26 Studies in Kansas Insects. 



approaching trifasciation. Interspace between the eyes of male a little 

 wider than the first antennal joint. Frontal costa subequal, reaching the 

 clypeus, biseriately punctate above the ocellus. Tegmina of male ex- 

 tending beyond the tips of the hind femora in several cases by 3 mm. 

 Furcula much larger than the cerci, attingent in the basal half and then 

 separating at an angle of about 35 to 40 degrees. 



Measurements in Millimeters. 



Length of body: 



Male 22.0-26.0 



Tegmina : 



Male 18.0-21.0 



Antennae: 



Male 10.0-12.0 



Hind femora: 



Male 11.5-14.0 



Localities. Greeley, Meade and Seward counties. 

 Melanoplus flavidus Scudder. 



General color brownish fuscous with a slight greenish tinge, especially 

 along the tegmina. Antennae yellowish with slight testaceous at the tip. 

 A dark-brown, almost black, band extends backward from behind the eyes 

 across the pronotum, widening posteriorly; the color of this stripe is 

 not uniform, but mottled more or less with light brown. The tegmina 

 have the general color of the insect, except that the distal half has a 

 more or less distinct bluish tinge, being almost entirely free from any 

 maculation. Prozona of male slightly longer than metazona. Front 

 margin of pronotum truncate with a slight emargination, hind margin 

 obtuseangulate, the angle well rounded. 



Measurements in Millimeters. 



Length of body: 



Male 24.0-28.0 



Tegmina: 



Male 17.0-24.0 



Antenna?: 



Male 10.5-13.0 



Hind femora: 



Male 11.5-15.0 



Localities. Stanton, Seward, Meade, Stevens, Morton and Graham 

 counties. 



Melanoplus elongatus Scudder. 



This species is very closely related to M. flavidus and M. bowditchi, 

 but is generally somewhat larger, more slender and more lively colored. 

 It is about the same size as M. packardii. Median carina distinct on 

 metazona but indistinct on the prozona; sulci of pronotum not cutting 

 the median carina. Front margin of pronotum truncate with a slight 

 emargination. The tegmina are long and slender, feebly or not at all 

 flecked. In the other details the specimens agree very closely with 

 Scudder's description. 



