NO. 1124. BEnSIOX OF THE MELAyoPLI—SCUDDEB. 103 



iieiit ill the male, no louger (male) or distinctly shorter (female) tlian 

 tlic intVaocnlar portion of the j.'enae; antennae Inteous or luteo casta- 

 neous, lieavily iufuseated ajjicaliy, two-tliuds (male) or hardly half 

 (female) as long as the hind femora. Pi )ootum feebly constricted 

 iiiesially, ciuereofuscous more or less infnscated. sometimes punctate 

 with fusc(ms, pilose, the lateral lobes of the prozona distinctly tumid 

 iibove and ])iceous or blackish fuscous, the disk considerably convex, 

 ))articularly on the i)rozona. and j>assing into the subvertical lateral 

 lobes by a well-rounded shoulder, which is distinctly annulate on the 

 nictazonaonly. forming blunt lateral carinae; median carina lu'icnrrent, 

 marked in black, distinct throughout but more elevated and longitudi- 

 nally arched on the metazona ami sometimes subobsolete between the 

 sidci; front margin faintly convex, hind margin obtusangulate, the 

 angle well rounded; i)rozona quadrate, only a little if any longer than 

 tlie rather sparsely and shallowly punctate metazona. Prosternal spine 

 slioit, very stout, api)ressed conical, very blunt; interspace between 

 incsosternal lobes a little broader than long (male) or fully half as broad 

 again as long but narrower than the lobes (female), the metasternal lobes 

 subattingent (male; or about half as distant as the mesosternal lobes 

 (female). Tegmina reaching to about the middle of the hind femora, 

 overlapi)ing, rapidly tapering butapically well rounded, ciuereofuscous 

 often with a vinous tinge, generally heavily tlecked with blackish fus- 

 cous, particularly but not exclusively in the discoidal area. Fore and 

 middle femora somewhat tumid in the male; hind femora testaceous or 

 tiavo-testaceous, on the upper half obliquely and rather broadly bifas- 

 ciate with fuscous or blackish fuscous, besides a basal si)ot of the same 

 and an infuscated or piceous upper genicular lobe, the inferior face 

 flavous; hind tibiae pale red brightening apically, the spines black in 

 their apical half, nine to eleven, usually ten, in number in the outer 

 series. Extremity of male abdomen clavate, somewhat recurved, the 

 supraanal plate triangular with acutangulate apex, nearly plane sur- 

 face, with a moderately broad and eqi al median sulcus, gradually 

 fading beyond the middle; furcula consisting of a pair of very slender 

 tapering parallel fingers, extending over the outer sides of the subme- 

 dian ridges of the supraanal plate by about the length of the last dor- 

 sal segment; cerci stout and thick, subeiiual, hardly tapering blades, 

 about twice as long as broad, nearlj' straight but faintly arcuate, well 

 rounded apically. very faintly twisted with a feeble sulcation or com- 

 ])ressiou somtimes ai)parent along the upper outer margin of the ajucal 

 lialf; subgenital plate rather small, of about equal length and breadth, 

 tiie apical margin a little elevated, broadly truncate as seen from behind 

 and entire, a feeble ridge descending from each extremity of the apical 

 margin across the a])ical face. 



Length of body, male, 10 mm., female, 19 mm.: antennae, male, 0.25 

 linn., female, r> mm.; tegmina. male, 7.5 mm., female, 8 mm.; hind fem- 

 ora, male, 9.75 mm., female, 10.5 mm. 



