SCHISTOCERCA. 295 



has been monographed within the past ten years *, no attempt will be made at present 

 to treat it in a critical manner, although Scudder left it in a very unsatisfactory 

 condition when we take into account some of the earlier-described forms. All the 

 representatives, with but two or three exceptions, are large and showy, and a few are 

 even gaudily coloured and very attractive. The following annotated list of species 

 will give the reader some idea of their numbers and distribution in Mexico and 

 Central America : — 



1. Schistocerca aurantia, Scudd. 



Hab. Mexico, Tepetlapa in Guerrero (H. II. Smith), Yucatan (Scudder) ; Nicaragua, 

 Realejo (Scudder). 



2. Schistocerca carinata, Scudd. 



Hab. North America, California. — Mexico, Atoyac, Orizaba, Vera Cruz, &c. 

 (Godm. & Salv. Coll., Bruner, Scudder, &c). 



3. Schistocerca columbina, Thunb. 



Schistocerca columbina, Baker, Invert. Pacif. i. p. 77 \ 



Hab. Mexico, San Mateo del Mar, Tehuantepec ; Guatemala ; Nicaragua x ; Costa 

 Rica; Panama. — South America, Colombia to Peru* Trinidad; West Indies, 

 Martinique, Grenada, St. Vincent. 



4. Schistocerca crocotaria, Scudd. 



Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales, Kealejo (McNeil; coll. L. Bruner). 



5. Schistocerca camerata, Scudd. 



Hab. Mexico, Sinaloa (Scudder), Tacubaya, Distrito Federal (Rehn). 



6. Schistocerca mellea, Scudd. 



Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Ileyde, coll. L. Bruner), Yucatan (Gaumer). 



7. Schistocerca zapoteca, Scudd. 



Hab. Mexico ; Guatemala ; Costa Rica. — South America. 



A somewhat variable insect and probably one of Walker's undeterminable species. 

 Many specimens were examined by Scudder. 



8. Schistocerca vaga, Scudd. 



Hab. North America, Southern States; Lower California. — Mexico, Sonora, 

 Coahuila, Tamaulipas, &c. (Scudder), Jalisco, Mexico City (Schumann), Chilpancingo 

 in Guerrero (H. H. Smith) ; Nicaragua, Realejo (Scudder). 



* Scudder, Samuel H., " The Orthopteran Genus Schistocerca," Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. xxxiv. 

 no. 17, March 1899, pp. 441-476. 



