NO. 1333. NOTES nx ORTHOPTERA — CA (DELL. 783 



26. DICHROMORPHA VIRIDIS Scudder. 



Chloeallix rirldis f>cvin)E\i, BoHt. Jouni. Nat. Hist., VII, 1862, 1.. 4r,r>. 

 CldocaUix briiiiiira Scuddek, Froc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XVII, 1,S75 p. ,510 



Both sexes of this species. to(,^ether with the nymphs, Averc found 

 plentiful at Victoria, Texas, in June and July. This species varies in 

 the character of the lateral carina of the pronotum, some having the 

 carina^ parallel and others quite noticeably bowed out in the center 

 both forms occurrino- togvther. One specimen before me from Florida 

 has the vertex abnormally acute. 1 have carefully studied the type of 

 hrunnea in the Museum collection and compared it with brown forms 

 of viridis and find no apprecial)le diti'erence not covered by variation. 

 I have therefore included it as a synonym. 



27. STENOBOTHRUS CURTIPENNIS Harris. 



LucvMa curtijifinus Harris, Cat. Ins. Mass., 1835, p. 56. 



One female at Montevista on August 13, one at Mancos on August 

 16, and one male and two female specimens from Cumbres on August 

 14. The females from Cumbres have the elytra very short, ])ut little 

 more than half as long as the abdomen. 



28. GOMPHOCERUS CLAVATUS Thomas. 



G omphorerus clavatus THOMAi^, Kept. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., \', 1873, p. 96. 

 GompJiocerus carpcnterii Thomas, Bull. IT. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., I, No. 2, ser. 



1874, p. 65. 

 Goriiphorerutt dcpsj/dra Scudder, Daws., Rept. Geol., 49 Par., 1875, j). 344. 



Fourteen males and IT females from the following points in Colo- 

 rado: Baileys June 30 and Juh^ 3; Morrison on June 2l», at an eleva- 

 tion of about T,<>()0 feet; Boulder June 9; Rico August 1(3; Pine 

 Grove July IS; Pikes Peak July 21; and at Chinuiev Gulch on 

 July 21. 



From a stud}- of these specimens and a long series in the United 

 States National Museum, it seems very clear that there is but one 

 species. There is considerable variation among the ditierent indi- 

 viduals, especially the males, but no characters present themselves 

 that warrant the retention of more than one name. McNeill, in his 

 revision of the Tryxaninffi, recognizes two species and gives a table 

 for their separation, using the character of the anterior tibia> being 

 clavate and distinctly sulcate externally and size small, about 14 mm., 

 to separate elavdtvs from cJypscdra., which is described as Inning the 

 fore tibia^ but slightly and regularly expanded apically and size larger, 

 about IS nun. With these characters in mind I carefully examined 

 the type material in the collection of the United States National 

 Museum, which is composed wholly of male specimens. The type of 

 davatm is 1H.5 nun. long and the anterior tibite is moderately 



