8 PSYCHE [February 



tus agree in lacking tlie fuscous markings on tlie abdomen characteristic of fiisillus, and in 

 possessing red hind tibiae. In signains the apex of the supra-anal plate is usually very bluntly 

 rounded, and the tegmina are as long or longer than the pronotum, broad lanceolate, with 

 acute apex. 



Length of body : (J, 15-15. 5 ; ?, 21.5 ; hind femora : J, 10 ; ? , 14 ; antenna : J", 8 ; $,9; 

 tegmina : J , 2 X 3.5 to 2.8 X 4 ; $.3-5X5 '"•"• 



Three males, one female, Live Oak, Suwanee Co., Fla., Aug. 10. 



Melanoplus symmetricus sp. nov. 



A long-winged species allied to robustus. Furcula wanting. Cerci stout at base, 

 laminate and a little incurved at tip, broad, nearly symmetrical, the basal half or three-fifths 

 a little longer than wide, with subequal, subparallel sides ; the distal half or two-fifths broad- 

 ened equally above and below into a transverse plate with axis perpendicular to that of the 

 stem, its length one and two-thirds times the width of the stem, the apex smoothly convex 

 (sometimes sinuous through extension of lower angle of lobe), the proximal sides straight and 

 leaving the stem at an angle of 30° or 40°, the dorsal portion of the plate slightly broader and 

 its angle more rounded than the lower. 



General color brownish testaceous; hind tibiae red with black spines. Hind femora 

 stout, flavous on outer lower face, coral red within on basal two-thirds, often showing indica" 

 tions of oblique fuscous fasciae. 



Length of body: $, 28-30; $,31-34.5; hind femora: J, 16-18; $, 19-20 ; antenna; $, 

 13. 5-14.5 ; $, 11-14; tegmina: $, 20-22; $,21-23; vertex to tip of tegmina: J, 30-31.5; 



?. 30-5-33-.'; m'"- 



Three males, six females, Carrabelle, Franklin Co., Fla., Aug. 9. 



Melanoplus divergens sp. nov. 



A short-winged species of the same size and appearance as ialandiciis and its two rela- 

 tives here described but belonging in a different series and easily distinguished by the sub- 

 bifurcate cerci. Vertex blunt. Pronotum broad with flattened disk, subangulate at junction 

 with lateral lobes, and moderately convex hinder margin, the mid-carina distinct on the 

 melazone, absent from prozone. Prosternal spine short and variable, usually conical with 

 acutely pointed tip but sometimes much broadened laterally with wide, bluntly rounded apex. 

 Mesosternal interspace slightly transverse in the female, narrower than the lateral lobes, 

 quadrate or a little transverse in the male. Metasternal interspace slightly transverse in the 

 female, longitudinal in the male. Tegmina shorter than the pronotum, ovate, or ovate- 

 lanceolate, with rounded apex, usually covering second abdominal segment but sometimes 

 half this length, attingent in the male, separated in the female. The subgenital plate is 

 truncate or everi slightly emarginate at apex, the sides viewed from above nearly straight. 

 The supra-anal plate is longer than wide, triangular, pointed at apex, the sides convex. 

 Furcula moderately broad, about equalling the last segment in length. The cerci are quite 

 distinctive, recalling those of minor in outline, being roughly boot-shaped, the base very 

 broad, a little longer than wide, its sides parallel or convergent, the distal two-fifths Ijent 

 abruptly upw-ard at an angle of 35° or 40'-' narrowed to about one-half tiie width of tlie base 

 «nd tapering to a broad, evenly rounded blunt ;iihx. ,\t the union of the distal portion with 



