NO 1124. EEriSWN OF THE MELASOPLI—SCIDDER. 25 



especially above, the piinctation extcuding upon tlie sides of the fas- 

 tigium; rest of face and lower i>artof fjeiiae sparsely imnctijte; anten- 

 nae fuscous, apically ferruginous. Pronotuni with the disk of the 

 prozoua more uniformly darker than the rest, the lower part of the lat- 

 eral lobes of the prozona suttused with iiiteous; thoracic epiniera bhu'k. 

 Tcjjniina narrow at the base, enlarging rather rapidly to beyond tiie 

 imiddle and then again diminisliing to the well-rounded extremity, dis- 

 tinctly shorter than the pronotum but longer than tiie prozona, black 

 n the interstices of the veins which are fusco-luteous, generally darker 

 below than above. Hind femora variable in color but with the ui)per 

 alf or more of the outer face always dark fuscous, sometimes l)lack- 



li, the rest of it more or less luteous, the adjoining carinas l)]a('k, but 

 he others yellowish, the outer portion of the lower surface dull oliva- 



ons, the upper surface olivaceo-fuscous, the genicular arc black ; hind 

 ibiae red, feebly incurved, the spines black on their apical half, more 

 rless pallid, esi)ecially on the inner side, on their baspi half. Abdo- 

 Tnen sparsely and coarsely punctate throughout with a ^)allid median 

 carina, tl'.e hinder edges of the segments sometimes deeply infuscated. 

 Supraanal plate of male rather long triangular, with a i)air of approx- 

 imate, rather sharp ridges, subparallel but nearly meeting in the middle, 

 inclosing on basal half a tolerably deep sulcus, just before the extrem- 

 ity of which, outside the middle of either side of the plate, is a very 

 short blunt ridge; furcula consisting of a pair of subattingent minute 

 lobes, projecting by about their own width ; cerci compressed, laminate, 

 broad, subecpial, tapering a very little at the base, subfalcate, the lower 

 apical portion produced and very acutely angulate, not incurved ; apical 

 tubercle coarse and blunt, ])roJecting beyond the apical margin of the 

 subgenital plate but a short distance. 



Length of body, male, 19 mm., female, liT mm.; antennae, male, 

 female, 1> mm.; tegmiua, male, 4.1 mm., female, 5 mm.; hind femora, 

 male, 12..5 mm., female, 15 mm. 



Two males, 3 females. Sierra de San Miguelito, San Luis Potosi, 



exico, E. Palmer. - 



2. CONALCAEA TRUNCATIPENNIS, new species. 



Fusco-testaceons, mottled with dull ferruginous, the abdomen dull 

 testaceous. Head pale ferrugineo- testaceous, mottled with ferruginous 

 on luteo-testaceous, the summit with two divergent ferruginous st» 

 find feeble signs of a postocular ferruginous strii)e; fastigium 

 <iepressed between the eyes, punctate at tip; frontal costa ir.ict-at:! 

 throughout, very shallowly sulcate ; rest of face and lower ])art ot ^enae 

 j^arsely punctate; antennae dark fuscous. Pronotum with feeble signs 

 ef a luteous stripe following the lateral carinae, the posterior margin 

 of either side, including that of the lateral lobes, sinuate. Tegmina 

 rapidly enlarging from the constricted base to the mid(!le, beyond sub- 

 «qual, broadly truncate at the extremity, about as long as the prozona, 

 lestac'jus. Hind femoraferrugineo testaceous,dullolivaceous beneath. 



