318 OKTHOPTEKA. 



This species does not occur south of Aguas Calientes, so far as the material at hand 

 would indicate. Neither does it reach the United States. 



2. Melanoplus sonorae, Scudd. 



Melanoplus sonorat, Scudd. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. p. 143, t. 10. fig. 3 (1897) l ; Rehn, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1907, p. 51 2 . 



Hah. Noeth America, Huachuca Mts., Arizona 2 . — Mexico, Sonora l . 



Not known to the present writer. See Eehn's discussion under M. lakinus 2 . 



3. Melanoplus cuneatus, Scudd. 



Melanoplus cuneatus, Bruner, MS. 



Melanoplus cuneatus, Scudd. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. p. 147, t. 10. fig. 5 (1897) \ 



Hah. Nokth America, various localities in Southern Arizona and New Mexico 1 

 (coll. L. Bruner). — Mexico, Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua (C. H. T. Townsend). 



4. Melanoplus flabellifer, Scudd. 



Melanoplus flabellifer, Scudd. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. p. 148, t. 10. fig. 6 (1897) \ 



Hah. North America, a number of localities in New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah 

 (coll. L. Bruner). — Mexico, Zacatecas 1 (coll. L. Bruner). 



5. Melanoplus picturatus, sp. n. 



? Melanoplus regalis, Rehn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1907, p. 55. 



Very similar to M. regalis, Dodge, in general build and colour, but larger and provided with proportionately- 

 longer and broader tegmina and wings. 



Head about as wide as the front edge of the pronotum ; eyes not prominent, straight in front, about as long 

 as that portion of the cheeks below them, separated above by a space equal to the width of the frontal 

 costa at the ocellus ; fastigium rather strongly declivant, broadly and profoundly sulcate, the sulcature 

 of nearly equal width throughout, the occiput noticeably projecting above the eyes. Pronotum with the 

 anterior lobe subcylindrical, the hind lobe much expanding, the two lobes about equal in length, the 

 transverse sulci deeply impressed, infuscated, hind edge of the disc produced into a right angle ; median 

 carina visible throughout, much stronger on the bind than on the front lobe. Tegmina and wings 

 surpassing the tip of the abdomen and the apex of the hind femora by about 3 mm., rather sparsely and 

 lightly veined. Hind femora robust, their length a very little more than three times their greatest 

 width. Prosternal spine coarse, and comparatively long, retrorse, the sides parallel before the outer 

 third, the apex bluntly acuminate. Hesosternal lobes separated by a space as wide as long. 



General colour above fiavo-testaceous, with apple-green on the vertex, occiput, anterior edge of disc and the 

 middle and sides of the hind lobe of the pronotum, and the upper edge of the hind femora. A deep 

 piceous < -shaped patch on the occiput and similarly-coloured bands on the cheeks back of the eyes ; 

 all the sulci of the pronotum and pleura likewise darkened. Hind femora externally cream-coloured 

 and vinous, below and internally bright blood-red, provided above with two broad, transverse, fuscous 

 patches, one just before and the other a little beyond the middle. Tegmina with a discal row of 

 prominent black dots alternating with patches of white. The lunules and an internal pragenicular 

 band black, that portion below the lunules and beyond the transverse black band bluish, becoming 



