328 OKTHOPTEKA. 



PHCETALIOTES, Scudder. 

 Phoetaliotes, Scudd. Proc. Amer. Acad. Art. Sci. xxxii. p. 202 (1897) ; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. 

 pp. 13,376 (1897). 



The present monotypic genus is rather closely related to Melanoplus, and is distri- 

 buted over most of the country west of the Mississippi Eiver from the Saskatchewan to 

 Mexico city. 



l. Phoetaliotes nebrascensis, Thomas. 



Pezotettix nebrascensis, Thorn. Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. v. p. 455 (1872) * ; Glover, Illustr. 



N. Amer. Ent., Orthopt. t. 13. fig. 2 (1872) \ 

 Pezotettix autumnalis, Dodge, Canad. Ent. viii. p. 10 (1876) 3 . 



Caloptenus sanguinocephalus, La Munyon, Proc. Nebr. Assoc. Adv. Sci. March 8th, 1877 \ 

 Caloptenus volucris, Dodge, Canad. Ent. ix. p. 112 (1877) 5 . 

 Euprepocnemis nebrascensis, Bruner, Publ. Nebr. Acad. Sci. iii. p. 28 (1893) 6 . 

 Phmtaliotes nebrascensis, Scudd. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. p. 377, t. 1. fig. eand t. 25. figg. 6, 7 



(1897) 7 ; Rehn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1907, p. 56 8 . 



Hab. Nokth Ameeica, various localities between the Saskatchewan River and the 

 Gulf of Mexico 1_7 , Tucson 7 and Carr Canon, Huachuca Mts., Arizona 8 . — Mexico, 

 Montelovez, Coahuila, Sierra de San Miguelito, San Luis Potosi, Queretaro, Guanajuato, 

 and Tlalpam 7 . 



PAROXYA, Scudder. 



Paroxya, Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xix. pp. 28, 29 (1877) ; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. 

 pp. 13,380 (1897). 



The representatives of the present genus are mostly northern in their distribution, 

 since a single species only is likely to occur in territory covered by the present work. 



l. Paroxya floridana, Thomas. 



Caloptenus floridanus, Thorn. Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. i. no. 2, p. 68 (1874) x ; Glover, Illustr. 



N. Amer. Ent., Orthopt. t. 17. fig. 3 \ 

 Paroxya floridana, Bruner, in Smith's Cat. Ins. N. J. p. 412 (1890) 3 ; Scudd. Proc. U.S. Nat. 



Mus. xx. p. 383, t. 25. fig. 10 (1897) 4 ; Caudell, ib. xxvi. p. 804 (1903) s . 

 Paroxya atlantica, Scudd. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xix. pp. 28, 88 (1877) 6 (part.). 

 Paroxya recta, Scudd. loc. cit. pp. 30, 88 (1877) 7 . 

 Pezotettix rectus, Stal, Bihang till K. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. v. no. 9, p. 12 (1878) 8 . 



Hob. North Ameeica, Atlantic and Gulf coast from Massachusetts to the Rio 

 Grande 1-7 , Victoria, Texas 5 . 



While no specimens or records are at hand from Mexican territory, this insect 

 certainly crosses the Eio Grande into that country. 



