﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVISIOX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SCJJDDEE. 
  309 
  

  

  reach 
  or 
  nearly 
  reach 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  supraanal 
  plate 
  and 
  are 
  apically 
  

   sulcate, 
  with 
  parallel 
  or 
  siibparallel 
  distant 
  forks 
  to 
  the 
  furcnla. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  are 
  all 
  found 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  ranging 
  from 
  

   British 
  Columbia 
  and 
  Assiniboia 
  to 
  Central 
  Mexico, 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  known 
  

   in 
  California 
  excei)t 
  in 
  the 
  north. 
  

  

  § 
  

  

  96. 
  MELANOPLUS 
  PACKARDII. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XXI, 
  figs. 
  1-4.) 
  

  

  Caloptenua 
  fasciatus 
  Scuddkr!, 
  Proc. 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  XVII 
  (1875), 
  p. 
  477; 
  

   Ent. 
  Notes, 
  IV 
  (1875), 
  p. 
  76; 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr., 
  II 
  (1876), 
  p. 
  261.— 
  

   Brcnkr, 
  Can. 
  Ent., 
  IX 
  (1877), 
  p. 
  144.— 
  Thomas, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Comm., 
  I 
  

   (1878), 
  p. 
  ^2.— 
  Scuddek!, 
  Cent. 
  Orth. 
  (1879), 
  p. 
  21. 
  

  

  Melaiiophis 
  paclardii 
  Scudder!, 
  Proc. 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  XIX 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  287; 
  

   Ent. 
  Notes, 
  VI 
  (1878), 
  p. 
  46; 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Comm., 
  II 
  (1881), 
  App., 
  

   p. 
  24, 
  pi. 
  XVII, 
  figs. 
  7-8.— 
  Bruner, 
  ibid.. 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  60; 
  Can, 
  Ent., 
  XVII 
  

   (1885), 
  p. 
  18; 
  Bull. 
  Washb. 
  Coll., 
  I 
  (1885), 
  p. 
  139; 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent., 
  1885 
  (1886), 
  

   p. 
  307.— 
  Caulfield, 
  Rep. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Out., 
  XVIII 
  (1888), 
  p. 
  71.— 
  Koehele, 
  

   Bull. 
  Div. 
  Ent. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep. 
  Agric, 
  XXII 
  (1890), 
  p. 
  94.— 
  Bruner, 
  Publ. 
  Nebr. 
  

   Acad. 
  Sc, 
  III 
  (1893), 
  p. 
  27. 
  

  

  Melavoplus 
  jJaclardii 
  7-uJij)es 
  Cockerell, 
  Entoni., 
  XXII 
  (1889), 
  p. 
  127. 
  

  

  Fezoteitix 
  arkansana 
  McNeill!, 
  MS. 
  

  

  Of 
  tolerably 
  large 
  size, 
  brownish 
  yellow. 
  Head 
  a 
  little 
  prominent, 
  

   luteo 
  testaceous; 
  a 
  broad 
  dark 
  brown 
  or 
  blackish 
  median 
  band 
  extends 
  

   from 
  the 
  vertex 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  to 
  the 
  posterior 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  

   pronotum, 
  broadest 
  on 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  occupying 
  about 
  one-third 
  of 
  it, 
  

   but 
  sometimes, 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  southern 
  examples, 
  wholly 
  absent 
  

   from 
  the 
  pronotum; 
  besides 
  this, 
  another 
  band 
  runs 
  from 
  behind 
  

   the 
  eye 
  to 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  metazona; 
  generally 
  this 
  is 
  

   comparatively 
  narrow 
  and 
  often 
  obscure, 
  but 
  often 
  sends 
  oft" 
  streaks 
  

   of 
  blackish 
  fuscous 
  down 
  the 
  incisures, 
  and 
  is 
  sometimes 
  tolerably 
  

   distinct 
  and 
  uniformly 
  deep 
  in 
  tint; 
  vertex 
  considerably 
  tumid, 
  well 
  

   raised 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  fully 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  again 
  ( 
  male) 
  or 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  

   (female) 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  antennal 
  joint; 
  fastigium 
  strongly 
  declivent, 
  

   slender, 
  with 
  parallel 
  sides, 
  and 
  rather 
  deeply 
  sulcate; 
  frontal 
  costa 
  as 
  

   broad 
  as 
  the 
  interspace 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  equal, 
  scarcely 
  sulcate 
  below 
  

   the 
  ocellus, 
  biseriately 
  punctate 
  above; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  not 
  very 
  prominent 
  

   even 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  elongate 
  but 
  no 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  intraocular 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  genae; 
  antennae 
  yellow, 
  somewhat 
  infuscated 
  apically, 
  fully 
  three- 
  

   fourths 
  (male) 
  or 
  but 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  thirds 
  (female) 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   hind 
  femora. 
  Pronotum 
  slightly 
  expanding 
  posteriorly, 
  the 
  disk 
  

   broadly 
  convex 
  and 
  passing 
  by 
  a 
  well 
  rounded 
  shoulder, 
  which 
  only 
  

   posteriorly 
  forms 
  the 
  semblance 
  of 
  lateral 
  carinae, 
  into 
  the 
  vertical 
  

   lateral 
  lobes 
  ; 
  median 
  carina 
  scarcely 
  perceptible 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  meta- 
  

   zona, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  distinct 
  but 
  not 
  prominent; 
  transverse 
  sulci 
  distinct; 
  

  

  