﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  BE 
  VISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOTLJ—SCUDDEB. 
  161 
  

  

  tlie 
  iuner 
  apical 
  angle 
  sometimes 
  feebly 
  asserting 
  itself 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  allied 
  

   species; 
  cerci 
  slender, 
  not 
  very 
  long, 
  iucnrved 
  gently 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  

   uijcurved, 
  tapering 
  gently 
  in 
  less 
  tlian 
  the 
  basal 
  half, 
  beyond 
  cylindri- 
  

   cal, 
  blunt 
  tipped, 
  reaching 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  suj^raanal 
  plate; 
  

   subgenital 
  plate 
  moderately 
  broad, 
  subequal, 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  straight 
  

   but 
  faintly 
  rising 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  

   above. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  29.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  30 
  mm.; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  15 
  

   mm., 
  female, 
  9.5 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  28 
  mm., 
  female, 
  26.5 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  male, 
  17 
  mm., 
  female, 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

  Five 
  males, 
  4 
  females. 
  Finfley 
  County, 
  Kansas, 
  September, 
  H. 
  W. 
  

   Menke 
  (University 
  of 
  Kansas); 
  Las 
  Cruces, 
  Donna 
  Ana 
  County, 
  Xew 
  

   Mexico, 
  July 
  8, 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell; 
  Mexico 
  (Museum 
  Comparative 
  

   Zoology) 
  ; 
  Lerdo, 
  Durango, 
  Mexico, 
  November 
  (L. 
  Bruner) 
  ; 
  (iuaiiajuato, 
  

   Mexico, 
  A. 
  Duges 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  Bledos, 
  San 
  Luis 
  

   Potosi, 
  Mexico, 
  October, 
  E. 
  Palmer. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  by 
  its 
  slender 
  elongate 
  

   form, 
  the 
  simplicity 
  of 
  its 
  male 
  furcula, 
  and 
  by 
  its 
  general 
  markings. 
  

  

  4. 
  GLAUCIPES 
  SEKIES. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  species 
  placed 
  together 
  here 
  have 
  comparatively 
  little 
  in 
  

   common 
  to 
  warrant 
  their 
  combination 
  as 
  a 
  series, 
  and 
  each 
  should 
  

   perhaps 
  be 
  made 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  a 
  distinct 
  series 
  if 
  other 
  forms 
  are 
  found 
  

   allied 
  to 
  one 
  and 
  the 
  other; 
  but 
  falling 
  together 
  by 
  the 
  characters 
  given 
  

   in 
  our 
  table, 
  I 
  have 
  thought 
  it 
  best 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  to 
  connect 
  them. 
  

   They 
  have 
  these 
  common 
  characteristics: 
  

  

  The 
  mesosternum 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  lobes 
  is 
  plane 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  The 
  more 
  

   *or 
  less 
  maculate 
  tegmina 
  extend 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  femora, 
  and 
  

   the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  have 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  twelve 
  spines 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  series. 
  The 
  

   supraanal 
  plate 
  is 
  simple, 
  without 
  elevated 
  sides; 
  the 
  furcula 
  is 
  devel- 
  

   oped 
  as 
  a 
  i)air 
  of 
  minute 
  triangular 
  denticles; 
  the 
  cerci 
  are 
  broad 
  and 
  

   short, 
  only 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  a 
  little 
  upcurved, 
  and 
  apioally 
  

   broadly 
  rounded, 
  while 
  the 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  is 
  moderately 
  broad, 
  pro- 
  

   longed, 
  and 
  scarcely 
  elevated 
  apically. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  are 
  of 
  small 
  or 
  medium 
  size; 
  one 
  occurs 
  in 
  Texas 
  and 
  

   northern 
  Mexico, 
  the 
  other 
  from 
  Montana 
  to 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  i6. 
  MELANOPLUS 
  GLAUCIPES. 
  

   (Plate 
  XI, 
  lig. 
  6.) 
  

  

  Calopteniis 
  (jhiucipta 
  ScudderI, 
  rroc. 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  XVII 
  (187-5), 
  pp. 
  

  

  47*)-477; 
  Eut. 
  Notes, 
  IV 
  (1875), 
  pp. 
  75-76. 
  — 
  Thomas, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Eut. 
  

  

  Comm., 
  I 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  42.— 
  Scuddek!, 
  Cent. 
  Orth. 
  (1879), 
  pp. 
  20-21. 
  

   Melanoplus 
  glaiicipes 
  Scudder!, 
  Can. 
  Ent., 
  XII 
  (1880), 
  p. 
  75. 
  

  

  Wood-brown. 
  Head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  heavily 
  flecked 
  

   with 
  blackish, 
  more 
  heavily 
  and 
  minutely 
  above, 
  giving 
  it 
  a 
  wood- 
  brown 
  

   Proc. 
  N. 
  M. 
  vol. 
  XX 
  11 
  

  

  