NO. 1124. BE VISIOX OF THE MELA MWL I—SC I DDE II. 8 1 



;{1P. Exceptinjjf the inonotyi)ic Aseiiioplus found in tlie .siiiiu' it*;iion, 

 and some of the genera jieeuliar to the Soiitli, no other ^^enus of 

 Melano[>li has so limited a lanfje. 



ANAI.YTICAI. KKY TO THE SPKCIKS OF lUtADYNOTES. 



A'. Interspace between the eyes not niueh j^reater than tin- least width of tlie iVontal 

 costa ; hind femora fully three times aslnnj; as pronotiim and relatively slender ; last 



dorsal segment of male abdomen with slight lobes for fiircula 1. hixpida (p. SI). 



A . Interspace between the eyes nearly twice the least width of the frontal «osta; 



hind femora distinttly U'Ss than three times as loi;*^ as pnuiotum and relatively 



stout; last dorsal segment of male abdomen (piite unarmed. 



//'. Interspace between niesosternal lobes not (male") or at most a little (female) 



wider than the lol»es themselves, the metasternal lobe, varying from subcoutiguous 



to a little more than half as distant as the niesosternal (male), or from more than 



half TO nearly as distant as the niesosternal lobes (female); male cerci about as 



long as the supraanal plate. 



(•'. Interspace between niesosternal lobes scarcely more than half the width of 



the lobes themselves uuale) or not wider than they (feru' e), the metasternal 



lobes subcontignons (male) ; last segment of male abdomen not greatly ujdurned. 



d^. Interspace between niesosternal lobes of male scarcely more than half the 



width of the lobes themselves, the metasternal interspaces in the I'emale 



hardly more than half as broad as the niesosternal 2. r<iuri(8 (p. X'S). 



d-. Interspace between niesosternal lobes of male almost as wide as the lobes, 

 the metasternal interspace in the female fully three-(|uarter8 that of th<; nieso- 

 sternal 3. (Xjiletu (p. 84). 



C-. Interspace between niesosternal lobes about e(inal to the width of the lobes 

 themselves (male) or a little wider (female), the metasternal lobes moderately 

 distant (male) or fully three-fou-ths as wide as the niesosternal interspace 

 (female); last segment of male ab»lonien considerably n[iturned. 



rf'. Hind tibiae wholly coral red 4. pinyuis (p. 85). 



d'-. Hind tibiae red only on apical half. 

 €\ Kelativtdy lirge. No great contras. 'ii color between npper and lower 

 half of lateral lobes of pronotum, the lower portion not being very light; 

 dark cross bands of hind femora crossing only the inner, not (or obscurely) 

 the outer half of the npper surface; outei face almost uniformly dark. 



5. ohesa (p. 87). 

 e\ Relatively small. The darker superior half of lateral lobes of pronotum 

 strongly contrasted with the lighter inferior half; dark cross bands of hind 

 femora crossing both inner and outer half of upper surface, the outer face 



broken in color by their continuation (5. refer ta (p. 88). 



h-. Interspace between aiesosternal lobes considerably wider than (male) or twice 

 as wide as (female) the lobes themselves, the metasternal lobes nearly as distant; 

 mule cerci not half so long as the supraanal jilate 7. ««/«»• (p. 89). 



I. BRADYNOTES HISPIDA. 



(Plate VI, fig. 5.) 



Pezoiettu hispidus Brcxer:, Can. Ent., XVII, 1885, pp. 12-14. 



Body moderately stout, very sliglitly compressed, but little enlarged 

 iu tlie metatlioiacic region, even in the female, feebly pilose. Head 

 full, the vertex gently tumid, the interspace between the eyes not 

 much greater than the least width of the frontal costa, the fastigium 

 cousiderably decliveat, slightly expanding apically, broadly sulcate, 

 Proc. y. M. vol. XX 



