﻿EEVISIOX 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELAXOPLI—SCUDDEB. 
  311 
  

  

  Riley 
  collection; 
  L. 
  Bruuer); 
  Gordon, 
  Sheridan 
  Comity, 
  Nebraska, 
  

   Bruiier 
  (same); 
  Fort 
  Robinson, 
  Dawes 
  County, 
  Nebraska, 
  August 
  22, 
  

   Bruner 
  (same) 
  ; 
  West 
  Point, 
  Cuming 
  County, 
  Nebraska 
  (L. 
  Bruner); 
  

   Cheyenne 
  County, 
  Kansas, 
  Cragin 
  (same); 
  Lakin, 
  Kearny 
  County, 
  

   Kansas, 
  3,000 
  feet, 
  Septemberl; 
  Finney 
  County, 
  Kansas, 
  H. 
  W. 
  Menke 
  

   (University 
  of 
  Kansas); 
  Pine 
  Bluff, 
  Jefferson 
  County, 
  Arkansas, 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  1 
  (J. 
  McNeill); 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  Valley, 
  Utah, 
  4,300 
  feet, 
  August 
  

   1— 
  t; 
  American 
  Fork 
  Canyon, 
  Utah 
  County, 
  Utah, 
  9,500 
  feet, 
  August 
  

   2-3; 
  Salt 
  Lake, 
  L^tah, 
  July 
  2G, 
  common, 
  A. 
  S. 
  Packard; 
  Spring 
  Lake 
  

   Villa, 
  Utah 
  County, 
  Utah, 
  August 
  1-4, 
  E. 
  Palmer; 
  Ruby 
  Valley, 
  Ne- 
  

   vada, 
  R. 
  Ridgway; 
  Colorado, 
  5,500 
  feet, 
  Morrison 
  (S. 
  Henshaw; 
  S. 
  H. 
  

   Scudder); 
  Colorado, 
  July 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  Garden 
  of 
  the 
  

   Gods, 
  El 
  Paso 
  County, 
  Colorado, 
  July, 
  October 
  (University 
  of 
  Kansas; 
  

   S. 
  H. 
  Scudder); 
  Colorado 
  Springs, 
  El 
  Paso 
  County, 
  Colorado, 
  July, 
  

   August, 
  E. 
  S. 
  Tucker 
  (University 
  of 
  Kansas); 
  Florissant, 
  El 
  Paso 
  

   County, 
  Colorado, 
  8,000 
  feet, 
  August 
  17-22; 
  Pueblo, 
  Colorado, 
  4,700 
  

   feet, 
  July 
  8-9, 
  August 
  30-31; 
  Poudre 
  River, 
  Colorado, 
  (L. 
  Bruner); 
  

   Santa 
  Fe, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  June, 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell; 
  Texas, 
  Belfrage, 
  

   June-September 
  (LT.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection; 
  S. 
  B. 
  Scudder); 
  Dallas, 
  

   Texas, 
  Boll 
  (same). 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  Garden 
  City, 
  Kansas 
  (Bruner), 
  Regina, 
  

   Assiniboia 
  (Caulfield), 
  and 
  northern 
  Calilornia, 
  abundant 
  (Koebele). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  bears 
  a 
  elose 
  general 
  resemblance 
  to 
  M. 
  blvittatus, 
  from 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  nevertheless 
  very 
  distinct. 
  Bruner 
  says, 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  it, 
  

   that 
  "it 
  never 
  leaves 
  the 
  open 
  country 
  for 
  timbered 
  or 
  low 
  localities 
  

   where 
  the 
  vegetation 
  is 
  rank," 
  as 
  that 
  and 
  other 
  species 
  do. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   prairie 
  species. 
  

  

  Cockerell 
  has 
  given 
  the 
  variety 
  with 
  red 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  a 
  distinctive 
  

   name. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  it 
  from 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  Washington, 
  Oregon, 
  

   northern 
  California, 
  Idaho, 
  Montana, 
  Nebraska, 
  Kansas, 
  Utah, 
  Nevada, 
  

   Colorado, 
  and 
  ]S 
  ew 
  Mexico. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  prevailing 
  if 
  not 
  exclu- 
  

   sive 
  form 
  in 
  some 
  northern 
  parts 
  of 
  its 
  range. 
  Specimens 
  before 
  me 
  

   from 
  Wyoming, 
  Iowa, 
  and 
  Texas 
  have 
  blue 
  legs 
  only; 
  both 
  forms 
  occur 
  

   in 
  Montana, 
  Nebraska, 
  Utah, 
  and 
  Colorado. 
  

  

  In 
  coloring 
  and 
  markings 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  variable 
  species 
  of 
  

   Melanoplus 
  known 
  to 
  me, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  grounds 
  for 
  

   specific 
  distinctions 
  between 
  the 
  various 
  forms, 
  which 
  seem 
  to 
  run 
  into 
  

   each 
  other 
  completely. 
  

  

  97. 
  MELANOPLUS 
  FOEDUS. 
  

   (Plate 
  XX, 
  fig. 
  9.) 
  

   Melanoplus 
  foedits 
  Scudder!, 
  Proc. 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  XX 
  (1879), 
  p. 
  69; 
  Cent. 
  

   Orth. 
  (1879), 
  p. 
  58.— 
  Bruner, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Comm., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  61; 
  Ins. 
  

   Life, 
  IV 
  (1891), 
  p. 
  146; 
  Bull. 
  Div. 
  Ent. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep. 
  Agric, 
  XXVII 
  (1892), 
  p. 
  29; 
  

   ibid., 
  XXVIII 
  (1893), 
  pp. 
  21-22, 
  fig. 
  9 
  a 
  b; 
  Publ. 
  Nebr. 
  Acad. 
  Sc, 
  III 
  (1893), 
  

   p. 
  27; 
  Kep. 
  Nebr. 
  St. 
  Bd. 
  Agric, 
  1893 
  (1893), 
  p. 
  460. 
  

  

  Of 
  medium 
  or 
  rather 
  large 
  size. 
  Head 
  rather 
  large, 
  not 
  elevated, 
  

   slightly 
  arched; 
  eyes 
  pretty 
  large, 
  but 
  not 
  prominent; 
  interspace 
  

  

  