﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVISIOX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPIA—SCVDDER. 
  395 
  

  

  posterior 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  geniie 
  above 
  the 
  lower 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  dark 
  

   reddish 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  inediodorsal 
  thread 
  of 
  testaceous, 
  and 
  another 
  

   behind 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  eyes; 
  whole 
  face 
  and 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  irontal 
  costa 
  punctate; 
  antennae 
  ferrugin<nis, 
  apically 
  infuscated, 
  

   Pronotuin 
  with 
  the 
  nietazona 
  ferrugineo-testaceous, 
  the 
  prozona 
  very 
  

   dark 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  the 
  upper 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  piceous 
  

   or 
  plumbeo-piceous, 
  sometimes 
  merely 
  dull 
  piceous, 
  with 
  black 
  sulci, 
  

   the 
  lower 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  lobes 
  including 
  the 
  metazona 
  luteous, 
  fading 
  

   upward 
  gradually 
  on 
  the 
  metazona. 
  ]\resonotum, 
  metanotum, 
  and 
  

   abdomen 
  d;irk 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  sometimes 
  obsolete, 
  slender, 
  thivo- 
  

   testaceous 
  or 
  ferrugineo-testaceous 
  dorsal 
  stripe 
  edged 
  with 
  black, 
  

   which 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  reappears 
  on 
  the 
  prozona 
  of 
  the 
  jironotum. 
  Teg- 
  

   mina 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  pi'ozona,' 
  subeiiual, 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  broad 
  and 
  well 
  rounded 
  at 
  tip, 
  fasco-testaceous, 
  lighter 
  along 
  

   the 
  inner 
  (upper) 
  margin. 
  Legs 
  luteous, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  heavily 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  ferruginous 
  along 
  the 
  upper 
  surface, 
  the 
  hind 
  fen)ora 
  more 
  than 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  pairs, 
  the 
  cariuae 
  being 
  often 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  heavily 
  marked 
  

   with 
  black, 
  the 
  genicular 
  arc 
  black; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  very 
  feebly 
  incurved, 
  

   yellow 
  luteous, 
  the 
  spines 
  black-tipped. 
  Supraanal 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  trian- 
  

   gular 
  with 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  sides, 
  the 
  tip 
  well 
  rounded, 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  

   basal 
  median 
  sulcus, 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  plate 
  and 
  bounded 
  by 
  rather 
  

   high 
  ridges, 
  which 
  after 
  uniting 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  again 
  part 
  slightly 
  and 
  

   run 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  leaving 
  a 
  slight 
  sulcus 
  between 
  them; 
  furcula 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  slightly 
  separated 
  minute 
  triangular 
  lobes; 
  cerci 
  

   slender, 
  slightly 
  compressed, 
  tapering 
  gently 
  on 
  basal 
  half, 
  beyond 
  

   very 
  slender, 
  subcylindrical, 
  scarcely 
  tapering, 
  acuminate, 
  and 
  curved 
  

   downward 
  (the 
  latter 
  feature 
  not 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  figure); 
  infracercal 
  

   plates 
  rather 
  short, 
  rounded, 
  concealed 
  by 
  the 
  recumbent 
  cerci. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  17 
  mm., 
  female 
  19.5 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  6.75 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  C 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male 
  and 
  female, 
  3 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  femora, 
  

   male, 
  8.75 
  mm., 
  female, 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Seven 
  males, 
  7 
  females. 
  Montana, 
  L. 
  Eruner 
  (L. 
  Bruner; 
  S. 
  H. 
  

   Scudder; 
  U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Kilcy 
  collection); 
  Loon 
  Lake, 
  Colville 
  Valley, 
  

   northeastern 
  Washington, 
  July 
  23-25, 
  S. 
  Henshaw 
  (Museum 
  Compara- 
  

   tive 
  Zoology). 
  

  

  Bruner 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  Montana 
  specimens 
  were 
  taken 
  near 
  Helena 
  

   "among 
  the 
  trailing 
  Junipers 
  on 
  north 
  mountain 
  slopes, 
  at 
  moderate 
  

   elevations." 
  He 
  also 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  colors 
  of 
  the 
  living 
  insect 
  are 
  

   much 
  more 
  vivid 
  than 
  iu 
  cabinet 
  specimens. 
  "The 
  yellowish 
  hair- 
  

   lines 
  and 
  dorsal 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  glossy 
  white, 
  while 
  the 
  front 
  

   and 
  lower 
  surface 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  bright 
  lemon 
  yellow; 
  the 
  brown 
  is 
  a 
  bright 
  

   hazel." 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  specimens, 
  especially 
  of 
  the 
  female, 
  the 
  pronotura 
  is 
  crossed 
  

   by 
  a 
  narrow 
  testaceous 
  stripe 
  which 
  cuts 
  the 
  darker 
  markings, 
  running 
  

  

  'Bruner 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  tegmiua 
  are 
  sometimes 
  absent, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  only 
  from 
  indi- 
  

   Yiduals 
  that 
  have 
  lost 
  them 
  by 
  accident. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  only 
  one 
  iu 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  

   lost 
  from 
  both 
  sides; 
  several 
  iu 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  lost 
  from 
  one 
  side. 
  

  

  