﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCUDDER. 
  401 
  

  

  2. 
  APTENOPEDES 
  RUFOVITTATA. 
  

   (Plate 
  XXVI, 
  tig. 
  11.) 
  

  

  Aptenopedes 
  riifoi'ittata 
  Scl'ddkkI, 
  Proc. 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Xat. 
  Hist., 
  XIX 
  (1877), 
  pp. 
  85- 
  

   86; 
  Ent. 
  Notes, 
  VI 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  26.— 
  Bkuner, 
  Kep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Comm., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  

   p. 
  55. 
  

  

  Body 
  green, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infascated 
  above. 
  Face 
  minutely 
  and 
  ratlier 
  

   sparsely 
  dotted 
  with 
  blackish 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  mouth-])arts 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  often 
  decidedly 
  pink 
  ; 
  antennae 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  joints 
  

   green, 
  beyond 
  either 
  dull 
  greeu 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscated 
  (male) 
  or 
  with 
  

   the 
  basal 
  half 
  reddish 
  or 
  pinkish 
  brown 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  olivaceo- 
  

   fuscous 
  (female); 
  eyes 
  as 
  in 
  A. 
  sphenarioides. 
  Pronotum 
  rugulose, 
  

   much 
  more 
  heavily 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  and 
  the 
  dorsum 
  of 
  

   the 
  other 
  thoracic 
  joints 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  abdominal 
  joints 
  similarly 
  

   marked; 
  i)ronotum 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  (female) 
  or 
  inconspicuous 
  (male) 
  

   median 
  carina, 
  obscurely 
  infuscated 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  generally 
  marked 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  but 
  narrowly 
  with 
  testaceous 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   whole 
  pronotum 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  hairs, 
  even 
  more 
  sparsely 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  than 
  in 
  A. 
  sphenarioides 
  ^ 
  upper 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  

   marked 
  by 
  a 
  slender 
  black 
  strii)e, 
  followed 
  above 
  by 
  a 
  somewhat 
  

   broader 
  rufous 
  band, 
  fading 
  to 
  yellowish, 
  and 
  narrowed 
  in 
  the 
  female; 
  

   this 
  stripe 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  upon 
  the 
  head, 
  Tegmina 
  wanting 
  in 
  the 
  

   male, 
  very 
  slender, 
  linear, 
  straight 
  and 
  green 
  in 
  the 
  female. 
  Legs 
  green, 
  

   the 
  hind 
  femora 
  tipped, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  with 
  rufotestaceous 
  and 
  

   black; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  glaucous; 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  red, 
  with 
  black-edged 
  arolium 
  

   and 
  black-tii)ped 
  red 
  claws. 
  Abdomen, 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  with 
  an 
  obscure 
  

   testaceous 
  mediodorsal 
  stripe, 
  extending 
  ui)on 
  the 
  thorax, 
  and, 
  on 
  

   the 
  abdomen, 
  followed 
  by 
  an 
  obscure 
  laterodorsal 
  series 
  of 
  small 
  dark 
  

   spots; 
  or, 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  with 
  a 
  similar 
  distinct 
  stripe, 
  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  distinct 
  narrow 
  or 
  broad 
  edging 
  of 
  black, 
  fading 
  laterally 
  into 
  

   fuscous; 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  moderately 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  tapering 
  

   from 
  the 
  base, 
  at 
  first 
  gently, 
  near 
  tip 
  rapidly, 
  the 
  apex 
  slightly 
  obtus- 
  

   angulate, 
  the 
  margins 
  elevated, 
  a 
  median 
  sulcus 
  extending 
  over 
  the 
  

   basal 
  half, 
  bounded 
  by 
  pronounced 
  but 
  rounded 
  ridges 
  which 
  unite 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  plate 
  and 
  then 
  continue 
  halfway 
  to 
  the 
  tip; 
  furcula 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  short, 
  cylindrical 
  lobes 
  diverging 
  at 
  right 
  angles, 
  

   projecting 
  but 
  little 
  over 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  cerci 
  regularly 
  conical 
  

   except 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  feebly 
  compressed, 
  acuminate, 
  straight, 
  reaching 
  

   the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate; 
  infracercal 
  plates 
  broad, 
  sulcate, 
  broadly 
  

   rounded 
  apicall}', 
  but 
  acutely 
  subacuminate 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  line, 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  sujiraanal 
  plate. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  15.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  20.5 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  

   6.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  5.4 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tegmina, 
  female, 
  1.85 
  mm. 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora, 
  male, 
  

   8.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Two 
  males, 
  1 
  female. 
  Fort 
  Eeed, 
  Orange 
  County, 
  Florida, 
  April 
  10- 
  

   21, 
  J. 
  H. 
  Comstock. 
  

  

  Proc. 
  ^\ 
  M. 
  vol. 
  XX 
  20 
  

  

  