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PSYCHE. 



37. Melanoplus scudderi Uhler. 



Figs. 37, a, b. 



Fezotettix scudderi. Uhler, Proc. Ent. 

 Soc. Phila., II, 5SS, (1864). Smith, 

 Orth. Ct., 370 ; Thomas, Syn. 'Acrid., 

 152; Comstock, Introd., 107; Morse, 

 List, 106; Beutenmiiller, Orth. N. Y., 



309- 



Melanoplus scudderi. Scudder, Rev. 

 Melanopli, 212, pi. xiv, figs. 5, 6. 



Measurements from 82 J, 84 9: — 

 Antenna: c?, 6.5-7; 9,6-7. H. fem. : 

 (J,io-ii; 9,11-13- Teg.: (?, 4-5.5 

 (average 5, 2 examples 8 and 8.5) ;' 9 , 

 5-8 (av. 6, a little more than pronotum) . 

 Body: (J, 15-18; 9, 17-24 mm. 



This species is unlikely to be mistaken 

 for any but manciis whose range over- 

 laps its own. It is much more likely to 

 be passed by as an immature form. It is 

 a local but common species, often abun- 

 dant in favorable localities and seems to 

 prefer dry hillsides among bushes, road- 

 sides, and open woods. Some years ago 

 it was quite plentiful among the rocks 

 and bushes on the talus slope at the foot 

 of West Cliff, New Haven, Ct. It has 

 been reported from Brunswick, Me., 

 Springfield, Mass., and many points in 

 the South and West. Personally, I have 

 met with it only in Connecticut in the 

 latter part of August but it probably oc- 

 curs in many parts of central Massachu- 

 setts and it should be looked for from the 

 first of August until late in the fall. 



38. Melanoplus mancus Smith. 



Figs. 38, a, b, c. 



Fezotettix manca. Smith, Orth. Me., 

 in Proc. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist., I, 

 (1868), p. 149. Thomas, Syn. Acrid., 

 149; Fernald, Orth. N. Y., 30, Morse, 

 List, 106. 



Melanoplus mancus. Scudder, Rev. 

 Melanopli, 21S, pi. xiv, fig. 9. Meas- 

 urements from 70 (? , 83 9 . — Antenna : 

 <?, 6.5-7; 9, 6.5-7. H. fem.: $, 

 8.3-9; ?,io-i2. Teg.: c?, 2-4; 9, 

 3-5. Body: $, 14-17-5 (average 

 15+ ;) 9 , 18-25 (^^- 21) mm. 



This species has been found at but 

 four points in New England, three in 

 the north and one in the south. The 

 type locality was Speckled Mt., Stone- 

 ham, Me. ; I have taken it there and on 

 Kearsarge Mt. near No. Conway, N. H., 

 at an altitude of 2000 to 3250 ft. Mr. 

 Scudder has found it on Mt. Sargent, 

 Mt. Desert Id., Me., and Prof. Blatchley 

 took it at North Madison, Ct. This 

 latter locality is especially interesting as 

 it had previously been found only at 

 high levels. It is apparently quite local, 

 but continued collecting is likely to 

 reveal its presence at many additional 

 and intermediate points. The present 

 season (1898), I found it common on 

 the summit of Ascutney Mt. (3300 ft.), 

 Windsor, Vt. 



On Speckled Mt. where most of my 

 specimens were secured, I found it 

 plentiful, associated with Podisma gla- 

 cialis among the various species of 

 Vaccinium on the bare upper portions 

 of the mountain. It is quite alert and 

 agile, when approached springing sud- 

 denly and to a considerable distance, 



