11)2 vvnri:i:instis nr nth' xiTiffX iL Mrs/-:rM. vouxx. 



ag. MELANOPLUS CONSANGUINEUS, new species. 



(PhiteXII. rl«. 10.) 



Durk A'rrn;;iiieo riiscons, TTrsul sli^^htly proiniin'iit, very diuk tes- 

 tartMMis, lifjivily iiitusfjittMl aiWovt* aiid somctinu's tlecUed with liiscous 

 on fjut* and ;^iMiae, a pirroiis haiul lu'liind the eyes; vertex rather 

 tumid, well raise! al«»\e tlie in'onotmu. thr iiiterspaee between tiie 

 eyes latlier nariow. about as wide as luiale) or a btthi wider than 

 (feuud<*) tlie lirst autmnal Joint : t'astij;iuui steeply declivent, broadly 

 and rather <b'ei>ly suh-ate; hfuital costa 0(|ual tV*uiale) or uairowed 

 above (Uiale), at its broadest eonsi<lerably (uuilei <»r soinewluit (fennde) 

 broad<*r than the intersi>ace between the eyes, fadin;;" beh»w, sli«;htly 

 .suleate at and below the ocellus, seriately puui'tate on the sides: eyes 

 as in .}[. iCniiiniitns: antennae dark castane<Mis, less than two thinls as 

 I'Uijrjisthe hind femora, of about ecpud relativi* lenj;tli in the two sexes. 

 I'lonotum sube«|ual. eular;:in«;: a little on the nieta/ona and feebly in 

 front; front mar^^in truncate, hind iuar«»in obtusany:ulate, tlu> lateral 

 lobes with a broad piceous belt across the [u-o/ona above, below which 

 tlu'y are li.iriiter than tlie disk ; nu'dian <'arina distinct (Ui the metazona, 

 feeble on the prozona. and nearly obsolete between the sulci; lateral 

 eaiiuae marked only by a rounded shoulder more distinct on the nieta 

 zona than on the pro/.»uia: prozona subi[ua<lrate, scarcely longer than 

 the tinely and not sharply punctate metaz(Uia. I'rosternal spine erect 

 and rather loiii^:. coiiico-cylindrical (male) or rather short. a[)presse(l 

 conical (female): interspace between mesosternal lobes about half as 

 long ayain as broad i male), or only a little longer than broad i female). 

 Tegmina nearly reaching (malei or slightly sur[)assing (female) tne tip 

 of the hind femora, rather slender, tai>ering, strongly rounded apically, 

 diirk fuscous with tolerably distin«t maeulation in the discoidal area; 

 wings not very broad, hyaline, with glaueo-fuscous veins. Hind feuiori 

 dull testaceous, marked as in .1/. ilhninutns, the hind tibiae glaucous, 

 the spines pallid at base, bbu-k at tip, ten to eleven in number in the 

 outer series. Kxtremit}' of male abdomen clavate, well upturned, the 

 sui>raanal ])late triangular, the lateral nuirgins broadly elevated and 

 at base well rounded, the median sulcus narrow and. exeepc apically, 

 dee}), its bounding walls rather high and abrupt; furcula consisting of 

 a pair of depiessed, rather slender, tapering, acindnate, slightly 

 divergent lingers, falling someviiat short of the middle of the supraanal 

 plate; cerci small and slender, alxmt four time.; as long as broad, nearly 

 straight but gently incurve*! throughout, broadly rounded apically. 

 subeijual but tai»ering slightly on basal half, the apical third deeply 

 suleate exteri(nly, the whole considerably shorter than the sui)raaii:il 

 plate; subgenital jtlate niod<'rately broad and short, the lateral margins 

 somewhat abruptly and moderately elevate<l apically, but not ])r(). 

 longed ])osteriorly, the apical margin narrowly snbtiuncate and feebly 

 emaiginate. 



