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

 1897; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, pp. 133, 199-201, pi. 13, fig. 8, 1897 

 (males, females, six California localities). Lectotype, designated by Rehn 

 and Hebard (1912, p. 80): Male from Siskiyou Co., Calif. (MCZ). 



Melanoplus devastator affinis Scudder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, p. 199, pi. 13, 

 fig. 6, 1897 (males. Sierra, Sacramento, and Los Angeles Counties, Calif., 

 also "California, S. Henshaw."). Lectotype, here designated: Male labeled 

 "Cal. (Ricksecker) S. Henshaw," "Mel. devastator affinis Scudder's Type 

 1895," and figured by Scudder, 1897b (MCZ). 



Melanoplus devastator conspicuus Scudder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, p. 199, 

 pi. 13, fig. 7, 1897 (males, Sacramento, El Dorado, Amador, and Merced 

 Counties, Calif.). Lectotype, here designated: Male labeled "Clarkson, 

 Eldorado Co. Cal. 14/8, 85, Type No. 1160, U. S. N. M., Mel. devastator 

 conspicuus Scudder's Type, 1895" (USNM). (We have been unable to 

 locate a Clarkson in El Dorado County, and the label may have been in error 

 for Clarksona, Amador County, which is nearby. The male from Sacra- 

 mento, Calif., figured by Scudder has not been found. El Dorado County is 

 the second locality mentioned.) 



Melanoplus devastator obscurus Scudder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, pp. 198- 

 199, pi. 13, figs. 3, 4, 1897 (males, San Francisco, Calif.; Sierra, Placer, Marin, 

 Sacramento, El Dorado, Alameda, Siskiyou, and Los Angeles Counties, Calif.). 

 Lectotype, here designated: Male labeled "Sissons Cal., Drawn, S. H. Scudder 

 Coll, Type 15439, Mel. devastator obscurus Scudder's Type, 1895" and 

 figured by Scudder, 1897b (MCZ). 



Melanoplus devastator typicalis Scudder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, p. 199, 

 pi. 13, fig. 5, 1897 (males, "nearly every county . . . from Shasta to San 

 Diego and from Marin to Sierra," Calif.). (The sexes and number of speci- 

 mens of this and the previous three entities were not given by Scudder, but 

 male specimens were figured. In each case both sexes were before him, as 

 shown by preserved specimens.) Lectotj'pe, here designated: Male labeled 

 "Tighe Calif., Drawn, S. H. Scudder Coll, Type 15441, Mel. devastator 

 typicalis Scudder's Type, 1895" and figured by Scudder (1897b) (MCZ). 



Scudder listed Dr. Edward Palmer as the collector of the Tighe 

 specimen. We have been unable to find Tighe on available maps, and 

 for the information that Tighe was about 8 miles east of Ramona, 

 Calif., are indebted to Rogers McVaugh, a botanist who has made a 

 study of Palmer collecting localities. This location, about 45 miles 

 northeast of San Diego, apparently was a ranch. Palmer's un- 

 published notes indicate that he was there July 5-6, 1875. For a 

 biography and sketch of Palmer's travels, see Safford (Pop. Sci. 

 Monthly, vol. 78, pp. 341-354, 1911) and McVaugh's (1956) recent 

 book, wherein (p. 333) the locality is listed as Tigh(e)'s (Ranch or 

 Station) . 



All the lectotypes mentioned have been examined, in each case 

 including the aedeagus and epiphallus, and they are considered to 

 represent a single species, M. devastator Scudder. Kirby (1910) placed 

 d. affinis, d. conspicuus, d. obscurus, and d. typicalis as synonyms of 

 devastator, and Caudell (1915) did likewise for virgatus and affirmed 

 the synonymy of d. affinis and d. typicalis. He also considered 



