320 OETHOPTEEA. 



10. Melanoplus bowditchi, Scudd. 



Melanoplus bowditchi, Scudd. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xx. p. 72 (1879) T ; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. 

 xx. p. 157, t. 11. fig. 3 (1897) \ 



Hab. North America, Texas, New Mexico, &c. {coll. L. Bruner). — Mexico, Northern 

 Chihuahua (L. Bruner). 



11. Melanoplus flavidus, Scudd. 



Melanoplus flavidus, Scudd. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xx. p. 74 (1879) x ; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 xx. p. 158, t. 11. fig. 4 (1897) 2 ; Rehu, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1907, p. 54 3 . 



Hab. North America, various localities from Nebraska to Southern Texas and 

 Arizona 3 (coll. L. Bruner). — Mexico, Tampico, Tamaulipas (coll. III. State Lab. Nat. 

 Hist.). 



12. Melanoplus elongatus, Scudd. 



Melanoplus elongatus, Scudd. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. p. 160, t. 11. fig. 5 (1897) \ 



Hab. North America, Kansas and New Mexico 1 . — Mexico, Villa Lerdo, Durango 

 (L. Bruner), Bleados, San Luis Potosi 1 (Br. Palmer), Monterey, Nuevo Leon (Behn), 

 Guanajuato (A. Duges). 



13. Melanoplus glaucipes, Scudd. 



Caloptenus glaucipes, Scudd. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvii. p. 476 (1875) * j Ent. Notes, iv. p. 75 



(1875) 2 ; Thorn. Rep. U.S. Ent. Comm. i. p. 42 (1878) 3 . 

 Melanoplus glaucipes, Scudd. Canad. Eut. xii. p. 75 (1880) i ; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. p. 161, 



t. 11. fig. 6 (1897) 5 . 



Hab. North America 1_5 . — Mexico, Villa Lerdo, Durango (L. Bruner). 



14. Melanoplus atlanis, Riley. 



Caloptenus atlanis, Riley, Ann. Rep. St. Ent. Mo. vii. p. 169 (1875) 1 ; Thom. Bull. 111. Mus. Nat. 



Hist. i. p. 68 (1876) \ 

 Melanoplus atlanis, Scudd. Rep. U.S. Ent. Comm. ii. Append, p. 24, t. 17. fig. 6 (1881) 3 ; Proc. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. p. 178, t. 12. fig. 7 (1897) 4 . 



Hab. North America, various localities from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from 

 the Saskatchewan to the Rio Grande 1_4 . — Mexico, numerous places between the Rio 

 Grande and Orizaba, Amula, and Omilteme, Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 



This is one of the most widely distributed members of the genus, and is also variable 

 in size and colour. The synonymy is much more completely worked out in Scudder's 

 Monograph. 



15. Melanoplus spretus, Uhler. 



Caloptenus spretus, Uhler, MS. (J 863). 



Acridium spretis, Thom. Trans. 111. St. Agr. Soc. v. p. 450 (1865) \ 



