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  I'ROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  XATIOXAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol 
  xx. 
  

  

  125. 
  MELANOPLUS 
  FEMORATUS. 
  

   (Plate 
  XXIV, 
  fig-. 
  4.) 
  

  

  ( 
  aloptoi 
  IIS 
  femoratus 
  Burmeister, 
  Haudb. 
  Ent., 
  II 
  (1838), 
  p. 
  638. 
  — 
  Brunxer, 
  Ver- 
  

   luiudl/Zool.-Bot. 
  Gesellsch. 
  Wien, 
  1861 
  (1861), 
  p. 
  224; 
  Ortb. 
  Stud. 
  (1861), 
  

   p. 
  4. 
  — 
  Walker, 
  Cat. 
  Derm. 
  Salt. 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  TV 
  (1870), 
  p. 
  678.— 
  Provaxcher, 
  

   Faiine 
  Eut. 
  Can., 
  II 
  (1877), 
  p. 
  3.5. 
  

  

  Jcridium 
  viiUwrIi 
  Serville!, 
  Ortb. 
  (1839), 
  p. 
  649. 
  

  

  Acridiiivi 
  flavovtttatinn 
  Harris, 
  Treat. 
  lus. 
  Inj. 
  Yeg. 
  (1841-42), 
  i>. 
  140; 
  ibid., 
  2d 
  

   ed. 
  (1852), 
  p. 
  151; 
  ibid., 
  3d 
  ed, 
  (1862), 
  p. 
  173.— 
  Fitch, 
  Amer. 
  Jouru. 
  Agric 
  

   Sc, 
  VI 
  (1847), 
  p. 
  146.— 
  Emmons, 
  Agric. 
  N. 
  Y., 
  V 
  (1854), 
  p. 
  147.— 
  Rathvox, 
  

   Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep. 
  Agric, 
  1862 
  (1862), 
  p. 
  384. 
  

  

  Locusta 
  flarovittata 
  Packard, 
  Rep. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Me. 
  (1861), 
  p. 
  375. 
  

  

  Jcridium 
  (Caloptcnus) 
  femoratum 
  De 
  Haax, 
  Bijdr. 
  Kenn. 
  Ortb. 
  (1842), 
  p. 
  144. 
  

  

  Acridiiim 
  hndsonium 
  Barxstox!, 
  MS. 
  (Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Caloptenua 
  bivittatiis 
  Uhler 
  (pars) 
  Say, 
  Eut. 
  N. 
  A., 
  ed. 
  LeC, 
  II 
  (18.59), 
  p. 
  238.— 
  

   Scudder! 
  (pars). 
  Can. 
  Nat., 
  YII 
  (1862), 
  p. 
  287; 
  (pars;, 
  Bost. 
  Jouru. 
  Nat. 
  

   Hist., 
  A'll 
  (1862), 
  p. 
  465.— 
  Smith, 
  Proc. 
  Portl. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  I 
  (1868), 
  p. 
  

   150.— 
  \Yalker, 
  Cat. 
  Derm. 
  Salt. 
  Brit. 
  Mu.s., 
  IV 
  (1870), 
  p. 
  678; 
  Can. 
  Eut., 
  lY 
  

   (1872), 
  p. 
  30.— 
  Smith, 
  Rep. 
  Coun. 
  Bd. 
  Agric., 
  1872 
  (1872). 
  pp. 
  362, 
  381, 
  tig. 
  7.— 
  

   Glover, 
  111. 
  N. 
  A. 
  Ent., 
  Ortb. 
  (1872), 
  pi. 
  v, 
  fig. 
  16.— 
  Thomas 
  (pars). 
  Rep. 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr., 
  Y 
  (1873), 
  p. 
  166.— 
  Provaxcher, 
  Nat. 
  Can.,YIII 
  (1876), 
  

   p. 
  109.— 
  Howard, 
  Ins. 
  Life, 
  YII 
  (1895), 
  p. 
  274. 
  

  

  PezotteUx 
  edax 
  Sxvssvre], 
  Rev. 
  Mag. 
  ZooL, 
  1861 
  (1861), 
  p. 
  161; 
  Ortb. 
  Nov. 
  Am.. 
  

   II 
  (1861), 
  p. 
  11.— 
  Thomas, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr.. 
  V 
  (1873), 
  p. 
  152.— 
  

   Bruxer, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Ent. 
  Comm., 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  .59.— 
  Smith, 
  Cat. 
  Ins. 
  N. 
  J. 
  

   (1890), 
  p. 
  412. 
  

  

  Aci-idiiim 
  {Caloptenun) 
  hivUtatum 
  Uhler 
  (pars), 
  Harr. 
  Treat. 
  Ins. 
  Inj. 
  Yeg. 
  (1862), 
  

   p. 
  174. 
  

  

  Podi-sma 
  edax 
  Walker, 
  Cat. 
  Derm. 
  Salt. 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  lY 
  (1870), 
  p. 
  718. 
  

  

  Melanoplus 
  hirittaiiis 
  Scudder! 
  (pars), 
  Hitebc. 
  Rep. 
  Geol. 
  N. 
  H., 
  I 
  (1874), 
  p. 
  376. 
  — 
  

   Smith, 
  Bull. 
  N. 
  J, 
  Exp. 
  St., 
  K 
  (1890), 
  p. 
  41; 
  Cat. 
  Ins. 
  N. 
  J. 
  (1890), 
  p. 
  413.— 
  

   Blatchley 
  (pars), 
  Can. 
  Eut., 
  XXIII 
  (1891), 
  pp. 
  99-100. 
  — 
  Bruner 
  (pars). 
  Can. 
  

   Ent., 
  XXIII 
  (1891), 
  p. 
  193; 
  (pars), 
  Ins. 
  Life, 
  lY 
  (1891), 
  pp. 
  21-22, 
  146; 
  (pars). 
  

   Rep. 
  Eut. 
  Soc. 
  Out., 
  XXII 
  (1891), 
  p. 
  48; 
  (pars). 
  Bull. 
  Div. 
  Ent. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep. 
  

   Agric, 
  XXYIII 
  (1893), 
  pp. 
  19-21, 
  fig. 
  8.— 
  Morsk 
  (pars), 
  Psycbe, 
  VII 
  (1894), 
  

   p. 
  106.— 
  BEUTENMi-LLEK, 
  Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  VI 
  (1891), 
  p. 
  308, 
  pi. 
  

   VIII, 
  fig. 
  8. 
  

  

  MdanopJus 
  fimoratus 
  Scudder 
  I, 
  Proc. 
  Bost, 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist 
  , 
  XIX 
  (1878), 
  pp. 
  285, 
  

   288; 
  Ent. 
  Notes, 
  YI 
  (1878), 
  pp. 
  41, 
  47 
  ; 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Eut. 
  Comm., 
  II 
  (1881), 
  App., 
  

   p. 
  24.— 
  Bruxer, 
  ibid.. 
  Ill 
  (1883), 
  p. 
  60; 
  Can. 
  Ent., 
  XYII 
  (1885). 
  p. 
  18.— 
  

   Caulfield, 
  Rep. 
  Eut. 
  Soc. 
  Out., 
  XVIII 
  (1886), 
  p. 
  71 
  ; 
  Can. 
  Ent., 
  XYIII(1886), 
  

   p.212.— 
  COMSTOCK, 
  lutr. 
  Eut. 
  (1888), 
  pp. 
  108, 
  110, 
  fig. 
  99.— 
  Fernald, 
  Ortb.N. 
  

   E. 
  (1888), 
  pp. 
  31, 
  32, 
  fig. 
  13; 
  Ann. 
  Rep. 
  Mass. 
  Agric. 
  Coll.. 
  XXY 
  (1888), 
  pp. 
  11.5, 
  

   116, 
  fig. 
  13.— 
  Davis, 
  Ent. 
  Amer., 
  Y 
  (1889), 
  p. 
  81.— 
  Bruxer, 
  Publ. 
  Nebr. 
  Acad. 
  

   Sc, 
  III 
  (1893), 
  p. 
  27. 
  

  

  CaJopteniis 
  {Mclano2)liis) 
  femorains 
  Caulfield, 
  Can. 
  Rec 
  Sc, 
  II 
  (1887), 
  p. 
  401; 
  

   Can. 
  Ortb. 
  (1887), 
  p. 
  14. 
  

  

  Melanophis 
  Mvittatua 
  femorafiis 
  Morse. 
  Psycbe, 
  YII 
  (1894), 
  p. 
  106. 
  

  

  Very 
  variable 
  iii 
  brightness 
  of 
  color, 
  but 
  generally' 
  dark 
  browiiisli 
  

   fuscous, 
  marked, 
  generally 
  heavily, 
  with 
  flavous 
  stripes, 
  llavo-fulvous 
  

   beneath, 
  the 
  female 
  at 
  least 
  often 
  tinged 
  throughout 
  with 
  olivaceous. 
  

   Head 
  Havous, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  blotched 
  or 
  suffused 
  with 
  fuscous, 
  blackish 
  

  

  