﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCUDDEB. 
  51 
  

  

  Eight 
  males, 
  4 
  females. 
  Texas, 
  Belfrage 
  (U.S.^.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection) 
  ; 
  

   Texas, 
  Liuceciim; 
  Dallas, 
  Texas, 
  J. 
  Boll; 
  Bosque 
  Couuty, 
  Texas, 
  G. 
  W. 
  

   Belfrage; 
  Fort 
  Worth, 
  Tarrant 
  County, 
  Texas, 
  May 
  (CJ.S.N.M.— 
  Riley 
  

   collection) 
  ; 
  San 
  Antonio, 
  Bexar 
  County, 
  Texas 
  (L. 
  Bruner). 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  

   reported 
  from 
  McPherson, 
  Labette, 
  Shawnee, 
  and 
  Barber 
  counties, 
  

   Kansas, 
  by 
  Bruner. 
  Boll 
  took 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  September 
  and 
  October 
  

   in 
  woods, 
  on 
  plants 
  and 
  bushes; 
  Belfrage 
  in 
  October 
  on 
  prairies. 
  

  

  2. 
  CAMPYLACANTHA 
  OLIVACEA. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  IV, 
  fig. 
  4.) 
  

  

  Pezotettix 
  oUvaceus 
  Scudder!. 
  Proc. 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  XVII 
  (1875), 
  p. 
  472; 
  

   Ent. 
  Notes, 
  IV 
  (1875), 
  p. 
  71; 
  Cent. 
  Orth. 
  (1879), 
  p. 
  16.— 
  Bruneu, 
  Eep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Ent. 
  Comm., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  58; 
  lus. 
  Life, 
  III 
  (1891), 
  p. 
  229; 
  Bull. 
  Div. 
  Ent., 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  Dep. 
  Agric, 
  XXIIl 
  (1891), 
  p. 
  14 
  ; 
  Publ. 
  Nebr. 
  Acad. 
  Sc, 
  III 
  (1893), 
  p. 
  27. 
  

  

  Bright 
  olivaceous 
  green, 
  occasionally 
  somewhat 
  infuscated 
  and 
  so 
  

   approaching 
  in 
  appearance 
  C. 
  acniipennis. 
  Summit 
  of 
  head 
  with 
  a 
  dark- 
  

   green 
  median 
  stripe, 
  broadening 
  posteriorly, 
  sometimes 
  including 
  a 
  

   median 
  yellowish 
  thread; 
  sides 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  sometimes 
  the 
  front 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  yellow; 
  antennae 
  green 
  at 
  base, 
  beyond 
  orange, 
  infuscated 
  at 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  tip. 
  Pronotum 
  covered 
  rather 
  profusely 
  with 
  short 
  longitudi- 
  

   nal 
  dashes 
  of 
  lemon 
  yellow, 
  rather 
  irregularly 
  distributed 
  but 
  distinctly 
  

   marking 
  the 
  median 
  carina, 
  excepting 
  at 
  its 
  posterior 
  extremity, 
  and 
  

   also 
  the 
  two 
  extremities, 
  rarely 
  the 
  whole, 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  carinas. 
  Teg- 
  

   mina 
  green, 
  generally 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  occasionally 
  but 
  

   little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  rarely 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again. 
  Legs 
  stout, 
  

   yellowish 
  green, 
  the 
  fore 
  and 
  middle 
  femora 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   dull 
  orange; 
  outside 
  of 
  hind 
  femora 
  slightly 
  infuscated, 
  the 
  tibial 
  spines 
  

   black-tipped. 
  Supraanal 
  plate 
  of 
  male 
  and 
  furcula 
  wholly 
  similar 
  to 
  

   the 
  same 
  parts 
  in 
  C. 
  acutipemiis; 
  cerci 
  straight 
  and 
  slender, 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate, 
  usually 
  partially 
  erect, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  cabinet 
  

   specimens, 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  tapering, 
  the 
  apical 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  broad, 
  

   equal, 
  the 
  tip 
  rounded 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  produced 
  below, 
  the 
  outer 
  surface 
  

   slightly 
  sulcate 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half; 
  infracercal 
  plates 
  as 
  in 
  C. 
  acuUpennis. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  21 
  mm., 
  female, 
  29 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male 
  and 
  

   female, 
  10.5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  8,5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  13.5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora, 
  

   male, 
  13.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  17.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Twenty 
  males, 
  20 
  females. 
  Lincoln, 
  Nebraska 
  (L. 
  Bruner); 
  Douglas 
  

   County, 
  Kansas, 
  900 
  feet, 
  September 
  (University 
  of 
  Kansas); 
  Texas, 
  

   September 
  14, 
  Belfrage 
  ; 
  Bosque 
  County, 
  Texas, 
  October 
  24-27, 
  Belfrage 
  ; 
  

   Dallas, 
  Texas, 
  September 
  9, 
  J. 
  Boll; 
  Fort 
  Wortli, 
  Tarrant 
  County, 
  Texas, 
  

   May 
  (U.S.lSr.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection). 
  Frequently 
  found 
  sitting 
  on 
  fences 
  

   in 
  the 
  autumn, 
  according 
  to 
  Belfrage. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  very 
  closely 
  resembles 
  the 
  preceding, 
  and 
  may 
  perhaps 
  

   yet 
  be 
  proved 
  but 
  a 
  dimorphic 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  same; 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  com- 
  

   moner 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  wider 
  ranee. 
  Bruner 
  states 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  seen 
  it 
  

  

  