M. 1124. liEnSIoy OF THE MELASOl'Ll—SClDDER. 67 



liallid lit base, .sli.ulitly darker ami sometimes iiifuseated at tij), nearly 

 as long as (t'emalei or much Imifjer than imale) head and i)r<)n(>tum 

 t(>«;ether. Pronotnm tetttilorm witli a feeble blunt and eijual median 

 earina, which is often but not always, sometimes conspicuously. ]»ink 

 roseate; prozona much hnij^er than, in the male half as long again as, 

 the metazona, rngulose, tlie raised portions generally more or less 

 yellowish and having often a transverse, never a longitudinal trend; 

 tlie melaz(ma eijually rugulose. but with a distinct longitudinal tiend 

 to the raise<l i)ortions: himl margin obscurely and obtusely angnhite. 

 Tcumina green or yellowish green, the longitudinal veins being yellow 

 and the ground green ; they taj)er to a roundly acuminate tip and are of 

 variable length in both sexes, but always considerably longer than the 

 pronotum, in the nude usually about two-thirds the length of the abdo- 

 men, in the female generally varying from two-thirds as long as to cpiite 

 or nearly as long as the abdomen; wings i>ellucid green, with green 

 veins. Hind femora green, the outer half of the npi>er surface below 

 the carina often roseate, and the inner surface generally pale yellow; a 

 faint sign of a pregenicular roseate annulation often ai)pears ; hind tibiae 

 jinen, the spines i)allid or yellowish green with black ti})S. Supraanal 

 ]»late of n>ale triangular, with slightly sinuate sides, the apex some- 

 times acute, sometimes rounded, with a rather broad and deep median 

 sulcus in the basal half, bounded by a rather high and acute ridge ou 

 eiliier side, between which and the margin is a rather deep and very 

 broad valley; a slight median sulcus appears in the apical half; furcula 

 consisting of a pair of approxinuiie, little protruding, triangular lobes; 

 cerci delicate and slender, tai)ering gently and more on basal than ou 

 ajtical half, though sometimes the ai)ical half is nearly equal, bluntly 

 acumiimte at tip and with the outer half distinctly incurved; ai)ical 

 tubercle prominent, conical, more or less appressed ; sometimes slightly 

 transverse as viewed from behind, and occasionally (as in the tigure; 

 by accident in drying?) bitid. 



Length of body, male, 22.5 mm., female, 34 mm.; antennae, male, 10 

 mm., female, 11.5 mm.: tegmiim, male, U mm.,' female, 18.5 mm.; hind 

 femora, male, 14 mm., female, 18.5 mm. 



Twelve nniles. 27 fenniles. Nebraska, Dodge, Scudder; Nebraska 

 City and banks of Platte Kiver, Nebraska, Ilayden; Finney County, 

 Kansas, September, II. W. Menke (University of Kansas); Lakin, 

 Kearny County, Kansas, .3,(KM) feet, July 9, Sejjtember 1; Garland, Cos- 

 tilla County, Colorado, 8,000 feet, August 28; Texas, Belfrage: Dallas, 

 Texas, Boll; San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas (L. Bruner); Fort 

 Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, May (l\S.N.M.— Kiley collection); 

 'inlf coast of Texas, Aaron: Pecos Biver, Texas, Captain Pope. 



Since writing this, Mr. C. F. Baker has sent me specimens from Ilorse- 

 tn<,th Mountain, 0,(MK) feet, west of Fort Collins, Colorado. 



The species has also been reporte<l from Dakota or Montana (Thomas), 



'The male selectCil lor measuretaent has uuusually short tegmina. 



