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Guadalaiara, Jalisco, (D. L. Crawford), 2cf , 2 9; VIII, 18 to IX, 14, 1903, 



(J. F. McClendon), 6c?, 2 9 .^^ [all A. N. S. P.]. 

 Queretaro, Queretaro, XI, 1887, (L. Bruner), Icf , [Hebard Cln.]. 

 Mexico City, Distrito Federal. I, 6, 1892 and XI, 1887, (L. Bruner), 2cf, 



5 9 ,-' [Hebard Cln. and A. N. S. P.]. 

 Tacubava, Distrito Federal, VIII and IX, (O. W. Barrett), 2c? ,2' 3 9, 



[Hebird Cln. and A. N. S. P.]. 

 Tlalpam, Distrito Federal, XI, 1887, (L. Bruner), Icf, [Hebard Cln.]. 

 Cuernavaca, Morelos, VI, (O. W. Barrett), 1 9 ,2' [A. N. S. P.]. 

 Atovac, Vera Cruz, XII, (L. Bruner, Icf, [Hebard Cln.]. 

 Patzcuaro, Michoacan, IV, 7, 1899, (S. X. Rhoads), Id","" [A. N. S. P.]. 

 Amula, Guerrero, 6000 feet, VIII, (H. H. Smith), 4c?, 5 9, [Hebard Cln.]. 

 Xucumanatlan, Guerrero, 7000 feet, VII, (H. H. Smith), 2c?, 2 9, [Hebard 



Cln.[. 

 Omilteme, Guerrero, 8000 feet, VII, (H. H. Smith), 5c?, 3 9, [Hebard Chi.]. 



In the present series, as given by Saussure for his typical material, 

 individuals show both red and glaucous caudal tibiae, the glaucous 

 type being much more frequently encountered in Mexico than in 

 the United States. In the present series the following have glaucous 

 caudal tibise: Icf, 19, Durango; Icf, 19, Aguascalientes; dcf, 29, 

 Guadalajara; 4cf , 3 9, Amula; 2cf ,^° 29, Xucumanatlan, and 3cf, 

 Omilteme. The ventral surfaces of the caudal femora are in all 

 very red, as described by Saussure. 



Melanoplus palmeri Soudder. 



1897. Melanoplus palmeri Scudder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XX, p. 230, 

 PI. XV, fig. 7. [c?, 9 ; Fort Wingate, New Mexico, and Fort Whipple, 

 Arizona.] 



San Lorenzo, Chihuahua, (E. Palmer), 1 9 ,^^ (dried alcoholic), [U. §• N. M.]. 

 Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, IX, 1902, (W. E. Hughes), 2c?, 19, 2 juv., 



(dried alcoholic), [A. N. S. P.]. 

 Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua, (C. H. T, Townsend), 19 , [Hebard Cln.]. 

 Durango, Durango, (E. Palmer), Ic?, [M. C. Z.]; XI, 27, 1909, (F. C. 



Bishopp), Ic?, [U. S. N. M.]. 

 Escuinapa, Sinaloa, (J. H. Batty), Ic?, [A. M. N. H.]. 

 Zacatecas, Zacatecas, XI, 1887, (L. Bruner), 1 9 ,^- [Hebard Cln.]. 



Melanoplus elongatus Scudder. 



1897. Melanoplus elongatus Scudder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XX, p. 160, 

 PI. XI, fig. 5. [c?, 9 ; 'Finney County, Kansas; Las Cruces, New Mexico; 

 Lerdo, Durango, Mexico; Guanajuato, Mexico and Bledos, San Luis 

 Potosi, Mexico.] 



Sonora, Ic?, [A. M. N. H.]. 



ISIonclova, Coahuila, XI, 22, 1909, <F. C. Bishopp), 1 9 , [U. S. N. M.]. 



Tampico, Tamaulipas, XII, 1906, (C. A. Hart), Ic?,'' [Hebard Cln.]. 



The males have the ventral surfaces of the caudal femora engiish 

 red or mars orange. 



2* 5c?, 2 9 recorded incorrect^ bj^ Rehn as M. spretis in 1904. 



2^ In part recorded by Scudder as M. ailanis in 1897. 



2' Ic? incorrectly recorded by Rehn as M. spretis in 1900. 



2' Incorrectly recorded by Rehn as M. arizonce in 1901. 



-' Recorded by Rehn as M. atlanis in 1902. 



'° Two have the caudal tibiae very pale. , 



'1 Incorrectly recorded by Scudder as M. spretus in 1897. 



'- Incorrectly recorded by Scudder as M. flaheUifer in 1897. 



'' Incorrectly recorded bv Bruner as M. flavidus in 1908. 



