﻿BEVISIOX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELAXOPLI—SCFDDER. 
  345 
  

  

  above 
  the 
  pronolura, 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  scarcely 
  wider 
  

   than 
  (male) 
  or 
  fully 
  half 
  as 
  wide 
  again 
  as 
  (female) 
  the 
  basal 
  antennal 
  

   joint; 
  fastiji'ium 
  steeply 
  declivent, 
  plane, 
  with 
  well 
  elevated 
  and 
  

   rounded 
  lateral 
  margins; 
  frontal 
  costa 
  Just 
  failing 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  

   subequal, 
  fully 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  sulcate 
  at 
  

   and 
  below 
  the 
  ocellus, 
  biseriately 
  punctate 
  above; 
  eyes 
  of 
  moderate 
  

   size, 
  not 
  prominent, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  intraocular 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  genae; 
  

   antennae 
  ferruginous, 
  feebly 
  infuscated 
  apically, 
  nearly 
  five-sixths 
  

   (male) 
  or 
  less 
  than 
  three-fourths 
  (female) 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  hind 
  femora. 
  

   Pronotum 
  subequal, 
  feebly 
  and 
  gradually 
  enlarging 
  posteriorly, 
  the 
  

   disk 
  nearly 
  plane, 
  passing 
  by 
  distinct 
  but 
  abruptly 
  rounded 
  shoulders 
  

   forming 
  subobsolete 
  lateral 
  carinae 
  into 
  the 
  vertical 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  which 
  

   have 
  only 
  an 
  obscure, 
  rarely 
  a 
  distinct, 
  dark 
  postocular 
  band, 
  always 
  

   limited 
  to 
  the 
  prozona; 
  median 
  carina 
  percurrent 
  but 
  blunt 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  

   obscure 
  on 
  the 
  ])rozona; 
  front 
  border 
  subtruncate, 
  hind 
  border 
  obtus 
  

   angulate, 
  the 
  angle 
  well 
  rounded; 
  prozona 
  slightly 
  longitudinal 
  (male) 
  

   or 
  quadrate 
  (female), 
  distinctly 
  (male) 
  or 
  not 
  (female) 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   closely 
  punctate 
  metazona. 
  Prosternal 
  spine 
  short, 
  conical, 
  blunt, 
  erect, 
  

   in 
  the 
  female 
  a 
  little 
  appressed; 
  interspace 
  between 
  mesosternal 
  lobes 
  

   a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  broad 
  (male) 
  or 
  transverse, 
  but 
  distinctly 
  narrower 
  

   than 
  the 
  lobes 
  (female). 
  Tegmina 
  reaching 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  surpassing 
  the 
  

   tips 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  femora, 
  moderately 
  narrow, 
  very 
  gently 
  tapering, 
  

   brownish 
  fuscous, 
  scarc«4y 
  or 
  distinctly 
  though 
  feebly 
  maculate 
  in 
  the 
  

   proximal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  area; 
  wings 
  moderately 
  broad, 
  hyaline, 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  veins 
  fuscous. 
  Fore 
  and 
  middle 
  femora 
  tumescent 
  in 
  the 
  

   male; 
  hind 
  femora 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  luteo 
  testaceous, 
  above 
  rather 
  

   broadly 
  bifasciate 
  with 
  blackish 
  fuscous, 
  often 
  confluent 
  along 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  face 
  and 
  then 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  suftusiug 
  the 
  whole 
  face 
  

   excepting 
  below, 
  which 
  with 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  is 
  dull 
  luteous, 
  occasion- 
  

   ally 
  tinged 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  with 
  orange, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  genic- 
  

   ulation 
  almost 
  wholly 
  fuscous; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  red, 
  rarely 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  nar- 
  

   row, 
  basal, 
  fuscous 
  annulus, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  spines 
  black, 
  ten 
  to 
  

   twelve 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  Extremity 
  of 
  male 
  abdomen 
  

   clavate, 
  somewhat 
  recurved, 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  triangular 
  with 
  slightly 
  

   angulate 
  sides, 
  feebly 
  acutangulate 
  tip, 
  and 
  a 
  large, 
  equal, 
  and 
  deep 
  

   median 
  sulcus 
  extending 
  over 
  the 
  basal 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  plate, 
  

   bounded 
  by 
  high 
  and 
  sharp 
  ridges, 
  buttressed 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   plate 
  by 
  slight 
  transverse 
  ridges; 
  furcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  dis 
  

   tant 
  slight 
  denticulations 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   submedian 
  ridges 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  straight 
  

   basal 
  piece, 
  gently 
  and 
  slightly 
  tapering, 
  less 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   basal 
  breadth, 
  and 
  a 
  bifurcate 
  apical 
  portion, 
  the 
  bifurcation 
  at 
  right 
  

   angles, 
  each 
  fork 
  bearing 
  a 
  similar 
  angular 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  basal 
  piece, 
  

   the 
  lower 
  fork 
  slight 
  and 
  tapering, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  

   basal 
  piece, 
  directed 
  obliquely 
  downward, 
  the 
  upper 
  fork 
  nearly 
  as 
  long- 
  

   as 
  and 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  rhe 
  basal 
  piece, 
  equal, 
  apically 
  well 
  

   rounded, 
  directed 
  obliquely 
  upward 
  and 
  bent 
  a 
  very 
  little 
  inward; 
  

  

  