﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  HhVrSWX 
  OF 
  THE 
  JifELAXOPLT—SCrDDEE. 
  341 
  

  

  tinct 
  tlirongliout 
  though 
  slight; 
  lateral 
  carinae 
  obscure 
  on 
  the 
  prozona, 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  prozona 
  tumid 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes; 
  

   transverse 
  sulci 
  of 
  prozoua 
  distinct 
  throughout, 
  not 
  severiug 
  the 
  median 
  

   carina. 
  Tegmina 
  considerably 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  body. 
  Supraanal 
  plate 
  

   of 
  male 
  (so 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  single 
  specimen 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  parts 
  

   are 
  somewhat 
  concealed) 
  semiovate, 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  apically, 
  longer 
  

   than 
  broad; 
  the 
  forks 
  of 
  the 
  furcula 
  slender, 
  aculeate, 
  parallel, 
  approx- 
  

   imate, 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  of 
  moderate 
  size, 
  

   compressed, 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  tapering 
  considerably, 
  straight 
  as 
  seen 
  

   laterally, 
  directed 
  backward, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  a 
  little 
  incurved, 
  nearly 
  

   equal, 
  enlarging 
  a 
  little 
  apically 
  and 
  notched 
  at 
  the 
  tip; 
  subgeuital 
  

   plate 
  haustrate, 
  rounded, 
  entire. 
  Basal 
  tooth 
  of 
  lower 
  valves 
  of 
  

   ovipositor 
  sharp, 
  triangular, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad. 
  

  

  The 
  specimens 
  on 
  which 
  this 
  description 
  is 
  based 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  

   alcohol, 
  and 
  little 
  can 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  their 
  color; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   broken 
  black 
  postocular 
  band 
  crossing 
  the 
  prozona 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  

   of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes; 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  faintly 
  banded, 
  

   the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  were 
  probably 
  red, 
  with 
  black 
  spines, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  row 
  of 
  fuscous 
  rectangular 
  spots 
  down 
  the 
  discoidal 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  

   tegmina, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  fenmle. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  21 
  mm., 
  female, 
  22 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  9 
  mm., 
  

   female, 
  8 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male 
  and 
  female, 
  19 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  femora, 
  male, 
  

   12.5 
  mm., 
  iemale, 
  13.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  male, 
  1 
  female. 
  Arizona, 
  Thomas. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  never 
  again 
  seen 
  the 
  specimens 
  on 
  which 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  

   founded, 
  nor 
  any 
  others 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  it. 
  Accordingly, 
  with 
  

   slight 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  phraseology, 
  I 
  reproduce 
  the 
  original 
  description, 
  

   to 
  which 
  I 
  may 
  add 
  the 
  following 
  unpublished 
  notes, 
  taken 
  while 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  were 
  still 
  in 
  my 
  hands: 
  The 
  species 
  has 
  very 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  

   general 
  appearance 
  as 
  M. 
  femur-rnhrum. 
  It 
  has, 
  however, 
  entirely 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  abdominal 
  appendages, 
  as 
  maybe 
  seen 
  above, 
  and 
  also 
  slenderer 
  

   tegmina, 
  in 
  the 
  venation 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  closely 
  resembles 
  M. 
  leeJeri. 
  The 
  

   prosternal 
  spine 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  large, 
  but 
  moderately 
  stout 
  and 
  bluntly 
  

   rounded 
  at 
  tip, 
  a 
  little 
  appressed, 
  and, 
  on 
  side 
  view, 
  not 
  tapering; 
  the 
  

   nicsosternal 
  lobes 
  are 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  M. 
  l-eelcri. 
  The 
  median 
  carina 
  is 
  more 
  

   distinct 
  on 
  the 
  metazona 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  prozona; 
  the 
  proportions 
  of 
  the 
  

   prozona 
  aie 
  as 
  in 
  .1/. 
  I'eeleri 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  pronotum 
  almost 
  precisely 
  

   as 
  in 
  that 
  species, 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  rounded 
  angle 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  

  

  ii6. 
  MELANOPLUS 
  KEELERI. 
  

   (Plate 
  XXIII, 
  fig. 
  1.) 
  

  

  raJoptenus 
  keeleri 
  Thomas!, 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  .Surv. 
  Terr., 
  I, 
  No. 
  2 
  (1874). 
  p. 
  69. 
  — 
  

   Gloveh, 
  111., 
  N. 
  A. 
  Knt., 
  Orth. 
  (1874), 
  pi. 
  xvii, 
  fig. 
  1.— 
  Thomas, 
  Rep. 
  V. 
  S. 
  

   Ent. 
  Conim., 
  I 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  42.— 
  Brcneh, 
  ibid., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  60. 
  

  

  Mclauophis 
  leitehrosus 
  Sccdder!, 
  Proc. 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (1879), 
  p. 
  63; 
  Cent. 
  

   Orth. 
  (1879), 
  p. 
  52.— 
  Bruner, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Comm., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  60. 
  

  

  Of 
  medium 
  size; 
  above 
  very 
  dark, 
  almost 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  the 
  male 
  

   darker 
  than 
  the 
  female; 
  beneath 
  dirty 
  olive. 
  Head 
  not 
  elevated, 
  the 
  

  

  