NX 1124. REVISION OF THE M ELAXftPLI—SCULDEIi. 17") 



tlian the infraoculiir portion of the genae; antennae testaceous, about 

 two-thirds (male) or rather more than three-liftlis (femak*) as lonj; as the 

 hind femora. Pronotum subeciual on tlie prozona, expanding; jxtsteri- 

 orly on the meta/.ona, darker above than on tlie sides, but oceasioiially 

 with pale strijjes foHowing the inner niarg'n of the lateral earinae, the 

 Inti'ial lobes with a generally maculate or broken but usually ('onsi»icu- 

 <ius i)ieeous postoeular band contined to the prozona, the disk i)lane on 

 the metazona, feebly <onvex (m the i)rozona, passing abru]>tly into the 

 vertical lateral lobes hy a distinct shoulder, on the metazona forming 

 rather detinite lateral earinae; median carina distinct on the metazona, 

 subdued and unilbrm on tfie i)rozona, more nearly obsolete in the female 

 tlian in the male; front margin truncate, hind margin feebly obtusang- 

 ulate; prozona quadrate or feebly longitudinal (male) or transversely 

 siilMjuadrate or transverse (female), scarcely or not longer than the 

 densely punctate metaz<ma. Prosternal s]>ine not very stout, stouter 

 in the female than in the male, appressed conical, rather blunt, erect; 

 iiiteisi>ace between mesosterm;! lobes fully twice as long as broad 

 (male), or subouadrate (female). Tegmina generally surpassing a little, 

 sometimes considerably, the hind femora, moderately slender, tapering 

 but little, well rounded ai)ically, brownish fuscous, variably maculate 

 Imt generally rather heavily marked along the discoidal area, sometimes 

 sjirinkled with fuscous over a large part of the tegmina, rarely reduced 

 to a feeble series of spots along the middle line; wings rather broad, 

 hyaline with fuscous veins. Fore and middle femora somewhat tumid 

 in the male; hind femora testaceou;:: or tlavo-testaceous, heavily and 

 oliliquely (and more or less distinctly) biTasciate with fuscous or black- 

 isli fuscous.over the upper an' outer faces, the geniculation black, olten 

 with an indistinct i)regenicular pale Havous annulatiini, the lower face 

 with a tiuvsh of roseate; hind tibiae bright red (by rare exception glau- 

 cous) with a more or less distinct fuscous patellar spot, the spines black 

 almost to the base, eleven to thirteen, usually eleven, in number in the 

 outer series. Extremity of male alMlomen considerably clavate, well 

 recurved, the supraanal jdate long triangular, feebly compressed in 

 tlie middle, the apex acutangulate, the margins elevated, the median 

 sulcus rather heavy and deep, i^pically evanescent, its walls stout; fur- 

 cula consisting of a pair of parallel, tapering, llattened fingers about 

 a third as long as the supraanal ])late; cerci nearly three times as 

 long as middle breadth, consisting of a feebly tapering basal portion 

 nearly twice as long as broad, and an apical, slightly inbent and feebly 

 upturned, externally broadly sulcate, sube(iual portion, well rounded at 

 tip: subgenital plate subpyramidal, with its lateral margins very feebly 

 sinuate, the apical margin rising a little higher and distinctly notched 

 as well as laterally tumid. 



Length of body, male, 21 mm., female, 20.5 mm.; antennae, male, 9 

 inni., female, 8.75 mm.; tegmina, male, 18.5 mm., female, 20 mm.; hind 

 femora, male, 13 mm., female, 14 mm. 



1 orty-eight males, 71 females. British Columbia, (i. W. Taylor (L, 



