November 1S98.] 



PSYCHE. 



281 



sometimes making several leaps in suc- 

 cession. 



It probably matures in late July or 

 early August as it has been taken on 

 the mountains from Aug. 14 to Sept. 6. 



39. Melanoplus fasciatus Walker. 

 Figs. 39, a. 



Acridiiim fasciatum Barnston Ms. 

 Walker, Cat. Dermapt. Salt. Brit. Mus., 

 iv, p. 680 (1870). 



Caloptenus fasciatus. Thomas, Syn. 

 Acrid., 224. 



Fezotettix borealis. Scudder, Mat., 

 464; Thomas, Syn. Acrid., 153 ; Smith, 

 Orth. Me., 149; Fernald, Orth. N. E., 

 30 ; Morse, List, 106. 



Melaticiplus borealis. BeutenniilUer, 

 Orth. N. Y., 308. 



Fezotettix septentrionalis. Morse, 

 Psyche (1894), 53. 



Melanoplus rectus. Fernald, Orth. N. 

 E., 32 ; Morse, Psyche (1894), 53. 



Melanophts fasciatus. Scudder, Rev. 

 Melanopli, 267, pi. xviii, figs. 2, 3, 4. 



Measurements from 83 ,^,123 ?: — 

 Antenna: $ ., 7.5-9; 9, 6.5-8.5. H. 

 fem. : (J, 9. 3-10.7; 9,10.7-12.7. Teg.: 

 c?, 7.5-10.5; 9,9-12. Body: (?,i6- 

 19: 9, 16.5-25.5. Teg. vs. H. fem.: 

 <?--3-5--5; 9.-3-5--6- Body 7-x. H. 

 fem. : $ , -2- -3 ; 9, -2- +3 mm. 



A long- winged form is known from 

 Michigan, but has not been detected in 

 New England. This species is very 

 variable in color, the upper parts, while 

 usually of a dark reddish brown, are 

 sometimes dark olivaceoys gray and 

 occasionally are strikingly varied with 



white. The only species likely to be 

 confused with it in New England is the 

 short-winged female of extremus. 



This much-named locust is a some- 

 what local but common and widely dis- 

 tributed species. I have found it most 

 frequently among huckleberry bushes 

 growing in and along the edges of open 

 pitch-pine woods where it is frequently 

 associated with Chloealtis conspersa. 

 While usually numerous in individuals 

 persistence is needed to secure many 

 specimens, as the ground may be cov- 

 ered several times with equally good 

 results, only a few being taken at one 

 trip. When startled it leaps well, but 

 may usually be secured without a net. 



Adults appear in the latter part of 

 June, and may be found as late as Sep- 

 tember or October. I have taken it 

 from June 14 to Sept. 5, at Speckled 

 Mt., Stoneham, Me., Thompson, Ct., 

 West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Prov- 

 incetown, Winchendon, Waltham, Sud- 

 bury, Sherborn, Dedham, and Wellesley, 

 Mass. 



40. Melanoplus femur-rubrum DeG. 

 Figs. 40, a-d. 



Actydium femur-rubrum. DeGeer, 

 Memoires pour servir a I'histoire des 

 Insectes, t. Ill, p. 498, pi. 42, fig. 5. 

 (1773). Harris, Treatise, 173. 



Caloptenus fetnur-rubrum. Scudder, 

 Materials, 464; Smith, Orth. Me., 150, 

 — Orth. Ct., 362; Thomas, Syn. Acrid., 

 163. 



Melanoplus femur-rubrum. Fernald, 

 Orth. N. E., 33, Comstock, Introd., no, 



