12 PSYCHE [Februaiy 



nent, conical, acutely pointed, in female somewhat flattened antero-posteriorh-. Tegmina 

 broadly ovate, about three-fourths as long as pronotum. Male abdomen subclavate, con- 

 siderably upturned. Subgenital plate with the sides much expanded basally, the ventral face 

 very short, convex, terminating in a very short, blunt, upwardly directed fuscous tubercle 

 distinctly removed from the inner margin. Supra-anal plate shield-shaped, with convex 

 sides, abruptly naiTowed to terminate in an acute point with straight sides. Furcula 

 consisting of a pair of small, straight, flattened, backwardly directed, rather distant proc- 

 esses, about as long as the last dorsal segment. Cerci slender, three times as long as basal 

 width, tapering in basal third to about half the basal width, equal in middle fourth, 

 expanding a little distally into a laminate, obliquely excised tip, the upper angle rounded, 

 the lower acutely pointed, the whole organ gently incurved and the tip slightly decurved. 



Color dark reddish brown above, white and flavescent beneath. Post-ocular stripe con- 

 tinued into fuscous of sides of abdomen, sometimes suffusing the metepisternal pale fascia. 

 Hind femora with fuscous genicular lobes and indications of oblique fasciae. Hind tibiae 

 fuscescent glaucous with black spines. 



Length of body: (J, 18.5-19; ?, 26 ; hind femora: (J, 10.5; $, 12.5; antenna: $, 10.5; ?, 

 8 ; tegmina; $ , 3-.^-4-3; ?. 4 5 mm- 



Two males, one female, Jasper, Pickens Co., Ga., Jul\- 25, 2600 ft. 



Melanoplus devius sp. nov. 



This species is nearly related to tribulus here described, agreeing with it in size, form, 

 and .shape of subgenital plate. Mid-carina of pronotum percurrent. Prosternal spine typi- 

 cally cylindro-conic and rather bluntly pointed. Furcula small and very variable. Supra-anal 

 plate usually distinctly ampliate basally. Cerci narrow from a broad base, two and a half 

 times as long as basal breadth, tapering gently in both breadth and thickness in basal half, 

 the distal half equal or a little expanded apically, laminate, transversely excised at apex, the 

 upper angle more rounded than the lower, the dorsal margin sinuous, the ventral concave. 

 The fuscous markings of the end of the abdomen of the male readily distinguish it from 

 tribulus : in this species the posterior face of the apical tubercle and the sides of the subgen- 

 ital plate, the sides and anterior and posterior margins of the preceding sternite, are 

 infuscated. In the female the sides of the abdomen are nearly free from fuscous markings. 

 Hind tibiae glaucous with black spines. 



Length of body : ^, 17-20; $,22-26.5; hind femora: ^, 10-11.5; $, 11. 5-13; antenna: 

 (?, 9-10; ?, 7.5-8.5 ; tegmina: <?, 2 X 2.5, 2.5 X 4; ?, 2.8 X 3-5. 3X5 mni. 



Twenty-three males, twenty-one females, Wytheville, Wythe Co., Va., Sept. 4 and 5, 

 3000 to 3500 ft. One male, Topton, Cherokee Co., N. C, Aug. 21, 3000 to 4000 ft. 



Melanoplus decoratus ,sp. nov. 



Related to (/<'co;'«5 (Scudder, Rev. Mel., p. 257, pi. 17, fig. 5) \ertex rather strongly 

 protuberant, especially in female. Pronotum with mid-carina strong on metazone, weak or 

 indistinct on prozone. Tegmina asymmetrically obovate, the costal margin more convex. 

 Supra-anal plate nearly as broad as long, the sides convex or sinuate, apex rounded or acute, 

 the supernumerary longitudinal ridges feebly developed or indistinct. Furcula processes 

 broad at base, rather strongly divergent, tapering, the sides more or less sinuate, once and a 

 half or twice as long as the last dorsal segment. Cerci broader than in decorus, especially at 



