N0.1124. JtKVlSIOS nh Tllh. MELAynpIJ—scrDHER. 191 



<*yes lar;;*', proiuiiu'iit, i'sjMM'inlly in the nialr, nmcli loii^^rr tliiiii the 

 intVaociihir ])orti<>ii of tlu* jjenat', broadly ronvex anteriorly: antennae 

 al»out a half iniale) or two-thirds (female; as \{\\\\i as tiie hind femora, 

 dnll eastaneous. Pronotum feeidy constricted in tlie middle, eidar;;- 

 inj; almost as nuich in front as behind, the front border trnncate. the 

 hiiMl bolder sonnnvhat obtnsan<inlate, fnsco castaneous, jnofusely and 

 rather coarsely ]Mnn-tate with fuscous above, the lateral lobes vitli a 

 mandate ])iceous l>and on the upper part of the pro/.ona. often divideil 

 obliquely, espe<'ially in the female, by a dull luteous stripe; median 

 carina percunent. sometimes feebler on the pro/.ona and often suljob 

 solete between the sulci, the «lisk jKissiny: by a rounded shoulder, more 

 distinct on the meta/.ona than on the prozona. into the sli;;htly tumid 

 lateral lobes; i)ro/.ona qimdrate (male) (U* feebly transverse (female), 

 scarcely longer than the feebly jumctate meta/.ona. Prosternal spine 

 not very long an<l moderately slender (male) or >hort and stout (female), 

 appressed conical, blunt, erect ; intersj>ace between mesosternal lobes 

 about half as long again as broad (male) or slightly longer than broad 

 (female). Tegmina reaching the tii>s of the hind femora (malei or a 

 little shorter than that, shorter than the abdomen (female), not very 

 slender, tai)ering and narrowly rounded at tip, distinctly maculate in 

 tlic discoidal area, especially in the temale, brownish fuscous: wings 

 njoderately broad, pellucid, with glauco-fuscous veins. Hind femora 

 dark testaceous with basal patch and oblique premedian and postme- 

 dian bars of blackish fuscous, dull red beneath, the genicular arc 

 black, the lower genicular lobe j^allid marked with fuscous: hind tibiae 

 sordid glaucous, dull lutescent apically and basally, occasionally pale 

 led. the spines black except at base, ten to eleven, usually eleven, in 

 number in the outer series. Extremity of male abdomen clavate, a 

 little elongate. Avell rounded, considerably upturned, the supraanal 

 plate triangular with subrectangulate apex, the lateral margins basally 

 rounded, broadly upturned, the percurrent median sulcus a mere slit 

 between rather high compressed walls, with a pair of inoiiounced ter- 

 minal ridges: furcula consisting of a pair of rather slender, depressed, 

 tapering, acuminate, parallel lingers^ reaching nearly to the middle of 

 the supraanal jdate: cerci small, slender, nearly straight and nearly 

 e;,ual, but basally tapering and apically a little inbent. rather stout, 

 well rounded at apex, and with the inbent p(Ution deeply dimi)led 

 exteriorly; subgenital plate rather broad, rather short, considerably 

 and abrujttly elevated apically, but not prolonged posteriorly, the apical 

 margin subtruncate. distinctly notched. 



Length of body, male 16 mm., female 17 mm.; antennae, niale 0.25 

 mm., female 5 mm.: tegmina, male 12.5 mm., female 11 mm.; hind 

 femora, male 9.5 mm., female 10 mm. 



Five uiales, 9 females. San Francisco, California. November (U.S. 

 ^^M. — Kiley collection): ^larin County, California, August 8 (same); 

 Monterey, California, October 19. next the seashore. 



This is one of the smallest species of Melanoplus. 



