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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  yellow, 
  black 
  iDtorru})te(l 
  with 
  luteo-testaeeous 
  on 
  the 
  iuner 
  face, 
  

   beneatli 
  vinous 
  red; 
  liiud 
  tibiae 
  varying 
  from 
  vinous 
  to 
  briglit 
  red, 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscated 
  on 
  basal 
  half, 
  with 
  a 
  blackish 
  fuscous 
  subbasal 
  

   aunulus, 
  the 
  spines 
  black 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  eleven 
  to 
  twelve 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  

   the 
  outer 
  series. 
  Extremity 
  of 
  male 
  abdomen 
  considerably 
  thickened, 
  

   forming 
  a 
  subglobose 
  mass; 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  shield 
  shaped, 
  triangularly 
  

   I)roduced 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  narrowly 
  and 
  deeply 
  sulcate 
  down 
  the 
  middle; 
  

   no 
  furcula; 
  cerci 
  stout, 
  compressed, 
  constricted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  as 
  seen 
  

   from 
  the 
  side, 
  beyond 
  incurved, 
  expanded 
  especially 
  above, 
  the 
  apical 
  

   border 
  much 
  compressed, 
  convex 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  half, 
  straight 
  above 
  

   and 
  below, 
  or 
  feebly 
  cmarginate 
  at 
  the 
  union 
  of 
  the 
  convex 
  and 
  straight 
  

   portions; 
  iufracercal 
  plates 
  completely 
  concealed; 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  

   moderately 
  broad, 
  slightly, 
  broadly, 
  and 
  uniformly 
  elevated 
  apically, 
  

   hardly 
  prolonged. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  28.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  30 
  mm,: 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  15 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  14.5 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  17 
  mm., 
  female, 
  18.5 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  17 
  mm., 
  female, 
  21 
  mm. 
  

  

  Two 
  males, 
  1 
  female. 
  Georgia, 
  Morrison. 
  

  

  124. 
  MELANOPLUS 
  FURCATUS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   (I'liite 
  XXIV, 
  tig. 
  3.) 
  

  

  Brownish-ferruginous, 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  prozonavery 
  faintly 
  dotted 
  

   with 
  fuscous. 
  Head 
  gently 
  tumid 
  above, 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  broad, 
  but 
  distinctly 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  frontal 
  costa, 
  the 
  fastigium 
  

   most 
  leebly 
  depressed, 
  running 
  without 
  break 
  into 
  the 
  frontal 
  costa, 
  

   which 
  is 
  broad, 
  equal, 
  shallowly 
  sulcate 
  at 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  ocellus, 
  punc- 
  

   tate 
  on 
  either 
  side; 
  eyes 
  pretty 
  large, 
  rather 
  elongate, 
  not 
  very 
  promi- 
  

   nent; 
  antennae 
  fulvous, 
  becoming 
  a 
  little 
  infuscated 
  apically, 
  almost 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  being 
  relatively 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  

   in 
  the 
  female 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  Pronotum 
  enlarging 
  slightly 
  posteriorly, 
  

   at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  the 
  disk 
  very 
  tlatly 
  tectate, 
  the 
  median 
  carina 
  

   very 
  slight 
  and 
  subequal 
  throughout, 
  the 
  lateral 
  carinae 
  merely 
  forming 
  

   blunt 
  angles 
  se])aratiug 
  the 
  disk 
  from 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes, 
  the 
  front 
  margin 
  

   scarcely 
  convex, 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  broadly 
  and 
  roundly 
  angulate; 
  disk 
  of 
  

   jirozona 
  feebly 
  longitudinal, 
  sparsely 
  feebly 
  and 
  shallowly 
  punctate 
  lat- 
  

   erally, 
  about 
  a 
  fourth 
  longer 
  tlian 
  the 
  finely 
  and 
  closely 
  ])unctate 
  meta- 
  

   y.ona, 
  minutely 
  emarginate 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  posteriorly; 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  

   marked 
  precisely 
  as 
  in 
  M. 
  cJypeatus. 
  Prosternal 
  spine 
  rathei- 
  long, 
  

   slightly 
  retrorse, 
  cylindrical, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  enlarged 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half. 
  

   Tegmina 
  not 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  but 
  not 
  nearly 
  reaching 
  

   the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  femora, 
  testaceo 
  cinereus 
  in 
  the 
  anal 
  field, 
  the 
  rest 
  

   fuscous, 
  with 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  flecks 
  (male) 
  or 
  blotches 
  (female) 
  in 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   coidal 
  area; 
  wings 
  impure 
  hyaline, 
  with 
  very 
  pale 
  brown 
  veins 
  and 
  cross 
  

   veins, 
  becoming 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  fuscous 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  half, 
  especially 
  

   toward 
  the 
  apex. 
  Fore 
  and 
  middle 
  feniora 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  tumid 
  in 
  the 
  

   male, 
  uniform 
  in 
  color; 
  hind 
  femora 
  long 
  and 
  rather 
  stout 
  and 
  tumid, 
  

  

  