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NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 



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Melanoplus sylvestris Morse. 



North < '(irol i mi. 



Black Mountain, VII, 1912, (\V. 

 Beutenmuller), 2 9 , [Davis Cln.]. 



Georgia. 

 Clayton, 2, 000-3,700 feet, VI, 1909, 



(W. T. Davis), 1 cf. 

 Rabun County, VII, 1910, (W. T. 



Davis), 1 9. 



Tuckoluge Creek, Rabun County, VII, 



1910, (W. T. Davis), 19. 

 Pinnacle Peak, Rabun County, VIII, 



20, 1913, (J. C. Bradley), 2 9 . 

 Rabun Paid, Rabun County, 4,000- 



4,800 feet, VIII, 21, 1913, (J. C. 



Bradley), 1 juv. 9 . 



This form is clearly an offshoot of M. islandicus as stated by Morse, 

 probably being but a geographic race. The male here listed shows 

 an even greater elongation of the cercus than seen in the figure given 

 by Morse, but this is not surprising, the types being from central 

 western North Carolina. The Georgia material from a more extreme 

 geographic point could be expected to show a greater development 

 of the features which differentiate the form. 



The species is only known from the localities given above, and 

 Blowing Rock, Linville, Lovering's and Pineola, North Carolina 

 (Morse). 89 



The Scudderi Group of the Genus Melanoplus. 



We have placed M. carnegiei and scudderi in a group which is easily 

 distinguished from the "Mancus Series" in which scudderi was 

 previously placed. 



Melanoplus carnegiei Morse. 



South Carolina. 



Spartanburg, VIII, 6, 1913, (H.), 1 cf , 



5 juv. cf , 10 juv. 9 . 

 Yemassee, IX, 4, 1911, (R. & H.), 



IS d\ 14 9, 2 juv. 9. 



Georgia. 

 Pinnacle Peak, Rabun Countv, VIII, 



20, 1913, (J. C. Bradley), 4 cf. 

 Toccoa, VIII, 4-5, 1913, (H.), 25 cf, 



3 juv. cA 10 juv. 9. 



Currahee Mountain, VIII, 5, 1913, 



(H.), 22 <?, 12 9 , 5 juv. cf , 2 juv. 9 . 



Jasper, VIII, 5, 1913, (R.), 2 cf , 



4 juv. cf , 3 juv. 9 . 



Sharp Mountain, VIII, 6, 1913, (R.), 



8 cf, 6 9, 3 juv. 9. 

 Silver Lake, Fulton County, VIII, 10, 



1913, (J. C. Bradley), 1 <j\ 

 Buckhead, VIII, 2, 1913, (R. & H.), 



2 c?, 5 juv. cf , 5 juv. 9 . 

 Vicinity of Stone Mountain, VIII, 3, 



1913, (R. & H.), 5 juv. cf , 4 juv. 9 . 

 Warm Springs, 850-1,200 feet, VIII, 



9-10, 1913, (R.), 7 cf , 19, 2 juv. 



cf, 5 juv. 9 • 

 Macon, VII, 30-31, 1913, (R. & H.), 



1 cf , 11 juv. cf , 15 juv. 9 • 

 Augusta, VII, 29, 1913, (R. & H.), 



1 cf, 5 juv. cf , 5 juv. 9 • 



Available data show that carnegiei has a fairly extended range 

 through diverse conditions in the southeastern States, this extending 

 from Sulphur Springs, North Carolina, Pinnacle Peak and Blue Ridge, 



83 The record of this species from Thomasville and Metcalfe, Georgia, made' 

 by the authors (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1904, p. 791, (1905)), is erroneous, 

 that reference instead relating to M. rotundipennis, a species then unknown 

 to them. 



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