GRASSHOPPERS OF THE CONALCAEA COMPLEX— GURNEY 289 



few found near small bushes and in fine grass, not below 5,500 

 feet; the canyon very extensive, with pebbles, boulders, oaks about 

 2 feet tall, and much Nolina, Agave, Dasylirion, Acacia, and 

 Opuntia. Arizona: In Mule Mountains found under and in 

 grasses in forest of high scrub oaks at 6,038 to 7,350 feet; a few 

 individuals on Mount Ballard in heavy wildflow^ers and grasses 

 up to 6,300 feet. In Upper Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, 

 found on the ground in dead leaves and among scant herbage 

 under low oaks on canyon floor at 4,900 feet, also up to 5,700 

 feet; under oaks on slopes of mountain saddles, very few above 

 6,000 feet, highest at 7,500 feet. In Sycamore Canyon, Patagonia 

 Mountains (at top of pass on only road crossing mountains), 

 found scattered through glades among oaks; very scarce in dead 

 leaves under oaks on way to summit of side peak, one male on 

 bare ground of small opening at top (6,900 feet). In Sycamore 

 Canyon, Baboquivari Mountains (in east face of range, almost 

 due east of Baboquivari Peak), found near groves of mesquite 

 and open stony benches with clumps of short grass. 



Collecting dates of adults examined range from July 6 (Palmer- 

 lee, Ariz.) to October 9 (Baboquivari Mountains). 



CONALCAEA HUACHUCANA COYOTERAE Hebard (new status) 



Figures 58, i; 59, d, e; 60, b-d; 62; 63, b, f 



Conalcaea coyoterae^° Hebard, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 48, p. 55, pi. 3, 

 figs. 1-3, 1922; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 61, p. 300, 1935. — Frison, 

 Bull. Illinois, Nat. Hist. Surv., vol. 16, art. 4, p. 142, 1927.— Ball, Tink- 

 HAM, Flock, and Vorhies, Arizona Agr. Exp. Stat. Techn. Bull. 93, p. 329, 

 1942. 



Conalcaea neomexicana ScuDDER, Bruner, Biologia Centrali- Americana, 

 Orthoptera, vol. 2, p. 305, 1908 (misidentification in part). 



The most important feature distinguishing this subspecies is 

 the shape of the male cercus, which in typical specimens is entirely 

 diagnostic (fig. 60, h-d) . When the aedeagus is examined in lateral 

 view the dorsal valve is seen to be abruptly swollen anteriorly, not 

 moderately and broadly produced as in C. huachucana huachucana 

 (fig. 59, d) . Particularly in dry preparations, the aedeagus varies 

 sufficiently in different individuals to render untrustworthy as 

 subspecific characters the features appearing in a posterior view. 

 The majority of specimens of coyoterae from Prescott, Ariz., lack a 

 longitudinal black bar on the dorsal half of the external pagina of 

 the hind femur, such as occurs in h. huachucana (fig. 58, 1) . Hebard 

 (1922) noted this, but reported the bar as well developed in a male 

 from Bill Williams Mountain, Ariz., and he concluded that no color 



'"Spelled coyotero by Hebard (1935) and Ball et al (1942). The original spelling was correct, 

 in addition to having priority. 



