MO 1124. JtKVlSiny <tr THE MELASOPJ l—>i< FDUKU. lfJ5 



interspace hetween tin* eyea rather broad, as l)r<»a<l as i male) or lnoailer 

 tlian (teiiiale) the liist aiiteiiiial joint; fastijiiuin rapully (lesct'ndiiij; 

 with a rejjuhir curve, broadly and very shallowly sulcate (male) or 

 plane with fei'bly rais^'d marjjiiis between the eyes (female); frontal 

 costa broad, as bio;id as the interspace between the eyes, eqnal, or 

 feebJN narrower aboNc than below, just failin;; to reach t*'eclypeal n)ar- 

 gin, feebly impressed at and sonu'times a little below the ocellus, pnnc- 

 tate especially at the sides; eyes moderate, as lonj; as the intrao<Milar 

 j)ortion of the {(enae, not very priuuinent ; antennae varying*' from fulvo- 

 testaceous to rnfons. much iiifnscated apically, about three fourths as 

 lonjf as the hind fenioii, nearly as Ion;? in the female as in the male. 

 I'ronotum with the front marjrin transverse, the hind niar;;in obtusely 

 anjjulate, the anjj^le rounded, the median carina percurrent, but feeble 

 on the i)rozona, the ])n>/.ona ]>lano convex, ])assinf; by a well rounded 

 anjrle into the subver.ical lateral lobes, the disk smooth, (|uadrate 

 (male) or feebly transverse (female), sli;iht]y loiij-er than the tinely and 

 deiK i)unctateineta/ona,the transverse sulci distinct and <'ontinuous; 

 the u ^r two-filths of ihe lateral lobes are marked on the prozona by 

 ii fuscous or i>iceo'.is i>;i!ch, while the lowei- half is occasionally lij^hter 

 Than the rest of the liody. I'losternal spine erect, and moderately lonjif, 

 ai)pressed conical, the tip blunt (male) or short, stout, conico-cylin- 

 drical,very blunt (female); interspjice between mesostc^rnal lobes more 

 than twice as lonj4' as broad (male) or sub<|UMdrate (female i: metasterna! 

 lobes attingfent (male) or <listant by half the width of the frontal <'osta 

 (female). Tej^mina n a'.'hini^ and jjfenerally somewhat surpassiiifj the 

 tipsof the hind lemora, somewhat but rather delicately maculate in the 

 basal two-thirds of the <liscoidal area; wings })elluci<l, rather broad. 

 Hind femora fusco-ferruginous,obli(|uely blotched externally and above 

 with luteo-testaceous, the lighter i)arts occurring before ami i>ast the 

 middle and as a i)regenicular annulus; beneath dull luteous with a 

 tinge of fulvous; genicular arc fusco ])iceous; inferior genicular lobe 

 pallid or sordid luteous Avith a basal black bar; hind tibiae i)ale red, 

 sometimes with a pale greenish yellow tinge, sometimes with a feeble 

 fuscous patellar mark, the spines black excepting at base, ten to twelv'e, 

 usually eleven, in number in the outer series. Hxtremity of the male 

 abdomen a little clavate, nnuh ui)tunied, the supraanal ])late ralher 

 narrow, demi oval, with rounded sides and scarcely angulate apex, the 

 rather deep median sulcus terminating beyoml the middle by the con- 

 traction of its rather stout lateral walls, eacii lateral half of the plate 

 with a short apical ridge in its middle; furcula consisting of a i)air of 

 straight, parallel, tiattened, rather slender, tai)ering, pointed, basallv 

 attiugent tingeis, reaching the middle of the supraanal plate; cerci 

 broad, siibecpial but mesially contiacted,comi)ressed, slightly upcurved 

 and incurved laminae, bluntly rounded apically, more than twice as 

 long as broad, shorter than the sui)!aaiial plate; infracercal plates 

 broad, oblicjuely truncate a])icall3-, sc::rcely surpassing the sui)raanal 

 plate; subgeuital plate greatly prolonged and elevated apically, the 



