﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  BEVISIOX 
  OF 
  TEE 
  MELAXOPLI—SCUDDER. 
  389 
  

  

  species 
  of 
  tlie 
  present 
  genus 
  have 
  similarly 
  long 
  wings, 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  

   retained 
  the 
  manuscript 
  name 
  of 
  Bruner, 
  given 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  distinguish 
  

   it 
  from 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Dactylotum 
  which 
  have 
  short 
  wings. 
  

  

  3. 
  POECILOTETTIX 
  COCCINATUS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   (Plate 
  XXVI, 
  fig. 
  3.) 
  

  

  Head 
  brighter 
  or 
  duller 
  yellow, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infumated, 
  especially 
  on 
  

   the 
  lower 
  half, 
  but 
  enlivened 
  with 
  crimson 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  (but 
  

   not 
  so 
  conspicuously) 
  as 
  in 
  P. 
  sanguhiens 
  and 
  at 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  

   points, 
  but 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  fastigium, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  labrum, 
  the 
  

   clypeal 
  suture, 
  and 
  the 
  lateral 
  carinae 
  of 
  the 
  face, 
  besides 
  the 
  medio- 
  

   dorsal 
  stripe 
  of 
  the 
  vertex; 
  eyes 
  of 
  female 
  as 
  in 
  P.sanguineus; 
  antennae 
  

   apically 
  acuminate, 
  greenish 
  plumbeous, 
  the 
  basal 
  joints 
  pale. 
  Prono- 
  

   tum 
  most 
  sparingly 
  jjilose, 
  olivaceo-fuscous 
  with 
  shades 
  varying 
  from 
  

   olivaceous 
  to 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  latter 
  more 
  pronounced 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  metazona 
  and 
  the 
  dorsum 
  of 
  the 
  prozona, 
  except 
  an 
  olivaceous, 
  

   continuous, 
  mediodorsal 
  stripe, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  conspicuously 
  marked 
  with 
  

   a 
  crimson 
  thread; 
  crimson 
  also 
  margins 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  meta- 
  

   zona 
  and 
  appears 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   lobes 
  of 
  the 
  prozona; 
  the 
  transverse 
  sulci 
  of 
  the 
  disk 
  are 
  only 
  slightly 
  

   darker 
  than 
  the 
  ground; 
  metazona 
  with 
  crowded 
  fine 
  punctuation 
  and 
  

   a 
  slight 
  median 
  carina, 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  strongly 
  convex, 
  hardly 
  aiigu- 
  

   late. 
  Tegmma 
  slender, 
  far 
  surpassing 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  hyaline 
  on 
  more 
  

   than 
  the 
  apical 
  half, 
  the 
  veins 
  yellow; 
  wings 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  teg- 
  

   mina, 
  greenish 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  veins 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  fnscous 
  or 
  greenish 
  

   fuscous, 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  cross 
  veins 
  glaucous. 
  Fore 
  

   and 
  middle 
  femora 
  luteous, 
  clouded 
  with 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  luteous, 
  

   the 
  outer 
  face 
  infuscated 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  area 
  alternately 
  pale 
  fuscous 
  

   and 
  luteous 
  or 
  carmine; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  glaucous, 
  the 
  spines 
  glau- 
  

   cous 
  or 
  pallid 
  with 
  black 
  tips, 
  seven 
  to 
  eight 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  row 
  in 
  the 
  

   female, 
  eight 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  Abdomen 
  light 
  fuscous 
  with 
  dull 
  luteous 
  

   areas, 
  but 
  no 
  enlivenment 
  with 
  brighter 
  colors; 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  of 
  

   male 
  triangular, 
  elongate, 
  the 
  apex 
  acute; 
  surface 
  with 
  two 
  parallel, 
  

   not 
  distant, 
  sharply 
  elevated 
  ridges 
  which 
  extend, 
  diminishing 
  pos- 
  

   teriorly, 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  plate, 
  including 
  between 
  them 
  

   a 
  rather 
  narrow 
  and 
  deep 
  narrowing 
  sulcus; 
  furcula 
  consisting 
  of 
  only 
  

   a 
  slight 
  thickening 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  

   above 
  the 
  two 
  ridges 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  not 
  very 
  broad 
  at 
  

   extreme 
  base, 
  rapidly 
  and 
  regularly 
  tapering 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  third, 
  the 
  

   remainder 
  very 
  slender, 
  equal 
  or 
  barely 
  expanded 
  at 
  the 
  blunt 
  

   extremity; 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  subgenital 
  i^late 
  straight 
  on 
  the 
  

   apical 
  half, 
  the 
  apical 
  tubercle 
  not 
  rising 
  above 
  their 
  level 
  but 
  having 
  

   the 
  same 
  direction, 
  conical, 
  simple. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  20 
  mm., 
  female, 
  30 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  7.5 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  8 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  10 
  mm., 
  female, 
  24.5 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  10 
  mm., 
  female, 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  