jio.im. HKvisioy OF Tin: MF.LASopi.i—sctjnnn. 233 



a litth; loiij^er tli;iii the nitluM- ItM-bly punctate iiu'ta/ona. IMostcnial 

 HpiiH' short, transverse, a|)i<'ally suljtiiiiicate; iiiterspai-e between nieso- 

 sternal lobes a little transverse, nineh narrower than the lobes, alike in 

 both sexes, the nietasternai lolx's subattin^ent (male) (»r rather <tistant 

 (tiMnale). Te^niina abbreviate, about as lon^ as the pionotuni. attin- 

 gent, ovatofusitbrm, broader in the female than in the male, apieally 

 at'uminate, blaekish terrufjinous. Fore ami mi(l<lle femora <'onsi(leiably 

 tumid in the male; hind femora very dull brownish testaceous, heavily 

 bifaseiate with blaekish fuseous, the iiremedian faseiation anjrnlate on 

 the outer face, the whole jieniculation, except sonu'times the tijj of the 

 lower j^eni<'ular l(»be blackish, the inferior face dull tiavous; hind tibiae 

 retl, the extreme base and a subbasal annulation fuscous, the spines 

 bl;;<'k almost to their very base, ten in nund)er in the outer series. 

 Extremity of male abdonu'U distinctly elavate, considerably recurved, 

 the supraanal ]date triangular with slightly convex, basally -raised 

 lateral margins, aeutangulate apex and moderately broa<l and deep 

 e«inal median sulcus extending over a little nu)re than the basal half of 

 the plate, its bcmnding ridges shar])and moderately high; furcula con- 

 sisting of a pair of approximate, slight but rather coarse, i)arallel 

 denticulations, shorter than the last dorsal segment; cerci rather snuill, 

 subfalcate, being slightly curved upward but not incurved, ta])ering 

 somewhat in the b.isal half, beyond equal and two-thirds as broad as the 

 extreme base, the tip well rounded, shorter than the supraanal jjlate; 

 subgenital ])late small, subconical, ai)ically subtuberculale, moderately 

 narrow, subeciual, the margin as seen from above well roun<led, entire. 



Length of body, male, 19 mm., female, 2() njm.; antennae, male, 1> mm.; 

 tegmina, male, o mm., fenmle, 5.5 mm.; hind femora, male, 9'.5 mm., 

 female, 11.5 mm. 



Three males, 2 females. Montana (L. JJruner; U.S.N.M. — Kiley col- 

 lection). 



I formerly' gave Thonuis's name of this sjiecies to .1/. monticola, q. v, 



54. MELANOPLU3 WASHINGTONIANUS. 



(Phite XV, fij;. 9.) 

 Pezoteltix waxhingtonianns BuuneuI, Can. Knt., XVII, ISM"), pp. lt-15. 



Of medium size, rather stout-bodied, brownish fuscous tinged with 

 ferruginous, tl a vo testaceous beneath. Head not i)rominent, fusco- 

 testaceous with a feeble olivaceous tinge, brownish fuscous above, some- 

 times blotched with testaceous, with a broad postocular piceous bandj 

 v( rtex gently tumid, feebly elevated above the pronotum, the inter- 

 space between the eyes nearly (male) or fully (female) twice as broad 

 as the tirst antennal joint; fastigium steeply declivent, deeply (male) or 

 moderately (female) and broadly sulcate; frontal costa failing to reach 

 the clyi>eus, subecjual but slightly contracted above, especially in the 



'Appsilaehi.i, I, 263. 



