IK. 1124. /.'f r/.s/oY or TfiK Mh.LAsnri.i—si'iDhF.K. ;J43 



LiMi^th of Ixxly. inal(>. J- iiiiii.. t'i'ni;il(s 'J'i nun.: antennae, inaU>, lo..** 

 mm.. tVmaN', \^Jt mm.; tc^mina, male. \i\.'t mm. t'emale, 'JO..*! mm.: Iiinil 

 t'cmora, male. \'.\ mm., female, 1 I nim. 



Sixteen males. Hi femaleM. Nortli <'ar(>lina. .Moni.son: i)inp> ItlnlV. 

 Ninth Carolina, November !.">, Parker Maynani ; Smithville, NjmIIi 

 <'rtiolina, November 22, I'ark«'r-Maynanl; IMorida. TrijMy ( !>. Hinneri; 

 l'lori<la d'.S.X.M. — Kiley eolieetiini); .laekson> ilU', Diival Comity. 

 I''l<Mida, Asiinn'ad {\.. I»rnner): Cadet, \Vas|iin^re:i Connty. Missonri, 

 Hiley (r'.S.X.M. — Kiley «olleeti«>n: S. 11. ISen«l«ler): Dallas, Texas 

 (8;ime). 



117. MKLANOPLUS DELP:T0R. 



iriuti- \\m. iiK. 2.) 



Cahplemtx thirlnr SnnhKit I, Vror. Unnt Sim-. Nat. Hist.. \N II (IHT'O. j)p. 17.')- 

 176; Kut. N<>tt'>. I\ iix7.*»), pi»- TI-7.".: Cfiit. Orth. t |m7!»). pp- l!»--<>.— I'momam, 

 Kep. r. S. Eiit. ('omni.. I {IH'H), p. 12.— Mhinkh, ibi.l.. Ill (1«83). p. W). 



AhhiHopliin drhlor iSrruoKi;, Cent. <»rth. ( IH79). p. HI. 



C>f moderately larj;e size, brownish fnseons, <larkest above. Mead 

 feebly prominent, oliva<*eo testaceons, more or less heavily infuseated 

 above in a jniirof diver^ient, lon^-itndiiial stri|M*s: vertex ratln*r tumid, 

 distinetly elevateil above the pronotnm, the intersjiate between the 

 eyes searcu'ly broader than (male) or fully twice jis broad as < female) the 

 tirst anteniial joint; fastij;iuni steeply deelivent, shallow, with slijjht 

 but rather sharj* lateral mar;;ins, j;reatlyex|>andinj; anteriorly ; frontal 

 eosta broad, e.xpamlin^^ a little at the oeellus and a little suleate in the 

 .same juirt; eyes rather larj;e, not very prominent, somewhat lonj^er 

 than the infraoeular portion of the j;enae; antennae pale reddish, infus 

 eated apically. about four lift hs (male) or three fourtlis (female) aslonjj: 

 as the hind femora. IMonotum faintly <'onstrieted in the middle, a 

 little larger i)osteriorly than anteriorly, the disk more or less feebly 

 strii)ed with blackish fuscous, piano convex, passing; by an abrupt but 

 rounded shoulder into the subvertical lati-ral lobes, w hich are luteo 

 testaceous with an «)livaceous tinge, passing above more or less gradu- 

 ally into the postocular stripe; this crosses the prozona only, is always 

 mo.st distinct and deeper in lint at its upper limit, is sometimes con- 

 tined to that and often more or less broken with hiteous: median 

 carina distinct but slight, nearly equal, cut only by the principal sul- 

 cus; front margin subtruncate, hind margin rounded obtusaiigulate; 

 prozona longitudinal (male) or quadrate (fenuile), distinctly longer 

 than the obscurely punctate metazona. Prosternal spine short, stout, 

 appressed cylindrical, blunt, erect, in the female .somewhat conical; 

 interspace between mesosternal lobes fully twice as long as broad 

 (male) or quadrate (female). Tegmina fully reaching, generally .some 

 what surpassing the hind femora, rather broad, distinctly taperin.;^, 

 brownish fuscous, flecked throughout with fuscous, more <'onsi)icuously 

 in the discoidal area from alternating with a line of pallid spots; wings 



