N.. ii:'4. UFA isnis ar THE MKL.IXol'fJ-sCI inu:if. 247 



pro/.ona. though in tlit; feinahs exceptiii;: hrtwccii tlic sulci, it is iioariy 

 as eU'vati'd tliou^li not so siiarp as on the nieta/ona; tVont niar;L:in siiii- 

 ti'uncato, liiiui margin prodnccd, but l»i4»a<liy ti unrafc, witli tlio faintest 

 possible indication ^i\' einar;:inHtioh; pro/ona distinetly lon<;iMi(iiniil 

 (male) or lon^itndinall\ snb)|UiHlrate < tenuile), very faintly ami spaisriy 

 pnnetate, about Inilt'as Ion;; a^ain as the elosely and sharply punetate 

 nieta/ona. I'losteriuil spine nnxb-rately lon^, eonieal, ratliei- blunt; 

 interspace betwi-en nu'sosternal lobes about twice as lon^ as broad 

 (male) or jjuadrate (t'eniale.) Tt'^inina al>breviate, much shorter than 

 the pronotuni, rather distant, olmvate, nearly twice as lon^- as broad, 

 w(>ll rounded apically. Fore and ini<ldle teniora of male only moderately 

 tumid; hind femora testaceous or term;' ineo testaceous, nu)re or less 

 c(Ud'usedly bifasciate with blackish fuscous, the i'utire pMiiculation 

 bhu'kish fuscous, tlu' inner half <d' under surface and lower half of iniu-r 

 surface pale san;4uineous; hind tibiae very dark glaucous, almost pur- 

 plish, the spines pallid in basal, black in apical half, nine to ten, usually 

 nine, in number in the outer scries. Extremity of male abdomen clavate, 

 stronjfly re<'urved, the supraanal jjlate triangular, with subrectaii^ulate 

 apex and feebly and broadly crenate margins, the sharp and low ridges 

 boundinji' the exceptionally shallow and tiat nudian sulcus formin;; a 

 broad trian;;le in somewhat less than the basal half of the i)Iate, though 

 the sidcus continues as a delicjite imision ami broadens a little at the 

 apex: furcula consisting' oidy of the rectan|^ulate but projecting' inner 

 • orners of the ^ra<lually broadening divided lateral halves of the last 

 dorsal se^nuMit; cerci broad at ba>e, ;;ently tumid, rapidly and regu- 

 larly narrowino* in the basal half, beymul sub(M|ual, very slender, hardly 

 a fourth as broatl as at base, incurved, the tii) bluntly |M»inted, the 

 whole about twice as lon^ as the basal breadth; sub^enital plate lon^' 

 and narrow, the lateral and apical margins in nearly the same plane, but 

 leebly elevated apically, as seen from above well roundctl, entire. 



Lenjijtli of bod.\ , male, 10.5 jnm., female, -!(>.."> mm.; antennae, male, 

 7.."» mm., lennile, 8 mm.: te^niina, male and fenmle, 4 mm.: hind temora, 

 male, 10.5 nun., female, 12.7") mm. 



Two males, 1 fenuile. Los An «jfeles, California, ('oijuillett ( U.S.X.M. — 

 IJilcy collection). 



This species ditVers from the i»reccding mainly in coloring and in the 

 larger and bulkier female. 



64. MELANOPLUS FUSCIPES, new species. 



(Tlat.- XVI, li^. !».) 

 I'ezotettij- J'uscipes McyVAXi.'.. MS, 



Of rather small size, dark ferrugineo fuscous with black markings. 

 Head feebly ])rominent, testaceous, heavily flecked or sometimes suf- 

 fused with fuscous, above <lark fuscous mesially, separated by a dull 

 !iavo testaceous strii)e bordering the eye from the broad piceous post- 

 •cular band; vertex moderately tumid, elevated somewhat above the 



