Ko.n24. BE VISION OF THE MELJXOPLI—SCUDDEH, 3<U 



tuscoiis jibove cxcej)! in widening tiavous .strii>es which t'oHow the outer 

 margins of tlie fastigiiiiu and cross the lieail to the hiteral carinae of 

 tlie prouotuni; vertex gently tumid, the intersi)ace between the eyes 

 broad, ahnostor <iuite as broad as the frontal costa, the iastigium }>lane 

 or rarely, in the male, very feebly brietiy and broadly sulcate. j assing 

 insensibly into the I'rontal costa; the latter broad, subequal but feebly 

 and broadly narrowed above, jjlaiie or feebly sulcate belcjw, percurrent; 

 eyes moderately prominent in the male, moderately large, not very 

 elongate even in the female, scarcely longer than the intraocular i)ortion 

 of the geiiae; antennae fulvous, becoming fuscous apical ly, as long 

 (nuile) or hardly niore than two-thirds as long (female) as the hind 

 femora. Pronotum subequal, but barely expanding on the meta/.ona 

 (male) or distinctly though uot greatly expanding from the i>osterior 

 sulcus of the prozoiui ( female), the <lisk uearly ])1ane but slightly cou vex, 

 sei)arated from the subvertical lateral lobes by a tolerably ]>r()Uounced 

 but rounded angle, the median carina feeble. l)etweeu the suhi feebler, 

 rarely subobsolete; pro/.oua very feebly and very s^jarsely i)unctate, 

 slightly (male) or feeblj' (femalej longitudinal, fully a half (male) or 

 from a fourth to a third (female) longer than the closely and delicately 

 punctate metazona; froni margin trun<ateor b;irely <'Oiivex.hind margin 

 broadly rotuudato-angulate; disk dark brownish fuscous, more or less 

 dark olivaceous in life, the lateral carinae more or less heavily marked 

 with a tiavous stripe upon the disk, next to which the lateral lobes are 

 darkest, gradually fading below, but often forming a blackish laterr.l 

 strioe, which extends from the hinder edge of the eyes across the i>ro- 

 zona and dies out upon the metazona: at their lowest margin the 

 lateral lobes are of nearly the same color as the under sui face, and 

 oceasionallv the whole of the lateral lubes are uniformly dull tiavous or 

 tlavo-testaceo IS, the tiavous stripe of the lateral carinae marked oidy 

 by its brightness and a feeble blackish external edging. Prosternal 

 spine rather long and a little retrorse, cimicai as seen laterally, cylin- 

 drical or conico-cylindrical from in front. Tegmina reychiug or a little 

 surpassing the hind femora, rarely a little less in the female, tapering 

 very regularly ;nnl gradually from the subbasal exi)ansion, strongly 

 and uniformly rounded at tip, with a tiavous stripe along the anal vein, 

 elsewhere fuscous, deei)est in color in the discoidal area, free from 

 mottling; wings hyaline with the feeblest tiavous tinge, the veins and 

 cross veins pallid green but becomiiig more and more fuscous toward 

 the apex. Fore and middle femora fulvo-olivaceous, a little infuscated 

 above and apically; hind femora rather long and only moderately stout, 

 very variable in ground color but usually lighter than the general color 

 of the body, sometimes much lighter, sometimes without stripes or 

 bands except an infuseation along the upper carina of the outer face, 

 at others infuseated over most of the upper half of that fa<'e. rarely with 

 three distinct, broad, black patches along the inner half of th',' upper 

 face, basal, median, and postmedian, the genicular arc always black or 



