SUBFAMILY III. LOCTSTINJE. 



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PLATE III. 



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Plate III. Dorsal and side views of extremities of male abdomens of Hcsperotctti.v and 

 Melanoplus, showing the appendages, X 4- . f H. fratcusis; b, M. scudderi; c, M. 

 riridipcs; d, M. obovatipennis', e, M. gracilis; f, HI. morsci', g, M. fasciatits; h, M. walshi; 

 i, M. atlanis; j, M. impndicus. (After Scudder.) 



low except on occiput, which is brownish or olivaceous, sometimes with a 

 narrow median yellow line. Pronotum with a shining blackish bar ex- 

 tending backward from eye along the upper half of each lateral lobe to 

 metazona; lower halves of lateral lobes greenish-yellow. Hind femora 

 bright green, lower face yellowish, knees black; hind tibiae green, the 

 spines black; all the colors fading or becoming darker in drying. Vertex 

 net swollen or elevated above the pronotum; interocular space very nar- 



