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types with these appendages more curved or straighter than figured 

 b}'' Scudder^ can be found in the series before us. In some individuals 

 the cerci are more robust, in others slenderer; in some the extreme 

 apex is slightly narrowed, in others obliquely truncate. The furcula 

 are distinct in the majority of the specimens; in some present as consid- 

 erably depressed trigonal lobes. Specimens with the furcula obsolete 

 as described in the type are in the minority. 



In size the specimens from the Atlantic side of the peninsula aver- 

 age larger than those from the Gulf coast and the interior pine land 

 (Gainesville), the San Pablo males also averaging as large as the largest 

 Pablo Beach representative of the same sex. As maximum and 

 minimum measurements may be of interest the extremes of each sex 

 are here given : 



Cedar Keys, San Pablo, Cedar Keys, Pablo Beach, 



In coloration a considerable amount of variation is present in the 

 tone of the general color and the presence or absence of femoral bars. 

 The dark dorsal sections of the lateral lobes of the pronotum vary 

 considerably in depth, being very prominent and solid in some speci- 

 mens and almost absent in others, which also holds true regarding the 

 two dark bars on the dorsal aspect of the caudal femora. These latter 

 are quite broad, strongly contrasted and obliquely disposed in a few 

 specimens, indicated in a less pronounced manner in the majority of 

 specimens and almost absent in others. These variations as well as 

 those in the tone of the general color are irrespective of locality or sex. 

 The general tone varies from a grayish tendency through umbers 

 to a burnt sienna type. 



This species was described from a single male labelled "Florida," 

 and up to this writing nothing additional has been published regarding 

 it. A female from Ijcmon City, Dade County, Fla., has also been 

 examined, the tegmina of which are somewhat smaller than those of 

 individuals from northern Florida. 



Melanoplus keeleri (Thomas). 



Thirteen specimens are referred to this trim species distributed as 

 follows: Pablo Beach, August 11, 12 and 13, five males, one female; 



' Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XX, pi. XXII, fig. 4. 



