MO. 1124. BE VISION OF THE MKLAXOrri—SCCDDER. 231) 



OH the upper face, the lower face \y.iU' iv'd, tlie «;enicnhitioii lianlly 

 infus('ate<l; hiinl tibiae pah* testaceous witli a faifit jjreenish tiiij;e, 

 especially upon the upper half, often minutely Hecked with fuscous, the 

 spines pallid at base and black at tip, ten to eleven in number in 

 the outer series. Extremity of male nbdonuMi tlavate, considerably 

 n'curved, the sui)raanai plate trianj^nlar or subnastat*' with a(!utangii- 

 late ai)ex, the lateral marj^ins brna^lly and j;ent!y elevated ^ui the 

 basal half, the median sulcus ])ercurient, deep basaliy ami j^radualiy 

 shallowiuji?; furcula consisting of a i)air of parallel, ap])roximare, slen- 

 der, acuminate s])ines, less than one-fourth the leii;.jth of the supraanal 

 plate; cerci small, slender, taperinj? ••ently on basal third, beyond 

 cijual, nearly straight but feebly incnirveil, well roumlcd at tip, much 

 sliorter than the sujuaanal jdate: subgenitai ])late small, subecpial, 

 a little longer than broad, the lateral and apical niar<;ins in the same 

 plane, angulate as seen from above. 



Length of body, male, 14 mm., female, 18 mm.: antennae, male, 7 mm., 

 female, 4.75 mm.; tegmiiia, male, 4.25 mnj., lemale, 4.5 mm.; hind fem- 

 ora, male, 9 mm., female, 10 mm. 



Threemales,! female. Los Angeles,California,Coquillett (U.S.X.M. — 

 lliley collection; L. Hiuner). 



58 MELANOPLUS GENICULATUS, new species. 

 (I'late XVI, tig. .3.) 



Of every small size, fusco-testaceous, the legs and under surface 

 Havous. Head rather prominent, especially in the male, Havous, more 

 or less feebly punctate with fuscou.>'. above with a i)air of divergent 

 obscure fuscous stripes; vertt^x gently tumid, slightly elevated above 

 tlie pronotiim, the interspace between the eyes scarcely (male) or only 

 (female) as wide as the lirst antennal Joint; fastigium steeply declivent, 

 rather deeply sulcate, broadening anteriorly to double the basal width; 

 face considerablyobliipie, the frontal costafadingjust before the clypeus, 

 ecpial except for a slight contraction above, a little broader than the 

 interspace between the eyes, distinctly sulcate througho'it excepting 

 above, feebly and biseriately punctate; eyes large, prominent, much 

 longer than the infraocular portion of the genae; antennae rufotestace- 

 ous, almost as long (male) or a little more than two tiiirds as long 

 (female) as the hind femora. Pronotum sube<|ual on the prozona, tlar- 

 ing a little on the metazona, with no piceous postocnilar band, the 

 literal lobes short and nearly unicolorous, the disk broadly convex ami 

 passing insensibly into the vertical lateral lobes; nunlian carina faint 

 and slight on the metazona, obsolete on the prozona, especially in the 

 inale; front margin truncate or subtruncate, hind nmrgin truncate and 

 very feebly and broadly emarginate; prozona distinctly i)unctate and 

 transversely rugose, at least in the male, sub(iua<lrate, almost twice as 

 long as the densely and rather heavily punctate metazona. Prosternal 

 spine of moderate size, erect, strongly appressed conical: interspace 

 brtween mesosteriuil lobes (piadrate (male) or transverse but much 



