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19 Pezotettix gracilis. Bruner. 



Pczotettix miju/fipennis, Thos.. Bull. III. Mus. Nat. Hist, I., 1876, 66. 



Id., Ninth Rep. St. Ent. 111., 1880, 119. 

 Pezotettix matica (?) (Smith), Thos., Syn. Acrid. N. A., 1873, i49- 

 This species was identified as P. viitiutipennis, Thos., and sent to Mr. 

 Bruner for verification. He referred it to P. gracilis, Bruner, of which 

 I have no description, but Scudder. Proceed. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, XX., 

 1^79' 77? says that uiinutipennis is a synonym oi gracilis. It differs 

 but slightly from the description o{ P. manca, Smith, as given by Thomas 

 in his Synopsis, and in my opinion the latter is also a synonym. 



About a dozen specimens were taken from low open woods. The 

 sexes were found paired Oct. n and Nov, i. 



20. Pezotettix viola, Thos. 



Pezotettix viola, Thos., Bull. 111. Mus. Nat Hist, I., 1876, 68. 



Id., Ninth Rep. St Ent 111., 1880, 120. 

 Caloptenus nigrescens, Scudd., Proceed. Bost. Soc Nat. Hist , XIX., 



1877, 27. 

 Among some grasshoppers sent to Mr. Bruner were two which I had 

 identified as P. viola, Thos. He returned their name as P. occidentalis, 

 Bruner. Specimens were afterwards sent to Mr. Scudder, who referred 

 them to P. 7iigrescejis, Scudd., and wrote that he had P. occidentalis, 

 and that it was certainly distinct from P. nigrescens, but that he had never 

 yet determined P. viola. At the same time he forwarded his description 

 of P. nigrescens, cited above, which after careful comparison I believe to 

 be synonymous with P. viola, the latter having the precedence. Having 

 never seen a description of P. occidentalis I cannot say as to whether P. 

 viola is a synonym of it or not. 



The species is not a common one, only a half a dozen specimens hav- 

 ing been taken. It is found in company with P. scudderi in open woods. 

 P. viola, according to Thomas, occurs in central and southern 111. P. 

 nigrescens was described from Georgia. 



21. Melanoplus minor, Scudd. 



Caloptenus minor, Scudd., Proceed. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XVII., 



1875, 478. 



This is a Western species not having been taken before east of 



Central Illinois. But two specimens were taken. They were found in 



company with the next species along the borders of a woodland pasture 



on October 1 1. 



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