262 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [June, 



ward as far as Yemassee, S. C.j and Thomasville, Ga. Specimens 

 from the region about Florence, S. C, Wilmington and Fayetteville, 

 N. C, show decided tendencies toward the northern form, although 

 they are in general more representative of calidwr. The area of 

 intergradation is between the Blue Ridge and the low coastal plain 

 region, probably being approximately marked by the fall line. 



S. damnified calidior was occasional in the low undergrowth of the 

 pine woods at Homestead and Miami, at the latter locality it was 

 plentiful at one place where the undergrowth was more than waist 

 high on the edge of a hammock. The males are active and fly 

 with quite the vigor of S. alutacea. 



Arranging our material from the Southeastern States according 

 to the above distribution, we have the localities grouped as follows: 



Schistocerca damnified (Sauss.). 



North Carolina; Asheville, 24 Raleigh. 24 

 Georgia; Gainesville, Atlanta. 25 



Schistocercd damnified cdlidior subsp. nov. 



North Carolina; Fayetteville, Wilmington, Winter Park. 



South Carolina; Florence, Yemassee. 



Georgia; Tybee Island, Isle of Hope, Sandfly, St. Simon's Island, 

 Cumberland Island, Brunswick, 25 Waynesville, 25 Jesup, Okeefenokee 

 Swamp, Albany, 25 Thomasville. 26 



Florida; Live Oak, Jacksonville, San Pablo, 27 Pablo Beach, 27 

 Gainesville, 27 Melbourne, Miami, Homestead, Chokoloskee. 2& 



Melanoplus puer Sc. 



Miami, Fla., March 20-28, 1910; 19 <?, 8 9 , 2 n: November 16, 

 1911 (Englehardt) ; 2 <?, 1 9 [B. I.]. 

 Homestead, Fla., March 17-19, 1910; 14 &, 8 9 , 3 n. 



The series before us shows a marked increase in size over the 

 specimens of the type series from Fort Reed, Fla. 29 The males 

 range in length from 13.5 to 17 mm., while the females are from 19 

 to 22.5 mm.; the majority of the adults measuring nearest the 

 maximum. The insects here recorded are also all proportionately 

 heavier than the types, with strongly developed caudal femora. 

 We find, therefore, that the species materially increases in size 

 in its southward range and that it cannot be ranked among the 



24 These Proceedings, p. 632, 1910. 

 "-''Ibid., 1910, p. 594. 



26 Ibid., 1904, p. 789. 



27 Ibid., 1907, p. 292. 



25 Ibid., 1905, p. 40. 



29 Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XIX, p. 87, 1877. 



