FURTHER RESEARCHES ON NORTH AMERICAN ACRIDIID.^. 15 



Most of these call for no particular remark, but OrpJmlella speciosa, 

 Melanoplus bimttatus femoratus, and M. fasdatus are Transition and 

 slightly boreal in character, and in this region are to be regarded as 

 glacial relicts. Of the two new species, M. tribuloides is a near relative 

 of a species found at a slightly greater elevation on the neighboring 

 mountains of Georgia ; the other is a new and wholly unexpected 

 species of Podisma, bearing tegmina of considerable size, and resem- 

 bling Dendrolettix in some characters. 



At Tuscaloosa, the next point visited, in the western part of the 

 State, nothing of importance was found to call for special remark. 

 At all points thus far examined, the young of many species far outnum- 

 bered the adults, owing, probably, to the late season. Consequently, 

 as I expected to visit the northern part of the State late in the sum- 

 mer, I hastened southward. At Meridian, Mississippi, a new short- 

 winged Melanoplus allied to obovatipennis (common in Indiana and 

 Arkansas), doubtless its southern representative, but presenting con- 

 siderable difference in color and structure, was secured. At Hatties- 

 burg, Melanoplus viola was taken in some numbers, and a single pair 

 of M. morsel, greatly extending the known range of this species from 

 Indiana southward. 



Gulfport, on the coast, served as a center for an examination of 

 the Coast strip, collections being made in the town, eastward at 

 Biloxi, and inland as far as Nugent. A list of actual captures of the 

 species here follows, though several others might be cited as inhabitants 

 in addition : 



Neotettix femoratus. Hippiscus phoenicopterus. 



Paratettix cucullatus. Hippiscus rugosus. 



Tettigidea lateralis. Scirtetica picta. 



Mermiria bivittata. Psinidia fenestralis. 



Syrbula admirabilis. Trimerotropis citrina. 



Amblytropidia occidentalis. Leptysma marginicollis. 



Orphulella pelidna. Schistocerca alutacea. 



Orphulella olivacea. Schistocerca americana. 



Clinocephalus elegans. Melanoplus propinquus. 



Arphia xanthoptera. Paroxya atlantica. 



Chortophaga viridifasciata. Paroxya floridiana. 



Of these species, Orphulella olivacea, Clinocephalus elegans, Scir- 

 tettca picta, Melanoplus propinquus, and Paroxya atlantica are charac- 

 teristic of the coast region, (9. olivacea being restricted to salt-marshes, 

 the others extending inland for some distance. Scirtetica picta, Trime- 

 rotropis citrina, and Psinidia fenestralis are usually found on the sands 

 of the upper beach and in sandy spots near it. Paroxya floridiana 



