312 riiOCMKDiyUiS or TUK NATIiiS.tL MiULLM. ruuxx. 



ln'twoni the «'}<'« si.s IhoshI (insile) or lialfiis brojul aj^aiii (female) as the 

 first anteiiiial Joint ; tasti^iiiiii slialiow (female) or moderately Hiilcate 

 (male) with low, stout, nearly parallel, hoiimliiif^ walls aiul s<*aicely 

 expanding: in front; frontal costa stout, well advanceil, suhecjual, 

 scarcely enlar^riuj,' downward, above flat, at the ocellus and below it a 

 litth' and broadly sulcate. Pronotnni simple, the metazona coarsely 

 an<l faintly punctate, expanding very slightly and a little depressed 

 above anteriorly, on either side; pro/ona narrowe<l a little in front but 

 above only ; transverse sulci distinct and continuous; median carina 

 slight andconfhied to the metazona, lateral carinae subobsolete. Pro- 

 sternal spine not very long, erect, appressed conical, blunt; interspa(;o 

 between mesosternal lobes thrice (male) or nearly twice (female) as long 

 as broad. Tegmina extending a little (female) or c(msiderably (male) 

 beyon<l the abdomen. Extremity of male abdomen clavate, hardly 

 recurved, the supraanal phite triangular, considerably longer than 

 broad, bluntly pointed, the sides nearly straight, slightly puckerc<l in 

 the middle; furcula consisting of a pair of sinuous, depressed, conical, 

 pointed projections, diverging at right angles, about half as long as 

 the cerci; cerci forming very sin»pl'.^ compressed laminae, the basal 

 three-fifths straight, tapering a little and directed backward and 

 upward, the apical two fifths also straight, enlarging slightly, keeping 

 the same direction but bent a little inward, the outer surface a little 

 hollowed, the extremity truncate, its corners rounded; subgenital lobe 

 scoop-shaped but slightly produced at the apex, the margin entiie. 

 Basal tooth of the lower valves of the ovipositor shari), triangular, but 

 much broader than long. 



The general color is a dirty cinereous alxjve, a dingy clay yellow 

 below; antennae dull testaceous, becoming somewhat ferruginous 

 toward the tip; a pretty broad and usually distinct, blackish brown or 

 picecms band extends from behind the eye along the ui)i)er portion of 

 the lateral lobes across the i>rozona, and sometimes as a blurred and 

 ex])anded continuation of it across the metazona also. Tegmina 

 brownish cinereous, the anal area sometimes a little lighter, the dis- 

 coidal area enlivened to a greater or less extent, but sehloni conspicu 

 ously, by an alternation of blackish and i)allid longitudinal rectangular 

 si)ots. Hind femora dirty clay brown with dusky incisures, above with 

 median and subapical dusky or dark fuscous i)atches; hind tibiae 

 red M'ith black-tipped spines, ten to twelve in number in the outer 

 series. 



Length of body, male, 24 mm., female, '*0 mm.; antennae, male, 13.5 

 mm., female, 12 mm.; tegmina, male, 21 mm., female, 24 mm.; hind 

 temora, male, 14 mm., female, 10.5 mm. 



Twelve males, 11 females. Pueblo, Colorado, August 30-31. 



The original types of this species are all that 1 have seen, but it is 

 said by Bruner to be found also in "Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming. 

 Utah, Nevada, Idalu*, Montana, and the Dakotas, along with New 



