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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  of 
  tlie 
  inferior 
  margin, 
  strongly 
  compressed 
  or 
  subsulcate, 
  the 
  apex 
  

   broadly 
  rounded; 
  subgenital 
  plate 
  with 
  its 
  notched 
  and 
  doubly 
  bossed 
  

   apical 
  margin 
  strongly 
  and 
  abruptly 
  elevated 
  above 
  the 
  lateral 
  margin. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  male, 
  18 
  mm., 
  female, 
  22 
  mm. 
  ; 
  antennae, 
  male, 
  mm., 
  

   female, 
  0.75mm.; 
  tegmina. 
  male, 
  10.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  0.5 
  mm.: 
  hind 
  femora, 
  

   male, 
  0.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  11.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  male. 
  1 
  female. 
  Grand 
  Junction. 
  Mesa 
  County, 
  Colorado. 
  June 
  

   (L. 
  Bruner). 
  

  

  26. 
  MELANOPLUS 
  ATLANIS. 
  

   (Plate 
  XII, 
  lig. 
  7.) 
  

  

  Caloptenus 
  spreius 
  Packard, 
  Amer. 
  Nat., 
  VIII 
  (1874), 
  p. 
  502; 
  ibid., 
  IX 
  (1S7.5), 
  

   p. 
  .-)73.— 
  RiLKY. 
  Can. 
  Eut., 
  VII 
  (187.3), 
  p. 
  180. 
  

  

  Calopienns 
  atlanis 
  Eiley!, 
  Anu. 
  Eep. 
  Ins. 
  Mo., 
  VII 
  (187."i), 
  p. 
  169; 
  ibid., 
  VIII 
  

   (1876), 
  pp. 
  113-118, 
  1.33.— 
  Whitman, 
  Grasshopper 
  ( 
  1876), 
  p. 
  19.— 
  Kiley 
  I, 
  Auii. 
  

   Eep. 
  Ins. 
  Mo., 
  IX 
  1877), 
  p. 
  m; 
  Loc. 
  Plague 
  rl877), 
  pp. 
  22-24, 
  27, 
  198-199.— 
  

   Thomas, 
  Rep. 
  Ent. 
  111., 
  VII 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  38; 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr., 
  

   IV 
  (1878;, 
  p. 
  500; 
  Aun. 
  Eep. 
  Chief 
  Eng., 
  1878, 
  1845 
  (1878); 
  Eep.U. 
  S. 
  Eut. 
  

   Coium., 
  I 
  (1878), 
  pp. 
  49-.50, 
  52.— 
  Packard, 
  ibid., 
  I 
  (1878), 
  pp. 
  135, 
  [140-144].— 
  

   Thomas, 
  Packard, 
  ibid., 
  I 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  140.— 
  Eiley, 
  ibid., 
  I 
  (1878), 
  pp. 
  220, 
  

   225, 
  226, 
  232, 
  237, 
  284, 
  299, 
  446, 
  458, 
  pi. 
  in.— 
  Thomas, 
  ibid., 
  II 
  (1881), 
  p. 
  106.— 
  

   LiNTNER, 
  Ins. 
  Clover 
  (1881), 
  p. 
  5. 
  — 
  Eiley, 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Comm., 
  VI 
  

   (1881), 
  pp. 
  89-90; 
  Amer. 
  Nat.. 
  XVII 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  1073; 
  Eep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Eat., 
  1883 
  

   (1883), 
  pp. 
  99, 
  170-180, 
  pi. 
  ii.— 
  Packard, 
  Eep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Comm., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  

   pp. 
  273-277, 
  pis. 
  xx-xxi.— 
  Brl-xer, 
  ibid.. 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  pp. 
  9, 
  10, 
  14, 
  54.— 
  Bile 
  ^ 
  , 
  

   Stand. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  II 
  (1884), 
  p. 
  194.— 
  Cook, 
  Boal's 
  Grasses 
  N. 
  A., 
  I 
  (1887), 
  p. 
  

   373.— 
  Caulfield, 
  Can. 
  Eec. 
  Sc, 
  II 
  (18^7), 
  pp. 
  399, 
  401; 
  Can. 
  Orth. 
  (1887), 
  

   pp. 
  11, 
  14.— 
  Weed, 
  Bull. 
  Ohio 
  Exp, 
  St.. 
  Techu. 
  Ser.. 
  I 
  (1889;, 
  p. 
  39.— 
  

   SCHWARZ, 
  Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Wash., 
  I 
  (1890). 
  p. 
  213.— 
  Ho\vard, 
  Ins. 
  Life, 
  IV 
  

   (1891), 
  p. 
  124.— 
  Eiley, 
  Bull. 
  Div. 
  Eut. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep. 
  Agric, 
  XXV 
  (1891). 
  pp. 
  

   26-27, 
  figs. 
  4a-c.— 
  MiLLiKEN, 
  Ins. 
  Life, 
  VI 
  (1893), 
  pp. 
  19, 
  21. 
  

  

  Cahptentis 
  afhintis 
  Thomas, 
  Bull. 
  111. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist.. 
  I 
  (1876), 
  p. 
  68.— 
  Eiley, 
  

   Auier. 
  Nat., 
  XI 
  (1877), 
  p. 
  665; 
  ibid., 
  XII 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  285.— 
  Thomas, 
  Rep. 
  Ent. 
  

   111., 
  IX 
  (1880), 
  pp. 
  92, 
  96, 
  124. 
  

  

  Caloptenusfcmur-ruhrum 
  PROVANCHER!,Nat. 
  Can.. 
  VIII 
  (1876), 
  pp. 
  109-110, 
  fig. 
  12; 
  

   Faune 
  Ent. 
  Cau., 
  II 
  (1877), 
  p. 
  36, 
  fig. 
  9. 
  

  

  Melanoptus 
  devastator 
  iicv\n)-pAi\ 
  (pars), 
  Proc. 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist.. 
  XIX 
  (1878), 
  

   pp. 
  28.5-286, 
  287-288; 
  (pars), 
  Eut. 
  Notes, 
  VI 
  (1878). 
  pp. 
  46-47. 
  48-49; 
  (pans), 
  

   Eep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Eut. 
  Comm., 
  II, 
  app. 
  (1880), 
  p. 
  24. 
  

  

  Mehoiophts 
  atlantis 
  Scuddeh 
  !, 
  Proc. 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  XIX 
  (1878). 
  p. 
  286. 
  287; 
  

   Ent. 
  Notes, 
  VI 
  (1878), 
  pp. 
  45, 
  46.— 
  Caulfield, 
  Eep. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Out., 
  XVIII 
  

   (1888), 
  p. 
  71.— 
  COMSTOCK. 
  Intr. 
  Ent. 
  (1888), 
  pp. 
  108, 
  110. 
  

  

  Melauoplus 
  atlanis 
  Scudder!, 
  Eep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Comm.. 
  II, 
  app. 
  (1881), 
  p. 
  24. 
  pi. 
  

   XVII, 
  fig.6.— 
  Bruxer, 
  ibid., 
  Ill 
  (1883). 
  p. 
  60; 
  Can. 
  Eut., 
  XVII 
  (1885), 
  p. 
  17; 
  

   Bull. 
  Washb. 
  Coll., 
  I 
  (1885), 
  pp. 
  137-138.— 
  Eiley, 
  Eep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Eut., 
  1885 
  (18><6), 
  

   p. 
  233, 
  pi. 
  VIII, 
  fig.s. 
  7a-c.— 
  Bruxer, 
  ibid., 
  1885 
  (1886), 
  pp. 
  303, 
  304. 
  306. 
  307; 
  

   Bull. 
  Div. 
  Ent. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep. 
  Agric, 
  XIII 
  (1887), 
  p. 
  11.— 
  Ferxald, 
  Orth.N.E. 
  

   (18S8). 
  pp. 
  31, 
  33; 
  Anu. 
  Eep. 
  Mass. 
  Agric. 
  Coll.. 
  XXV 
  (1888s 
  pp. 
  115, 
  117.— 
  

   Fletcher, 
  Ann. 
  Rep. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Ont., 
  XIX 
  (1389), 
  p. 
  10; 
  Rep. 
  Exp. 
  Farms 
  

   Can.. 
  1888 
  (1889), 
  p. 
  63.— 
  Davis, 
  Ent 
  Amer., 
  V 
  (1889). 
  p. 
  81.— 
  Marlatt, 
  Ius. 
  

   Life. 
  II 
  (1889), 
  pp. 
  66-70.— 
  Smith, 
  Cat. 
  Ius. 
  N. 
  J. 
  (1890), 
  p. 
  413.— 
  Blatchley, 
  

   Can. 
  Ent., 
  XXIII 
  (1891), 
  p. 
  98.— 
  Bruxer, 
  ibid., 
  XXIII 
  (1891), 
  p. 
  192; 
  Ins. 
  

   Life. 
  Ill 
  (1891). 
  p. 
  229; 
  ibid., 
  IV 
  (1891). 
  pp. 
  21, 
  146; 
  Rei>. 
  Eut. 
  Soc. 
  Out.. 
  XXII 
  

   (1891), 
  p. 
  48; 
  Bull. 
  Div. 
  Eut. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep. 
  Agric, 
  XXIII 
  (1891), 
  p. 
  14; 
  Rep. 
  St. 
  

  

  