GRASSHOPPERS — GURNET AND BROOKS 



spinelike structure (x of &g. 1 ,i) borne near the base of the accessory- 

 lobe of the aedeagus; it does not seem homologous with the lateral 

 projection from the dorsal valve in mexicanus. 



Table 1. — Checklist and index to specific and infraspecific names in the mexicanus 



group of Melanoplus 



Name 

 affinis (p. 14) 



affinis (p. 42) 



alaskanus (p. 45) 

 angelicus (p. 14) 



arcticus (p. 14) 



ater (p. 41) 

 atlanis (p. 14) 



bilituratus (p. 12) 

 borealis (p. 67) 

 bruneri (p. 45) 

 caeruleipes (p. 52) 



coeruleipes (p. 14) 



cockerelli (p. 75) 



consanguineus 



(p. 41) 

 conspicuus (p. 42) 



defectus (p. 38) 



devastator (p. 41) 

 diminutus (p. 41) 

 dimidipennis 



(p. 15) 

 excelsus (p. 45) 

 extremus (p. 67) 

 intermedins (p. 14) 



Junius (p. 68) 

 latifercula (p. 75) 



(Page numbers refer to the present work; synonyms are shown in Italics) 



Present status 



Author and year Original genus 



Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus 



(Proposed 



as distinct 



species.) 

 Scudder, 1897 



(Proposed as 



form of M. 



devastator.) 

 Scudder, 1897 

 Scudder, 1897 



Syn. of bilituratus 

 bilituratus 



Melanoplus Syn. of devastator 



Melanoplus 

 Melanoplus 



Walker, 1870 Caloptenus 



Scudder, 1897 

 Riley, 1875 



Walker, 1870 

 Fieber, 1853 

 Scudder, 1897 

 Cockerell, 1889 

 (Proposed as 

 var. of spretus.) 

 Cockerell, 1888 

 (Proposed as 

 var. of atlanis.) 

 Scudder, 1900 



Scudder, 1897 



Scudder, 1897 

 (Proposed as 

 form of 

 devastator.) 



Scudder, 1897 



Scudder, 1878 

 Scudder, 1897 

 Bruner, 1904 



Scudder, 1897 

 Walker, 1870 

 Scudder, 1897 



Dodge, 1876 

 Caudell, 1903 



Melanoplus 

 Caloptenus 



Caloptenus 

 Caloptenus 

 Melanoplus 

 Caloptenus 



Melanoplus 



Melanoplus 

 Melanoplus 

 Melanoplus 



Melanoplus 



Melanoplus 

 Melanoplus 

 Melanoplus 



Melanoplus 

 Caloptenus 

 Melanoplus 



Pezotettix 

 Melanoplus 



mexicanus (p. 8) Saussure, 1861 Pezotettix 



Syn. of bruneri 

 Syn. of bilituratus 



bilituratus 

 Syn. of bilituratus 



bilituratus 

 Syn. of devastator 

 Syn. of bilituratus 



bilituratus 

 Valid species 

 Valid species 

 Valid species 

 Syn. of spretus 



Syn. of bilituratus bilitu- 

 ratus 



Syn. of borealis stupe- 



factus 

 Syn. of devastator 



Syn. of devastator 



Valid subspecies of 



bilituratus 

 Valid species 

 Syn. of devastator 

 Syn. of bilituratus 



Syn. of bruneri 

 Syn. of borealis borealis 

 Syn. of bilituratus bilitu- 

 ratus 

 Syn. of borealis borealis 

 Syn. of borealis stupe- 



factus 

 Valid species 



