﻿NO 
  1124. 
  BEVISinX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCrDDEIi. 
  387 
  

  

  suffused 
  and 
  confluent, 
  forming 
  infuraate 
  spots; 
  and 
  similar 
  puneta 
  

   upon 
  the 
  thoracic 
  pleura, 
  all 
  the 
  femora, 
  and 
  the 
  fore 
  and 
  middle 
  tibiae; 
  

   antennae 
  coarse, 
  bluntly 
  terminated, 
  annulate 
  with 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  

   which 
  oddly 
  occurs 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  one 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  succeeding- 
  

   joint, 
  the 
  incisures 
  excepted; 
  frontal 
  costa 
  slightly 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  

   interspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  uniform 
  in 
  width, 
  deeply 
  sulcate; 
  eyes 
  of 
  

   female 
  anteriorly 
  truncate, 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  infraocular 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  genae. 
  Pronotum 
  most 
  sparsely 
  

   pilose, 
  the 
  metazona 
  with 
  exceedingly 
  delicate 
  punctuation 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  

   very 
  feeble 
  median 
  carina, 
  continued 
  on 
  the 
  prozona 
  as 
  an 
  impressed 
  

   line 
  only; 
  hind 
  margin 
  obtusangulate, 
  the 
  angle 
  rather 
  broadly 
  rounded. 
  

   Tegmina 
  subhyaline 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  or 
  more, 
  both 
  veins 
  and 
  cross- 
  

   veins 
  very 
  pale 
  testaceous; 
  wings 
  hyaline, 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  teg- 
  

   mina, 
  of 
  ample 
  breadth, 
  with 
  pallid 
  veins 
  and 
  cross 
  veins. 
  Hind 
  tibiae 
  

   and 
  tarsi 
  luteous, 
  the 
  spines 
  black 
  tipped, 
  varying 
  from 
  eight 
  to 
  nine 
  

   on 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  in 
  both 
  sexes. 
  Supraanal 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  triangular, 
  

   rather 
  elongate, 
  with 
  rounded 
  acute 
  apex, 
  the 
  surface 
  with 
  two 
  high 
  

   and 
  sharp, 
  subparallel, 
  convergent 
  and 
  then 
  divergent, 
  longitudinal 
  

   ridges, 
  fading 
  apically, 
  including 
  between 
  them 
  a 
  rather 
  narrow 
  and 
  

   very 
  deep 
  median 
  sulcus 
  extending 
  the 
  whole 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  plate, 
  but 
  

   shallow 
  apically; 
  furcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  two 
  distinct, 
  not 
  large, 
  adjacent, 
  

   rounded 
  lobes, 
  projecting 
  by 
  half 
  their 
  length; 
  cerci 
  moderately 
  broad 
  

   and 
  slightly 
  inflated 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  at 
  once 
  narrowing, 
  wholly 
  on 
  the 
  

   upper 
  side, 
  beyond 
  straight, 
  compressed, 
  equal, 
  scarcely 
  incurved, 
  

   about 
  one-third 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  tip 
  roundly 
  pointed, 
  reach- 
  

   ing 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  infracercal 
  plates 
  concealed 
  

   when 
  the 
  cerei 
  are 
  recumbent 
  ; 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  

   sinuous, 
  the 
  apical 
  tubercle 
  a 
  little 
  elevated, 
  broad, 
  subtruncate, 
  and 
  

   subbiitid 
  as 
  viewed 
  posteriorly, 
  i)ilose. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  19 
  mm., 
  female, 
  28 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  10 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  11.5 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  19.75 
  mm., 
  female, 
  23.5 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  12.75 
  mm., 
  female, 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

  Two 
  males, 
  2 
  females. 
  Arizona, 
  Dunn 
  (L. 
  Bruner; 
  U.S.jST.M. 
  — 
  Eiley 
  

   collection). 
  It 
  was 
  originally 
  described 
  by 
  Thomas 
  from 
  Arizona. 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  L. 
  Bruner 
  writes 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  received 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  from 
  

   Tepic, 
  Jalisco, 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  may 
  be 
  instantly 
  distinguished 
  from 
  every 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  

   entire 
  group 
  of 
  Melanopli 
  by 
  its 
  peculiar 
  blackish 
  punctuation 
  and 
  the 
  

   annulate 
  antennae. 
  I 
  had 
  an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  studying 
  the 
  type 
  many 
  

   years 
  ago, 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  description 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  notes 
  made 
  

   at 
  the 
  time. 
  

  

  2. 
  POECILOTETTIX 
  SANGUINEUS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XXVI, 
  fig. 
  2.) 
  

  

  Dactylotum 
  longijyennis 
  Bruner, 
  MS., 
  fide 
  Towxsend, 
  Ins. 
  Life, 
  VI 
  (1893), 
  p. 
  30 
  — 
  

   undescribed. 
  

  

  Head 
  bright 
  yellow 
  luteous, 
  broadly 
  clouded 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  and 
  

   especially 
  below 
  with 
  plumbeo-fuscous 
  and 
  somewhat 
  irregularly 
  enliv- 
  

  

  