84 THE ACRIDIIDAE OF MINNESOTA 
to the appearance of the Rocky Mountain locust, we may say that, 
with a rather large and somewhat light-colored specimen of M. atlanis 
in hand, by extending the tegmina and wings somewhat in imagina- 
tion, he may have a very good idea of the pest of the early days. 
Melanoplus gladstont Brun. 
Melanoplus gladstoni (Plate I, 4) is of medium size and dark 
coloration; postocular band well marked and in ours continued 
back across the prozona on the lateral lobes of the pronotum. The 
tegmina are as long as the abdomen or slightly longer, and are rather 
slender, brownish, and distinctly, though not strongly, maculate. Hind 
femora are yellowish testaceous and marked by two distinct, oblique, 
dark bands and a basal blackish patch. Sometimes these markings are 
confluent, covering the whole lower field. Posterior tibiae red with an 
inconspicuous fuscous patellar spot. This insect matures about the 
middle of August, or somewhat earlier in favorable seasons and has 
commonly been taken on areas of dry or gravelly soil. At Fergus 
Falls in late summer it is one of the most common species on the hills 
along the Ottertail and Pelican rivers, in company with M. luridus. In 
life its bright coloration makes it especially attractive. We have taken 
it at Fergus Falls, Granite Falls, Brown Valley, and Pipestone. The 
following is taken from Mr. Howard’s notes on this species: “‘Oviposi- 
tion began August 29, in breeding-cages. The pods were placed in the 
moister parts of the rather clayey soil which was in the cages. The 
pods are not as solidly and compactly constructed as is usual with 
Melanoplus, otherwise it is about the same shape as is usual with this 
genus. 
Melanoplus femur-rubrum DeG. 
Melanoplus femur-rubrum is the common red-legged or garden 
locust and may be found practically anvwhere within our borders. It 
is of medium size, though varying considerably; reddish brown, the 
pronotum usually lighter colored on the disk than on the lower parts 
of the lateral lobes; tegmina brownish to fuscous, more or less macu- 
late; posterior femora olivaceous testaceous, variably infuscated, the 
lower field sometimes more or less reddish; posterior tibiae normally 
red, sometimes yellowish, or rarely greenish. Extremity of male 
abdomen strongly clavate, well recurved; furcula well developed, con- 
sisting of a pair of subparallel or sometimes slightly divergent fingers, 
tapering and subacuminate at tip; cerci roughly subfalciform, com- 
pressed and tapering rather rapidly from the base to middle and 
thence subequal to apex, where they are obliquely subtruncate, usually 
