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middle, about four times as long as the mean breadth, directed upward 

 and backward, and the apical upper third incurved and externally 

 tumid, the tip broadly rounded and often feebly downcurved ; infracer- 

 cal plates of the same length as thesupraanal; subgenital plate pretty 

 broad and subequal but longer than broad, the apical margin somewhat 

 elevated, well rounded, entire. Basal tooth of lower valves of ovipositor 

 sharp, prominent, triangular, but much longer than broad. 



Length of body (M. f. curtus}. male, 18.5 mm., female, 22 mm.; an- 

 tennae, male, 10 mm., female, 8 mm.; tegmina, male, 10 mm., female, 

 9.75 mm.; hind femora, male, 10 mm., female, 11.75 mm. Length of 

 body (M. f. voldticus), male, 19 mm., female, 20 mm.; antennas, male, 

 9.75 mm., female, 7.75 mm.; tegmina, male, 17.5 mm., female, 17 mm.; 

 hind femora, male, 11 mm., female, 12 mm. 



One hundred and thirty-five males, 192 females. Loon Lake, Colville 

 Valley, Washington, July 23, S. Henshaw (Museum Comparative Zool- 

 ogy) ; Laggan, Alberta, Bean ; The Pas, Saskatchewan Eiver, Rapids of 

 the Saskatchewan River and Point Wigwam, Lake Winnipeg, Scudder 

 (Museum Comparative Zoology; S. H. Scudder); Ouster, Black Hills, 

 South Dakota, Bruner (U.S.N.M. Riley collection); Harneys Peak, 

 Black Hills. South Dakota, 7,000 to 8,000 feet, Bruner (same) ; Colorado, 

 5,500 feet, Morrison; Colorado, Alpine, September (U.S.N.M. Riley 

 collection); Eagle Lake, Missouri, Packard (Museum Comparative 

 Zoology); Charlevoix, Michigan, July 25, Walcott (L. Bruner); Nain, 

 Labrador, W.M. Reed; Salmouier, Newfoundland, in sphagnum swamps, 

 August 11-15, R. Thaxter ; Anticosti, A. E. Yerrill, August 1 (Museum 

 Comparative Zoology); Moosehead Lake, Maine; Norway, Oxford 

 County, Maine, S. I. Smith; Speckled Mountain, Stoneham, Oxford 

 County, Maine, August 15, 18 (A. P. Morse; Museum Comparative 

 Zoology); Mount Sargent, Mount Desert Island, Maine, August; Beth- 

 lehem, Grafton County, New Hampshire, August 11-24 (S. Henshaw); 

 White Mountain valleys, New Hampshire, late July (S. Henshaw; S. H. 

 Scudder); Mount Kearsarge, New Hampshire, 2,000 feet (A. P. Morse); 

 Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, August 11 (S. Henshaw); 

 W T inchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, July 4-5 (A. P. Morse) ; 

 Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Miss A. M. Edmands 

 (Museum Comparative Zoology); Dover, Norfolk County, Massachu- 

 setts, June 26 (same); Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, June 

 14, July 17 (same); Milton and Blue Hills, Norfolk County, Massachu- 

 setts, August 14 (S. Henshaw): Concord, Middlesex County, Massachu- 

 setts; Waltliain, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, July 24, September 

 5, 9 (A. P. Morse; S. Henshaw); Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massa- 

 chusetts, June 25, July 12, 15, August 6 (A. P. Morse; Museum Com- 

 parative Zoology); Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, July 

 10 (A. P. Morse); Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, August 

 (same); Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, July 23 (S. Hen- 

 shaw); Forest Hills, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, June 24 (same); 



