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of the inferior margin, strongly compressed or subsulcate, the apex 

 broadly rounded; subgenital plate with its notched and doubly bossed 

 apical margin strongly and abruptly elevated above the lateral margin. 



Length of body, male, 18 mm., female, 22 mm. ; antennae, male, 6 mm., 

 female, 6.75 mm. j tegmiua, male, 10.5 mm., female, 9.5 mm. ; hind femora, 

 male, 9.5 mm., female, 11.5 mm. 



One male, 1 female. Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado. June 

 (L. Bruner). 



26. MELANOPLUS ^ATLANIS. 

 (Plate XII, fig. 7.) 



Caloptenus spretus PACKARD, Amer. Nat., VIII (1874), p. 502; ibid., IX (1875), 

 p. 573. RILEY, Can. Eut., VII (1875), p. 180. 



Caloptenus atlanis RILEY!, Ann. Rep. Ins. Mo., VII (1875), p. 169; ibid., VIII 

 (1876), pp. 113-118, 153. WHITMAN, Grasshopper (1876), p. 19. RILEY !, Ann. 

 Rep. Ins. Mo., IX '1877), p. 86; Loc. Plague C1877), pp. 22-24, 27, 198-199. 

 . THOMAS, Rep. Ent. 111.. VII (1878), p. 38; Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 

 IV (1878), p. 500; Ann. Rep. Chief Eng., 1878, 1845 (1878); Rep.U. S. Eut. 

 Coram., I (1878), pp. 49-50, 52. PACKARD, ibid., I (1878). pp. 135, [140-144]. 

 THOMAS, PACKARD, ibid., I (1878), p. 140. RILEY, ibid., I (1878). pp. 220, 

 225, 226, 232, 237, 284, 299, 446, 458, pi. in. THOMAS, ibid., II (1881), p. 106. 

 LINTNER, Ins. Clover (1881), p. 5. RILEY, Bull. U. S. Ent. Coimn., VI 

 (1881), pp. 89-90; Amer. Nat., XVII (1883), p. 1073; Rep. U. S. Ent., 1883 

 (1883), pp. 99, 170-180, pi. n. PACKARD, Rep. U. S. Ent. Comin., Ill (1883), 

 pp. 273-277, pis. xx-xxi. BRUNER, ibid., Ill (1883), pp. 9, 10, 14, 54. RILE ^ , 

 Stand. Nat. Hist., II (1884), p. 194. COOK, Deal's Grasses X. A., I (1887), p. 

 373. CAULFIELD, Can. Rec. So., II (18S7), pp. 399, 401; Can. Orth. (1887), 

 pp. 11, 14. WEED, Bull. Ohio Exp. St., Techu. Ser., I (1889), p. 39. 

 SCHWARZ, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., I (1890), p. 213. HOWARD, Ins. Life, IV 

 (1891), p. 124. RILEY, Bull. Div. Eut. V. S. Dep. Agric., XXV (1891), pp. 

 26-27, figs. 4a-c. MILLIKEN, Ins. Life, VI (1893), pp. 19, 21. 



Caloptenus atlantis THOMAS, Bull. 111. Mus. Nat. Hist., I (1876), p. 68. RILEY, 

 Amer. Nat., XI (1877), p. 665; ibid., XII (1878), p. 285. THOMAS, Rep. Ent. 

 111., IX (1880), pp. 92, 96, 124. 



Caloptenns femur-rubrum PROVANCHER !,Nat. Can.. VIII (1876), pp. 109-110, fig. 12; 

 Faune Eut. Can., II (1877), p. 36, fig. 9. 



Mtlanoplus devastator SCUDDEU! (pars), Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XIX (1878), 

 pp. 285-286, 287-288; (pars), Ent. Notes, VI (1878), pp. 46-47, 48-49; (pans), 

 Rep. U. S. Ent. Conmi.. II, app. (1880), p. 24. 



Melanoplus atlantis SCUDDER!, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.. XIX (1878). p. 286, 287; 

 Ent. Notes, VI (1878), pp. 45, 46. CAULFIELD, Rep. Eut. Soc. Out., XVIII 

 (1888), p. 71. COMSTOCK. Intr. Ent. (1888), pp. 108, 110. 



Melanoplm atlanis SCUDDER!, Rep. U. S. Ent. Comru., II, app. (1881;, p. 24. pi. 

 xvii, fig.6. BRUNER, ibid., Ill (1883), p. 60: Can. Ent., XVII (1885). p. 17; 

 Bull. Washb. Coll., I (1885), pp. 137-138. RILEY, Rep. U. S. Eut.. 1-vC, { INN, ,, 

 p. 233, pi. vm, figs. 7a-c. BKUNER, ibid., 1885 (1886), pp. 303. 304, 306. 307; 

 Bull. Div. Ent. U. S. Dep. Agric., XIII (1887), p. 11. FERNALD, Orth.X.E. 

 (1888), pp. 31, 33; Ann. Rep. Mass. Agric. Coll., XXV (1888 , pp. 115,117. 

 FLETCHER, Ann. Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont., XIX (1389), p. 10; Rep. Exp. Farms 

 Can., 1888 (1889), p. 63. DAMS, Ent Amer., V (1889). p'. *!. MARLATT, lus. 

 Life, II (1889), pp. 66-70. SMITH, Cat. Ins. X. J. (1890), p. 413. BLATCHLKY, 

 Can. Ent., XXIII (1891), p. 98. BRUNER, ibid., XXIII (1891), p. 192: Ins. 

 Life. Ill (1891). p. 229 ; ibid., IV (1891 ). pp. 21, 146 : Rep. Eut. Soc. Out.. XXII 

 (1891), p. 48; Bull. Div. Eut. U. S. Dep. Agric.. XXIII (1891), p. 14: Rep. St. 



