NO. 1134. MElJSluyOF THE MELaSUVU^SCUDUEU. 155 



Jiruiier stsiten tlisit it also ot'curs ''across tin* line in Mexican tcnitory 

 for sonic distance,'* and that it is contiiuMl to river bottoms, where it 

 Iceds on low vegetation, but is rarely seen on the jxronnd. 



II. MELANOPLUS FLAVESCENS, new species. 



(Tlato XI. flu. 1.) 



(Tniforin i)ale tiavous tinj^ed with j;reen, the upi^er part of the latersil 

 lobes with a broad (divaccons band, extending; fron» the eyes across 

 the pr<»/.ona and feebly niarkin^^ the lateral (;arinae of tiie nteta/oiia. 

 Head uniform in c(dorin^ and, exrept for the band mentioned, as li^ht 

 jihove as below; vertex j^ently tumid, the interspace between the eyes, 

 moderate, scarcely narrower than the frontal costa, the fasti;;iuni 

 descending,' with the curvature of the vert<!X. rather deeply and broadly 

 suicate throujjhout; frontal costa prominent above, mo<lerately br(»ail, 

 e<|ual, percurrent, deeply suh-ate exceptin;:^ above but with rounded 

 inarj^ins, above seriately ]Minctate at the sides; eyes rather larj;e aiul 

 rather prominent: antennae almost as lon^^ as the hind femora (male), 

 the tirst two joints tiavous, the rest salmon red. IMonotum subeiiual, 

 feebly enlarj;:in«^ at the nu'ta/ona, the front mar^iin feebly <'onve\, the 

 liiiul marjiin obtusely anj;:ulate. the angle rounded, the disk jjently con- 

 vex on the prozona with no lateral cariiuie, on the meta/ona i)lane 

 with obscure rounded lateral carinae, the median carina distinct 

 thoujih slip:lit on the meta/.ona, wanting in front; prozona distinctly 

 longitudinal, smooth, a third longer than the closely pun<tate metazona. 

 I'rosternal spine rather hmg, regularly conical, erect, blunt tippe«l; 

 interspace between mesosternal lobes of male very slender, many times 

 longer than broad, the metasternal lobes attingent over a wide apace. 

 Tegmina slender, very feebly tapering, well rounded apically, surpass- 

 ing considerably the hind femora, greenish-yellow at base, nearly pel- 

 lucid on apical half, without markings; wings pellucid with a scarcely 

 perceptible glaucous tinge, the veins and cross veins fu.scoglaucoua. 

 Fore ami middle femora tiavous with a tinge of olivaceous; hind. femora 

 golden yellow on the outer face, growing pallid below ; elsewhere tiavous 

 with a distinct fulvous tinge on lower and inner sides, the genicular arc 

 testaceous, stained with fuscous; hind tibiae glaucous, i>allid at extreme 

 ha.se, the spines pallid on basal, black on apical half, ten in number in 

 the outer series. Extremi ty of male abdomen feebly clavate, upturned, 

 the supraanal plate obscurely clypeate, the lateral margins raised con- 

 siderably throughout, pinched just before the middle and just before 

 tlie tip, and so somewhat torqueivte, the median sulcus only apparent 

 and then slight in apical half; furcula consisting of a pair of large, 

 broad, strongly depressed, longitudinally arcuate plates, which, meas- 

 uring from the base of the last dorsal segment, are about twice as long 

 as broad, in the basal half attingent, in their apical half strongly and 

 roundly excised interiorly, apically obliquely and broadly truncate, ter- 

 niinatiug acutely at the inner hinder angle, and hardly reaching the 



