 
  which 
  partly 
  encircles 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  and 
  extends 
  backward 
  over 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  on 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  

   slightly 
  arched; 
  a 
  similar 
  but 
  much 
  broader 
  and 
  rather 
  paler 
  belt 
  

   borders 
  the 
  lower 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  while 
  a 
  median 
  line 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  color 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  a 
  mere 
  line 
  in 
  front, 
  broadening 
  

   as 
  it 
  passes 
  backward, 
  extending 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  dorsum 
  and 
  apically 
  

   confluent 
  with 
  the 
  lighter 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  surface, 
  leaving 
  on 
  either 
  

   side 
  between 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  surfaces 
  a 
  broad 
  but 
  narrowing 
  black 
  

   belt. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  face 
  dark 
  green, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infus- 
  

   cated, 
  sometimes 
  nearly 
  black, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  half, 
  the 
  upper 
  

   face 
  ferruginous 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  greenish 
  yellow; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  rather 
  dull 
  

   green, 
  occasionally 
  obscured 
  at 
  either 
  extremity, 
  the 
  spines 
  with 
  their 
  

   apical 
  half 
  black, 
  nine, 
  rarely 
  ten, 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  14 
  mm., 
  female, 
  ]8.5 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  7.25 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  7 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  2.8 
  mm., 
  female, 
  3 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  9 
  mm., 
  female, 
  10.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Two 
  males, 
  3 
  females. 
  Bosque 
  County, 
  Texas, 
  Belfrage. 
  

  

  Found 
  in 
  woods 
  on 
  plants 
  and 
  bushes 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  half 
  of 
  September 
  

   and 
  the 
  first 
  half 
  of 
  October. 
  Pairs 
  were 
  taken 
  October 
  11. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  

   aberrant 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  group. 
  

  

  §§ 
  

  

  I02. 
  MELANOPLUS 
  VARIABILIS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   (Plate 
  XXI, 
  fig. 
  8.) 
  

   Pezotettix 
  variabilis 
  Brunek!, 
  MS. 
  

   Of 
  medium 
  size, 
  green, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscated, 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  darker. 
  

   Head 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  common 
  but 
  not 
  otherwise 
  prominent, 
  oli- 
  

   vaceous 
  green, 
  sometimes 
  feebly 
  suflused 
  with 
  ferruginous, 
  above 
  in 
  

   darker 
  examples 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscated 
  and 
  always 
  darker 
  than 
  below, 
  

   with 
  a 
  brownish 
  fuscous 
  postocular 
  band, 
  sometimes 
  broad, 
  sometimes 
  

   confined 
  to 
  its 
  upper 
  limits, 
  margined 
  above 
  by 
  lighter 
  tints, 
  the 
  

   beginning 
  of 
  a 
  subflavous 
  stripe 
  behind 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  eyes; 
  

   vertex 
  gently 
  tumid, 
  faintlj^ 
  elevated 
  above 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   spa 
  3e 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  twice 
  (male) 
  or 
  more 
  than 
  thrice 
  (female) 
  as 
  

   broad 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  antenna! 
  joint; 
  fastigium 
  very 
  gently 
  declivent, 
  

   broadly 
  and 
  shallowly 
  (male) 
  or 
  very 
  shallowly 
  (female) 
  sulcate; 
  frontal 
  

   costa 
  faintly 
  narrowed 
  above, 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  (male) 
  or 
  much 
  narrower 
  

   than 
  (female) 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  expanding 
  and 
  evanes- 
  

   cent 
  next 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  sulcate 
  at 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  ocellus, 
  sparsely 
  punc- 
  

   tate 
  throughout, 
  above 
  biseriately 
  ; 
  eyes 
  moderate 
  in 
  size, 
  rather 
  prom- 
  

   inent 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  infraocular 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  