.N«- 1124. h'i:i is/(K\ ni Tin: Mi:i.AS'oi'Li—sri inti-.u. 206 



thus rcacliiii<r the extremity of the snpraaiinl ])late: snbociiital ]>late 

 small, moderately broad Imt iiineli iiarrcver than loiij;', th<* ajucal por 

 tioii a little elevated ami tumid, siibtnbeiculate. 



Lenjith ol'body, male, llhnm., female, iM) mm.: anteiimu'. male. D mm. 

 (est.), female, 10 mm.: te«;iniiia, male. 7."> mm., female, 1» mm.: Iiiud 

 femora, male, 11. 75 mm., female. 11 mm. 



One male. 2 females. Locality unknown (.1. McNeill): Montelovez, 

 Cohahuila. Mexico, September 20, K. Palmer. 



All the s])ecimens seen have been immersed in alcohol, which may 

 have somesvhat atfccted their colors. 



69. MELANOPLUS VIRI^IPES, nev/ species. 



(Plate XVII, tig. 4.) 



r> :ot('ttiy rlndlpe'* \\\i.Mi\. MS. (ISH".).— Br..\niir.KV. Cjiii. Kiit., XXHI (Apiil. 



1S5>1). p. SO; il»i<l.. XXIV (1892), p. ;^1— iiutlesn il..-.]. 

 PtzoUttix rirUUi-riiH \V.\i.sii !, MS. (1865). 

 Pezotettii- vir'uhihts [by error for viridicnix] McXkii.i.. I'syche, \l (May. ls!»l), 



pp. 7r>-7«J.— Hi.ATciii.EY. (an. Kiit.. XXn n8!t2). j.. M: il.itl.. XX\ 1 1 ls!t4), 



]>. 24r> — nndeseribed. 



Of medium si/e, brownish fuscous jtbove, Havous beneath; liead 

 not prominent, dark olivaceo testaceous, sometimes plumbeous, above 

 iiuich infuscated, with abroad piceous postocular band: vertex mod- 

 erately tumid, scarcely elevated above the inonotum, the intersjjace 

 between the eyes half as broad again (male) or twice as broad (female) 

 as the tirst antennal joint; fastigium rather steeply declivent, dis- 

 tinctly (male) or sballowly (female) sulcate; frontal costa almost per- 

 ( urrent, slightly narrowed at ni)per extremity, especially in the male, 

 <ttherwise equal, about as broad as the interspace between the eyes, 

 sulcate at and below the ocellus, punctate throughout; eyes moderately 

 large, rather prominent, particularly in the male, somewhat longer than 

 the infraocular portion 0/ the genae: antennae testaceous or rufo testa- 

 ( eous, ai)ically infuscated, distinctly longer than (male) or three-fourths 

 as long as (female) the hind femora. Pronotum subeipial, faintly 

 expanding posteriorly, above ferrugiueo testaceous, sonu*times infus- 

 cated, on the sides Havous or tlavo testaceous below, but the upper i)or- 

 tion wholly occu])ied by a very broad, percurrent, i)iceous, i)Ostocular 

 hand, broadening slightly on the meta/oiui, the disk convex and pass- 

 ing by a slight shoulder into the anteriorly tumi<l vertical lateral lobes; 

 median carina distinct though rather slight on the metazona and, in the 

 female at least, on the front of the prozona, elsewhere obsolete or sub- 

 obsolete; front margin faintly convex, and in tae male with a scarcely 

 perceptible emargination, hind margin rotundato obtusangulate, almost 

 j>ubtruncate; i)rozona <listinctly (male) or faintly (female) longitudinal, 

 about half as long again as the densely but not deeply punctate meta- 

 zona. Prosternal spine short and rather stout, couical; interspace 



