NO. 1124. nFvifnoy OF riiK ytKLAsnvi.t-ftrrnDF.n. 141 



t)i«> siihiii(Mli:iii riilf^rs of tlir siipriiiitial pliito, aiwl projiM'tiii}*: ovn* if by 

 a littlo iiion' than tin' hMi;;tli of thr last dorsal sry^tiuMit; ren-i ImllatH, 

 stroii;;ly iluMiiNtMl. <'\t«»iiorIy tiatttMUMl hut a litth' ronvrx loiiy^itmli- 

 nally, at first oiilar^^nii;;: aiiW Hwrlliii;;:, flio inferior inar;;iii IkmH i'oini<l!y 

 at a ri;rht aii;,'h' in the niiddh* ( ht'torr whirh tin* inaijfin itself* is trans- 

 versely ahniptly reefan;;nlate, heyond it aentan;;nlate, so that the lower 

 fare is snieate), then sn<hlenly eontraj'ted, with tlie upper portioii pro- 

 duced as a short, taperin;:, hluntly poinfetl. rompressed finder, which 

 does not reach the tip of the supraanal plate; sub^enital plate very 

 inueli broader than lon^, subconical, the apical niarjL^in abruptly and 

 jjreatly elevated, thi<'kened ainl well rouiMle<l. 



Iien;;th of bo<iy, male, 17 mm., t'emah*, L'!'..") mm.; antennae, male, 7 

 mm., female, 7.-5 mm.; te^inina, male, <> mm., t'emahs 7.L'.') mm.: hind 

 femora, male. lO..** mm., female, l'^5 mm. 



Thirty-two uuiles, 42 females. Monfelovez, roaliuila, Mexi<*o, Sep- 

 tember 20, K. Pahm»r; Sierra Nola, Tamaulipas, Mexico, I)^M'end»er 

 .'Mi, E. I*almer; Sierra de San Mijjuelito, and ujountains twelve lea;;ues 

 cast of San Luis Totosi, Mexico, 10. Palmer; San Luis I*ot<>si, Mexico, 

 October, E. Talmer, K. IJarroeta; Tdedos, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 

 October 1, L. Palmer; Zacatecas, Mexico, November (L. Bruner); A^nias 

 ( ahentes, Mexico, November (L. Bruner). 



2. MELANOPLUS LAKINUS. 



(I'lateX. fij;. 2.) 



Vezotettix lakiitUM Sri odkh!. Proc. Host. Soc. Nat. Hist., XX (1879), pp. 70-80; 

 Cent. Orth. (1879), pp. (;8-r>9.— HiaxKH. K«'p. 1'. S. Ent. Coniiii., Ill (ISSH), 

 p..")9; Bull. Washb. Coll., I (188.")), p. 13«»; I'libl. Nebr. Aca.l. Sc.. Ill (1893), 

 p. 27. 



Vertex of the liead gently tumid, scarcely elevated above the ])ro- 

 notum, the interspace between the eyes half as broad again as the first 

 antennal Joint; fastigium broad, shallow, fiat, expanding in front, the 

 bounding walls low and thick ; frontal costa moderate, slightly expanded 

 at the ocellus, sulcate almost throughout, ou\y the summit flat, about 

 as broad as the interspace between the eyes; eyes rather small, not 

 prominent, about as long as the infraocular portion of the genae; anten- 

 nae about three-fourths (male) or about two-thirds (female) as long as 

 the liind femora. Pronotum short, especially in the female, but simple, 

 expanding slightly posteriorly, either half of the lateral lobes of the 

 prozona slightly and independently tumid in the male; front border 

 truncate, hind border very little angulated and rounded; median carina 

 sliglit but distinct, equal; lateral carinae well marked, forming a nearly 

 square shoulder, esjiecially on the hinder portion of the prozona; pro- 

 zona longitudinal (nmle) or subquadrate (female), slightly (male) or 

 scarcely (female) longer than the finely punctate metazona. Prosternal 

 spine moderately long, a little shorter in the female than in the male, 



