SAfi PROCKEDISiiS or Tltt: SATIUSAL MVSKVM. vouxx. 



Dark IhonviiIsIi fiisroiis, tin* u|HK'r luilf of tin* lateisil lolM'sof the pro 

 iiotiiiii :iiiil <'S|MMMally of tli<' pro/oiia pMirnilly distinctly (larkcr than 

 tlic lower, ottiMi foriniii;; a broad dark baini. I icatl brownish fiiHcnns, 

 lij;ht<*r below, iire<j:uhirly flecked and niotth-d with fiiscons, gently tumid 

 above; Interspiu'e between the eyes broad, but narrower tlian the frontal 

 costi*, the faHti^inin plane but with the niar;rins feebly and roundly 

 elevatetl at its narrowest, bnKidenin;^ in front an<l passin;; inmMisihly 

 into the frontal costa; tin* latter very broad, subeqnal, not at all «*ou- 

 stricted above, shallowly sulcate at and below the ocellus, feebly puiu!- 

 tute; eyes elonjjaie oval. narn>wer above than below, but little [uoin 

 inent; anteninie about as hni;; (male) or haidly thice-fourths as Ion;; 

 (female) as the hind femora, rather slender, fulv(» testaceous. I'rono 

 tum scarcely eidar;;in;r posteriorly, the disk nearly plane, with rounded 

 lateral <'arinae svparatin^ it from the verti<'al lateral lobes, the pro/ouji 

 barely lon;;itudinal (male) or barely transverse (female), about a fouith 

 (male) or less than that I female) lon;:er than the metazoini, the median 

 carina subobsolete betwe<Mi the sulci and more distinct on the metazona 

 than on the prozona, the front border barely convex, the hind border 

 broadly convex or more freijuently obtusely anjjjulato-convex, its promi 

 iien« e slijjhtly varialde, the piincipal sulcus not <|uit«' transverse by the 

 8li;ilit emarj^ination of the posterior border of the [uozona, feiTUj^ineo 

 testaceous, i)rofusely and finely tlecke<l with fuscous, rather feebly punc 

 fate even on the metazona, the lateral lobes with ii sometimes obsolete, 

 jicnerally somewhat obscure, dark fuscous band, in extreme cjikcs e\ 

 tending from the eyes across tlie whole oronotum and occupying nearly 

 the whole ui)per half of the lateral lobes; thoracic epimera black. Tro 

 sternal s[)ine stout, rather long, cylindrical, tapeiingonly at the rounded 

 apex, somewhat retrorse. Tegmina always abl^reviated, distinctly 

 ahortei thau the abdomen or the hind femora, generally a little longer 

 than the head and pronotum together, dark fuscous, the anal area some 

 times much lighter, the discoidal area flecked somewhat co dusedly 

 with nungled blackish and light testaceous, the apex bluntly acuminate. 

 Hind femora moderately stout and rather long, testaceous, varying 

 fnun cinereous to dull tlavous, broadlv bifasciate with black, the genicu- 

 lar arc black ou both sides; beneath they are normally flavous or ful 

 vous; hind tibiae dull red, with a narrow, subbasal. black annulus, next 

 w hich they are more or less obscured with fuscous, sometimes forming 

 a dusky belt half way to the tip, the spines black almost to the very 

 base, ten to eleven in number in the outer series. Posterior extremity 

 of male abdomen feebly clavate, well rounded, the supraanal i)late 

 rounded triangular with a feebly produced tii), nearly tiat, the median 

 sulcus percurrent, slender, moderately deep, bounded by low rounded 

 walls which extend over about three-fourths of the plate; furcula want- 

 ing, the last dorsal segment narrow and narrowly i>arted in the middle: 

 cerci heavy, broad, punctate except apically, externally broadly convex, 

 the basal two-tifths nearly equal, beyond expanding rapidly and con- 



