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5, 1926; Peeples Valley, Ariz., Oct. 2, 1936; Chino Valley, Ariz., 

 Nov. 23, 1936; Roll, Ariz., Nov. 12, 1943; same, Dec. 1, 1936. 



Altitudinally, bilituratus defectus ranges in distribution from about 

 sea level in Imperial Co., Calif., to 11,800 feet on Mt. Charleston, Nev. 

 Other high altitudes indicated on labels of specimens examined are 

 the following: Magdalena Mts., N. Mex., 7,100 ft.; Lee Canyon, 

 Spring Mountains, Nev., 8,600 ft.; Rim Rock Peak, Sandia Mts., 

 N. Mex., 9,500-10,000 ft. The specimens from high elevations 

 average somewhat smaller than specimens of optimum development 

 from low elevations, and they are relatively dark in color, but in 

 general they are not distinctive. 



Melanoplus devastator Scudder 



FiGVB^3l^l,eil2,kyJi,ifi7,h,kyj8,ly^9,h]\lO,i,p,x; 14; Plate 3,b,c. 



Melanoplus devastator Scudder, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 19, pp. 287, 288, 

 1878. (Males, females, Shasta Valley, Sissons, Sausalito, Calif.; Lake Tahoe, 

 Reno, Glen Brook, Nev.; Beaver Brook, Morrison, Colo.) Lectotype, here 

 designated: Male labeled "Sept. 1, 1874, Sauzalito, Cal.," "Scudder's Type," 

 "Mel. devastator typicalis Scudder's Type, 1895,"' "Sc. reference Rev. 

 Melanopli 1897, p. 198," "M. devastator Scudd. Cab. S. H. Scudder." (ANSP). 

 Sausalito is one of the original localities mentioned by Scudder (1878b), 

 who said that the form named M. d. typicalis "best represents the original 

 types of the species when first described," and this specimen is one so identified 

 by him. 



Melanoplus ater Scudder, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 36 (154), pp. 22, 32, 1897; 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, pp. 133, 194-195, pi. 13, fig. 2, 1897 (two males, 

 3 females, San Francisco, Calif.). Lectotype, designated by Rehn and Hebard 

 (1912, p. 80): Male (ANSP). 



Melanoplus consanguineus Scudder, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 36 (154), 

 pp. 21, 32, 1897; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, pp. 133, 192-193, pi. 12, fig. 

 10, 1897 (male, female, Sacramento Co., Calif., Sonora Co. in plate explana- 

 tion, p. 409, error for Sonoma Co.; see Rehn and Hebard, 1912, p. 80). New 

 synonymy, Lectotype, designated by Rehn and Hebard (1912): Male 

 (USNM). 



Melanoplus diminutus Scudder, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 36 (154), pp. 21, 32, 

 1897; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, pp. 133, 190-191, pi. 12, fig. 9, 1897 

 (males, females, San Francisco, Calif.; Monterey, Calif.). New synonymy. 

 Lectotype, designated by Rehn and Hebard (1912, p. 80): Male from Mon- 

 terey, CaUf. (MCZ). 



Melanoplus uniformis Scudder, Proc Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 36 (154), pp. 22, 32, 

 1897; Proc U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, pp. 133, 201-202, pi. 13, fig. 9, 1897 

 (males, females, five California localities). New synonymy. Lectotype, 

 designated by Rehn and Hebard (1912, p. 80): Male from Sacramento, 

 Calif. (USNM). 



« Labels such as this one, lelth "Scudder's Type. 1895" printed, were affixed to many of the speclmeng 

 studied by Scudder in connection with his revision (1897b). Species described by other authors, as well as 

 those by Scudder, and, where series were available, more than one specimen of the same species, were so 

 treated. The principal function of this label today is to Indicate a specimen studied by Scudder himself, 

 and one presumably considered by him to be typical of the species named. 



