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Melanoplus femoratus. Burmeister. 

 The Yellow-striped Grasshopper. (Fig. 13.) 



Dull or olive green, with a yellowish line on each side, extend- 

 ing from the front of the head to the tips of the wing covers ; hind 



tibiae and tarsi blood red, 



the spines tipped with 



black ; wings transparent, 



faintly tinged with pale 



green, and netted with 



greenish-brown lines. Ab- 



Pig, 13, ^ '^ domen of the male very 



Melanoplus femoratuB. obtuse, curving upward at 



the end ; anal cerci expanded at the base ; female with the upper 



valves of the ovipositor tapering, finely pointed. 



Length to tip of the abdomen, from one to one and one-fourth 

 inches. 



Melanoplus punctulatus. Uhler. 



"Antennae dark colored; eyes prominent; no lateral stripe. 

 Wing covers spotted irregularly with dusky blotches ; posterior 

 lobe of pronotum rather coarsely punctate ; hind tibiae parti-col- 

 ored. Male with the basal half of the anal cerci equal. Female 

 with the upper valves of the ovipositor scarcely tapering, finely 

 pointed." — Scudder. 



Length, one inch. This species is very rare, but has been taken 

 in Maine and Massachusetts. 



Melanoplus collinus. Scudder. 



"Transverse fun-ows of anterior lobe of pronotum, distinct; 

 upper half of divergent lobes but little darker than the lower half ; 

 wino- covers as long as the abdomen. Male with the anal cerci 

 forked at the tip. Female, stout." — Scudder. 



Melanoplus rectus. Scudder. 



" Transverse furrows of anterior lobe of pronotum indistinct ; 

 upper half of divergent lobes strikingly darker than the pale lower 

 half ; wing covers much shorter than the abdomen. Male with 

 the anal cerci equal or nearly equal throughout ; long, slender, and- 

 nearly straight. Female rather slender." — Scudder. 



This species is quite rare. It has been taken in Massachusetts, 

 in the valleys of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, and at 

 Norway, Maine. 



