﻿NO. 
  1124. 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  MELANOPLI—SC 
  UDDER. 
  385 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body 
  (in 
  larger 
  specimens), 
  male, 
  29 
  mm., 
  female, 
  41 
  mm.; 
  

   antennae, 
  male, 
  19 
  mm., 
  female, 
  15.5 
  mm.; 
  tegmina, 
  male, 
  18 
  mm., 
  

   female, 
  25.25 
  mm.; 
  bind 
  femora, 
  male, 
  15.5 
  mm., 
  female, 
  21 
  mm. 
  The 
  

   average 
  length 
  of 
  Xew 
  England 
  specimens 
  is: 
  Male, 
  21 
  mm.; 
  fe- 
  

   male, 
  31. 
  

  

  One 
  hundred 
  and 
  thirteen 
  males, 
  87 
  females. 
  Michigan, 
  M. 
  Miles; 
  

   Cambridge, 
  Massachusetts, 
  Boll 
  (Museum 
  Comparative 
  Zoology); 
  

   Fanueil 
  Station, 
  Boston, 
  Massachusetts, 
  July 
  22, 
  26, 
  August 
  11 
  (A. 
  P. 
  

   Morse); 
  Newtonville, 
  Middlesex 
  County, 
  Massachusetts, 
  August 
  11 
  

   (A. 
  P. 
  Morse); 
  Niantic, 
  New 
  London 
  County, 
  Connecticut, 
  August 
  8 
  

   (A. 
  P. 
  Morse); 
  New 
  Haven, 
  Connecticut, 
  S. 
  I. 
  Smith; 
  North 
  Haven, 
  

   New 
  Haven 
  County, 
  Connecticut, 
  August 
  23 
  (A. 
  P. 
  Morse); 
  Deep 
  

   Eiver, 
  Middlesex 
  County, 
  Connecticut, 
  August 
  24 
  (A. 
  P. 
  Morse); 
  

   Stamford, 
  Fairfield 
  County, 
  Connecticut, 
  August 
  13-17, 
  24 
  (A. 
  P. 
  

   Morse); 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  New 
  York, 
  July 
  25; 
  Newark, 
  Essex 
  County, 
  

   New 
  Jersey, 
  September 
  13, 
  C. 
  G. 
  Rockwood 
  (U.S.N.M.— 
  Riley 
  col- 
  

   lection); 
  Middle 
  States, 
  Baron 
  Osten 
  Sacken; 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  July 
  

   27, 
  August 
  23, 
  28, 
  September 
  6 
  ( 
  U.S.N.M.— 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  Vir- 
  

   ginia, 
  September 
  10, 
  October 
  19 
  (same); 
  Diego 
  Bluff, 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  

   November 
  5, 
  C. 
  J. 
  Maynard; 
  Charleston, 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  August; 
  

   Georgia, 
  A. 
  Oemler, 
  11. 
  K. 
  Morrison; 
  Florida 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  col- 
  

   lection); 
  Enterprise, 
  Volnsia 
  County, 
  Florida, 
  May 
  15, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz; 
  

   Fort 
  Reed, 
  Orange 
  County, 
  Florida, 
  May 
  1, 
  J. 
  H. 
  Comstock; 
  Baton 
  

   Rouge, 
  Louisiana, 
  September 
  7 
  (A.P.Morse); 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  Louisiana, 
  

   June 
  20, 
  Shufeldt 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  — 
  Riley 
  collection); 
  Dallas, 
  Texas 
  (same); 
  

   Fort 
  Worth, 
  Tarrant 
  County, 
  Texas, 
  May 
  (same). 
  Bruner 
  reports 
  it 
  

   doubtfully 
  from 
  Nebraska. 
  

  

  Professor 
  J. 
  B. 
  Smith 
  found 
  this 
  insect 
  injurious 
  to 
  cranberries 
  in 
  

   New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  P. 
  Morse 
  describes 
  ^ 
  a 
  melanistic 
  form. 
  He 
  found 
  most 
  of 
  his 
  

   New 
  England 
  specimens 
  on 
  Spartina 
  and 
  other 
  grasses 
  and 
  sedges. 
  

   It 
  is 
  found 
  most 
  abundant 
  in 
  wet 
  localities. 
  

  

  26. 
  POECILOTETTIX, 
  new 
  genus. 
  

   {JJoiKiXo'^, 
  mottled; 
  tstti'c, 
  grasshopper.) 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  with 
  the 
  general 
  aspect 
  of 
  Melanoplus. 
  Head 
  nearly 
  

   vertical, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  the 
  eyes 
  moderately 
  large, 
  moderately 
  

   prominent 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  broad 
  oval, 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  

   broad; 
  antennae 
  very 
  little 
  longer 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  than 
  head 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   notum 
  together. 
  Pronotum 
  enlarging 
  very 
  slightly 
  posteriorly, 
  the 
  

   suture 
  between 
  prozona 
  and 
  metazona 
  deeply 
  impressed, 
  with 
  rounded 
  

   walls; 
  the 
  prozona 
  scarcely 
  or 
  but 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  metazona, 
  

   coarsely 
  and 
  distantly 
  punctate, 
  the 
  transverse 
  sutures 
  distinct 
  and 
  

   rather 
  heavy, 
  transversely 
  broadly 
  convex 
  with 
  no 
  lateral 
  carinae; 
  the 
  

  

  1 
  Psyclie, 
  VI, 
  pp. 
  401-402. 
  

   Proc. 
  N. 
  M. 
  vol. 
  XX 
  25 
  

  

  