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  PIIOCEEDIXGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  XATWNAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  and 
  coarse, 
  laminate, 
  boot-sbaped, 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  subequal, 
  punctate 
  

   and 
  straight, 
  beyond 
  expanding 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  feebly 
  l)itiircate, 
  

   the 
  upper 
  fork 
  as 
  long 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  lialf 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  base, 
  feebly 
  

   incurved, 
  strongly 
  upcurved, 
  apically 
  tapering 
  slightly 
  and 
  well 
  

   rounded, 
  the 
  lower 
  fork 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  it, 
  forming 
  only 
  a 
  rounded, 
  

   downward 
  and 
  posteriorly 
  i)rojecting 
  lobe, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  

   of 
  the 
  whole 
  is 
  deei)ly 
  and 
  loundly 
  emarginate 
  below, 
  the 
  whole 
  sur- 
  

   passing 
  a 
  little 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  infracercal 
  plates 
  wholly 
  obscured 
  ; 
  

   subgenital 
  plate 
  short 
  and 
  broad, 
  scarcely 
  so 
  broad 
  apically 
  as 
  long, 
  

   the 
  apical 
  margin 
  thickened, 
  but 
  hardly 
  otherwise 
  either 
  elevated 
  or 
  

   prolonged, 
  entire; 
  uj^per 
  valve 
  of 
  ovipositor 
  abruptly 
  upturned 
  apic- 
  

   ally 
  and 
  sharply 
  acuminate, 
  the 
  upper 
  outer 
  carina 
  feebly 
  serrate. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  39 
  mm., 
  female, 
  41 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  18 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  16 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  32 
  mm., 
  female, 
  34.5 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  20 
  mm., 
  female, 
  23 
  mm. 
  Some 
  specimens, 
  especially 
  from 
  

   the 
  Xorth 
  (Illinois, 
  e. 
  g.), 
  are 
  hardly 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  this 
  size. 
  

  

  !Seventy-two 
  males, 
  dO 
  females. 
  Cheyenne, 
  Laramie 
  County, 
  Wyo- 
  

   ming, 
  August 
  21, 
  Osten 
  Sacken; 
  Lincoln, 
  Lancaster 
  County, 
  Nebraska, 
  

   August 
  8 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  Brownville, 
  ISTemalia 
  County, 
  

   Nebraska, 
  August, 
  R. 
  N. 
  Furnas 
  (same); 
  Fort 
  McPherson, 
  Nebraska 
  

   (Museum 
  Comparative 
  Zoology); 
  Denisou, 
  Crawford 
  County, 
  Iowa, 
  

   July 
  15, 
  J. 
  A. 
  Allen 
  ; 
  Jeiferson, 
  Greene 
  County, 
  Iowa, 
  July 
  20-24, 
  Allen 
  ; 
  

   Dallas 
  County, 
  Iowa, 
  August 
  20-23, 
  September, 
  Allen; 
  Vigo 
  County, 
  

   Indiana, 
  Blatchley 
  (A. 
  P. 
  Morse); 
  Lafayette, 
  Tippecanoe 
  County, 
  

   Indiana, 
  November 
  26, 
  C. 
  R. 
  Barnes 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  

   Illinois, 
  Uhler, 
  J. 
  H. 
  Treat 
  (Museum 
  Comparative 
  Zoology); 
  northern 
  

   Illinois, 
  Stiumberg 
  (S. 
  Henshaw); 
  Moline, 
  Rock 
  Island 
  County, 
  Illinois, 
  

   McNeill; 
  Peoria, 
  Illinois, 
  W. 
  Barnes 
  (Museum 
  Comparative 
  Zoology); 
  

   southern 
  Illinois, 
  Kennicott, 
  Thomas; 
  Missouri, 
  in 
  coitti 
  September 
  4 
  

   (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  St. 
  Louis, 
  Missouri, 
  Geo. 
  Engelmann; 
  the 
  

   same, 
  August 
  18, 
  and 
  central 
  Missouri, 
  July 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collec- 
  

   tion); 
  Garden 
  City, 
  Finney 
  County, 
  Kansas, 
  July 
  26 
  (same); 
  Lakin, 
  

   Kearny 
  County, 
  Kansas, 
  July 
  27 
  (same; 
  S. 
  H. 
  Scudder); 
  Foi't 
  Ellis, 
  

   Kansas, 
  Watson 
  (Museum 
  Comparative 
  Zoology) 
  ; 
  between 
  Smoky 
  Hill, 
  

   Kansas, 
  and 
  Denver, 
  Colorado, 
  L.Agassiz 
  (same) 
  ; 
  Colorado 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  

   Riley 
  collection); 
  Pueblo, 
  Colorado, 
  4,700 
  feet, 
  August 
  30-31; 
  Sabinal, 
  

   Socorro 
  County, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  August 
  7, 
  Townsend; 
  Socorro, 
  New 
  Mex- 
  

   ico, 
  G. 
  May 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  Agricultural 
  College, 
  Missis- 
  

   sippi, 
  Weed; 
  Texas, 
  Bel 
  frage, 
  Lincecum; 
  Dallas, 
  Texas, 
  Boll 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  

   Riley 
  collection; 
  S. 
  H. 
  Scudder); 
  Columbus, 
  Colorado 
  County, 
  Texas 
  

   (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  Gulf 
  coast 
  of 
  Texas, 
  Aaron; 
  Pecos 
  River, 
  

   Texas, 
  June 
  20, 
  Captain 
  Pope; 
  Los 
  Angeles, 
  California, 
  Coquillett 
  

   (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection; 
  L. 
  Bruner); 
  AguaCaliente, 
  SonomaCounty, 
  

   California, 
  Palmer; 
  Mexico(Museum 
  Comparative 
  Zoology; 
  U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  

   Riley 
  collection); 
  Queretaro, 
  Mexico, 
  November 
  (L. 
  Bruner). 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  New 
  Jersey 
  in 
  cranberry 
  bogs 
  

  

  