128 p/iorKEitTxas of the xjtioxjl mfsevm. ^ol.xx. 



»'. Tegniinu more or less widely sepnrated, riirolv nttinneiit; inter- 

 val l»of\v«M'Ti niesosternr' lohes ot'iiiiile twire or nearly twice sii lonjj 

 again as hroad; cerci not finely .iciiniiaate at tip. 



(U. fiiMcipex (p. 247). 

 t-'. TeRniiiia attinjjent; interval between niesosternal lobes of male 

 only uli^litly longer than broad; cerei tapering, ratlier re;^iilar. sub- 

 fa leu tf, finely aciuniiiate at tip ♦»."> MiittihiM (]). 'l!h. 



f^ ('er«"i of male (ecbly compressed, siibsfylilorm, tajniing almost uniformly 

 tlirou;;hout, api«'aliy acuminate (15. Puer series). 

 /'. Tejjmiuaattinjfent; siibjjenital pbiteof male short ami broad, its apical 

 breadth surpassing; the length of its lateral margin, not elevated apieally. 



iHl flfihtUiitiiH (p. -ITA). 

 /^ Tegmina distant; subgenital ]»late of m:ile diolmctly narrower than 



long, elevated apieally (JT. jiuer (p. 252 1. 



<•-. Cerci of male more or less expanded ai>i('ally, so as to be broa<ler at s«)'ne 

 point beyond the ni'.hlle than at the mitldle, spatnlate or snbspatnlate: metu 

 Htermil lobes of male separated by a variable interval.' 



(V . Interval between niesosternal l()l»es of male qna«lrateorsnb(]nadrate, rarely 

 {M. atnplectois) half as long again as broad; metasternal lobes of male ot 

 vjiriable width. 

 f'. Subgenital plate of male distinctly narrower ti;an long, often narrowing 

 a]>ically. 

 /'. Lateral margins of subgenital plate of male apieally meeting more or 

 less aeutely and furnished here with a conical erect tubercle (16. luoruatu^ 

 series). 



</'. Interval between mesosternal lobes of female slightlr longer tli.in 

 broad; anal cerci of lunle broadly expanded apieally ; a|)ical tubercle of 



subgenital plate of male blunt (>8. inornatna (p. 254 i. 



<7^ Interval between niesosternal h»bes of f«Miiale distinc. ly transverse :- 



anal cerci «)f male very feebly expanded apieally: aj)ical tubercle of 



subgenital jilate acute. 



/t'. lliiid femora fasciate: apical half of male cerci moderately broad. 



the narrowest part more than half as broad as the base; lobes of 



furcula shcrt 69. r// jV/j^>f'« (p. 255). 



/»*. Hind femora not fasciate; .-ipical half of male cerci verv slender, 

 the narrowest part not more than a third as broad as the base; lobes 



of furcula long 70. rf^corw* (p. 257V 



/-. Lateral margins of subgenital plate of male meeting with a rounded 



curve, which if apieally elavated does not form a conical tubercle 



(17. Fasciatus series). 



gK Cerci of male strongly incurved and <'onsi>icuously enlarged apicalh . 



/i'. Cerci of male very slender, in the middle not ou«'-tliird as broa<l as 



at base, the .-ijiical lobe feebly bifid; furcula developed as slender 



spines about a fourth the length of the supraanal plate. 



71. aifeiniatiis (p. 259 . 

 Ji^. Cerci of male stout, in the middle more than half as broad as at 

 base, the apical lobe single; furcula developed as mere denticulations. 



72. amphcietis i\i. 260 . 

 fif'. Cerci of male at most gently if at all incurved, and feebly, if at all 

 enlarged apieally. 



hK Metasternal lobes of male 8ul)attingent; tegmina shorter than the 

 pronotum; anal cerci of male straight as seen lat«'rally or slightly 

 npcurved apieally. 



'The cerci are barely enlarged apieally in M. riridipes, which cornea under tins 

 division. See, .mIso, the note under the alternate category. 

 -The female of .)/. decorus is not known. 



