mim. REVISION OF THE MELANOPH—SCUDDEli. G5 



with a pallid line along the position of the lateral <*arinae of the ijrozonay 

 extendiug" also across the bead where it follows the upper hinder niar- 

 ;;in of the eyes; above the middle of the lateral lobes, on the i)rozona, 

 is a more or less distinct and irrejiular Inscoiis bar, generally darkest 

 below, including on the hinder section a whitish dash in its ujjperpart, 

 and sometimes more or less niargine<l with pallid, especially below; 

 tlicie is usually present, sometimes conspicuously, :i narrower or broader 

 nie(li<'<lorsal stripe, sonu'times paleyeUowor pale yellow margined more 

 or loss broadly, and generally more broadly behind than in front, with 

 reddish pink or fuscous, at other times, and especially in the female 

 wliere it is at least generally broader, wholly reddish pink nu)re or less 

 infiiscated. Tegmina of about the length of the abdonuMi in both sexes, 

 green or yellowish green, the anal area and often a little miu-e than that 

 sometimes reddish pink, especially in the female. Legs green, the foro 

 and middle femora more or less plainly annulate with coral red before 

 the geniculation, and occasionally with a line of red above the upper 

 niaruin of the outer face, the geniculation with a fuscous crescent both 

 Oil the outer and inner side; hind tibiae i)ale bluish green, becoming 

 more or less yellowish apicallVjthe si);nes pallid on their basal, blackish 

 brown on their apical half; hind tarsi pale green, aiore or less yellow- 

 ish, especially at the apices of the Joints. Supraanal plate of female 

 triai;gular, subacutely but bluntly angulate, of al>out equal length aud 

 breadth, the margins nearly straight, the middle of either half with a 

 rather broad moderately elevated ridge, the two converging beyond the 

 middle of the plate and inclosiug a deep basal sulcus; furcula consist- 

 ing of a pair of minute rounded lobes, nearly twice as distant as their 

 width; cerci considerably shorter than the supraanjil plate, simple, reg- 

 uli.rly conical on basal half, the apical half sube(iual, bluntly pointed, 

 very feebly downcurved ; infracercal plates almost as loug as the supra- 



' anal [ilate, inconspicuous; last dorsal segment broadly rounded and 

 rather deeply emarginate. 



Length of body, male, IS.o mu)., female, .'>(> nun.; antennae, nude, 

 ^.-•"i nun., female, 10.25 mm.; tegmina, nuile, 13 mm., female, 20 mm.; 



: hind femora, male, 11. <» mm., female, 17.5 mm. 



Forty males, 08 females. Ked River of the North [Minnesota or Mani- 

 tobaj. Uhler; southern Illinois, Kennicott; Crawford County, Iowa, 

 h\\\ Li-24, J. A. Allen; Denison. Crawford (.^ounty, Iowa, July 20, 

 i. A. Allen; Jetterson, (rreene County, Iowa, July 20-24, J. A. Allen; 

 Dallas County, Iowa, August, J. A. Allen; Valentine, Cherry County, 

 Nebraska, L.Bruner(U.S.N.M. [Xo.712j): Fort Kobinson. Dawes County, 

 Nebraska, xVugust 22, L. Bruner (U.S.X.M. [No. 712J): Chadron, Dawes 

 County, Nebraska, L. Bruner (U.S.X.M. [No. 712]); Nebraska, Dodge, 

 llayden; West Point, Cuming County, Nebraska (L. Bruner); Bismarck, 

 North Dakota, July 23,G. W. Sweet ( C.S.N.M. [No. 712]) ; Wyoming, Mor- 

 rison (U S.X.M. [No. 712]); Fort McKinney, Johnson County, Wyoming, 

 July 2G (U.S.N.M. [No. 712]); Fort Benton, Choteau County, xMoutana, 

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