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  MELAXOl'LI—SCUDDEn. 
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  (Smith); 
  Posey 
  and 
  Gibson 
  counties, 
  Indiana 
  (Webster); 
  western 
  Ken- 
  

   tucky 
  (Garmau); 
  Mercer 
  County, 
  Illinois 
  (Thomas); 
  Iroquois 
  County, 
  

   Illinois 
  (Riley); 
  Jackson 
  County, 
  Illinois 
  (Thomas): 
  western 
  Iowa 
  

   (Bruner); 
  Buchanan 
  and 
  Xodaway 
  counties, 
  Missouri 
  (Osborn); 
  Shaw- 
  

   nee, 
  Labette, 
  and 
  Barber 
  counties, 
  Kansas 
  (Bruner) 
  ; 
  Hamilton 
  County, 
  

   Kansas 
  (Bruner, 
  Kellogg); 
  Indian 
  Territory 
  (Bruner); 
  Brown 
  and 
  

   Washington 
  counties, 
  Texas 
  (Kiley); 
  Grand 
  Junction, 
  Mesa 
  County, 
  

   Colorado 
  (Bruner) 
  ; 
  Lincoln 
  County, 
  Nevada 
  (Eiley) 
  ; 
  Arizona 
  (Bruner); 
  

   and 
  San 
  Joaquin 
  Yalley, 
  California 
  (Coquillett). 
  

  

  It 
  appears 
  from 
  this 
  that 
  it 
  inhabits 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Yalley 
  from 
  as 
  

   far 
  north 
  as 
  latitude 
  43^ 
  to 
  the 
  Gulf, 
  and 
  the 
  region 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  as 
  far 
  

   as 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  from 
  a 
  somewhat 
  lower 
  latitude 
  to 
  central 
  Mexico. 
  I 
  

   do 
  not 
  think 
  it 
  occurs 
  above 
  6,000 
  feet. 
  One 
  can 
  not 
  but 
  question 
  the 
  

   accnracy 
  of 
  the 
  statement 
  that 
  it 
  occurs 
  in 
  Xew 
  Jersey,^ 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  never 
  

   been 
  reported 
  elsewhere 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Alleghanies, 
  and 
  if 
  found 
  there 
  

   would 
  also 
  occur 
  farther 
  south; 
  so 
  large 
  an 
  insect 
  and 
  so 
  distinc 
  from 
  

   others 
  found 
  there 
  would 
  hardly 
  have 
  escaped 
  notice 
  by 
  entomologists 
  

   of 
  the 
  eastern 
  seaboard 
  in 
  Maryland 
  and 
  Virginia. 
  

  

  The 
  oviposition 
  and 
  arrangement 
  of 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  egg-capsule 
  of 
  this 
  

   insect, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  its 
  parasites, 
  are 
  described 
  by 
  Eiley 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  Eeport 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Entomological 
  Commission, 
  and 
  with 
  its 
  life-his- 
  

   tory 
  are 
  later 
  summarized 
  by 
  him, 
  as 
  follows: 
  — 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  viciuity 
  of 
  St. 
  Louis, 
  Missouri, 
  the 
  tirst 
  specimeus 
  of 
  this 
  locust 
  \rere 
  

   observed 
  to 
  become 
  winged 
  July 
  19. 
  Eggs 
  were 
  laid 
  September 
  9. 
  As 
  a 
  deviation 
  

   from 
  tbe 
  usual 
  egg-layiug 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  geuus 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  th<' 
  eggs 
  are 
  sometimes 
  very 
  

   numerously 
  placed 
  under 
  bark 
  of 
  logs 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  felled 
  ou 
  low 
  lands. 
  The 
  eggs 
  

   of 
  this 
  species, 
  unlike 
  those 
  of 
  spretits, 
  atlants 
  Hud 
  femur-rnbniiii, 
  are 
  not 
  quadri- 
  

   linearly 
  but 
  irregularly 
  arranged. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  head 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  pod 
  point 
  

   mostly 
  outward. 
  One 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy-five 
  eggs 
  have 
  been 
  counted 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  

   mass. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Coquillett 
  has 
  made 
  some 
  interesting 
  observations 
  [in 
  California]. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  They 
  

   acquired 
  wings 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  in 
  June 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  began 
  lay- 
  

   ing 
  eggs 
  .July 
  23. 
  A 
  single 
  female 
  occupied 
  75 
  minutes 
  in 
  depositing 
  an 
  egg-mass. 
  

   The 
  situation 
  chosen 
  for 
  egg 
  laying 
  was 
  invariably 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  basin-like 
  

   hollows 
  [for 
  irrigation 
  ?] 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  a 
  tree. 
  This 
  locust 
  is 
  not 
  easily 
  startled, 
  

   and 
  its 
  ordinary 
  flight 
  is 
  rather 
  heavy, 
  and 
  sustained 
  only 
  for 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  12 
  to 
  20 
  

   feet. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Thomas 
  and 
  Riley, 
  this 
  insect 
  is 
  occasionally 
  seen 
  Hy- 
  

   ing 
  at 
  considerable 
  heights 
  and 
  apparently 
  migrating, 
  though 
  these 
  are 
  

   rare 
  occurrences. 
  It 
  certainly 
  is 
  occasionally 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  destruc- 
  

   tive 
  pests 
  in 
  the 
  West, 
  particularly 
  in 
  Kansas, 
  Missouri 
  and 
  Illinois, 
  

   and 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  as 
  injuring 
  grass, 
  alfalfa, 
  Indian 
  corn, 
  beets, 
  

   orchard 
  trees, 
  mulberry, 
  poplar 
  and 
  catalpa 
  trees, 
  and 
  even 
  grape 
  

   vines; 
  also 
  dahlias, 
  hollyhocks 
  and 
  other 
  garden 
  flowers 
  have 
  been 
  

   specified 
  as 
  its 
  food, 
  not 
  to 
  mention 
  the 
  rag 
  weed, 
  Ambrosia 
  trijida. 
  

  

  'Since 
  this 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  printer 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  specimens 
  from 
  Camden 
  County, 
  

   New 
  Jersey, 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Entomological 
  Society. 
  

  

  Proc. 
  N. 
  M. 
  vol. 
  XX 
  23 
  

  

  