THE DECTICINEAN GENUS EREMOPEDES

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The genus Eremopedes was established by Scudder in 1894, CAN. ENT., XXVI., p. 178,181. It was founded on a femal specimen in the National Museum, but the species was not described till 1900. Previous to that date Mr. Cockerell described a species from New Mexico, together with a colour variety of the same, and I can now add a third species to the genus. In connection with its description it may be well to give a short account of the genus, which may be characterized as follows:

Insects of medium size. Head with the fastigium moderately prominent. Thorax with the prosternum unarmed.* Pronotum smooth, moderately rounded, nearly as much arched posteriorly as anteriorly, and without carinæ. Legs moderately spinose, hind pair long, the femora extending far beyond the tip of the abdomen, usually as much as half their length. Fore tibiæ spinded above on the outer margin only, the spines three in number. Ovipositor moderately curved upwards.