46 FURTHER RESEARCHES ON NORTH AMERICAN ACRIDIID^. 



robustness with the same organs in P. glacialis variegata, from which 

 the presence of tegmina distinguishes it at a glance. 



"Color luteous beneath; above mixed olive-green, fuscous, and 

 brown with more or less purple or cherry-red on inner and outer faces 

 of hind femora. Feet greenish; tibiae mixed, strongly pubescent, 

 with black spines. 



"Length: 25; hind fern.: 12; pronotum: 5; tegmina: 4by2.5mm. 



1 ' This is a stout species, resembling Dendrotettix in the form of the 

 head and proportions of the eyes, and the discovery of the male is 

 awaited with interest. The single example secured was taken while 

 sweeping grass and shrubbery in the vicinity of Pulpit Rock, near the 

 summit of the mountain. Protracted search for a male or additional 

 examples was unavailing. ' ' 



Paratylotropidia brunneri Scudder. 



Arkansas: Magazine Mountain; Mena. 

 Indian Territory: Caddo Hill. 



Five examples of this rare species were captured among the 

 shrubby undergrowth of dry, stony woodlands (pi. 3, fig. 2), and at the 

 station shown in plate 4, fig. 2. 



MELANOPLUS. 



For convenience of reference the species 01 this extensive genus 

 are here arranged alphabetically. 



Melanoplus atlanis Riley. 



Georgia: Sand Mountain; Trenton. 



Alabama: Anniston; Lookout Mountain; Valley Head. 



Mississippi: Hattiesburg. 



Louisiana: Franklin. 



Arkansas: Blue Mountain Station; Dardanelle; Fayetteville ; Magazine 



Mountain ; Mena ; Ola ; Rich Mountain ; Van Buren. 

 Indian Territory: Caddo; Caddo Hill; Howe. 

 Texas: Bonita; Denison; Myra; Quanah; Wichita Falls. 

 Oklahoma: Cache; Mountain Park; Shawnee. 



This is a common species, often locally abundant, frequenting 

 dry, grassy fields. While not met with in such numbers as to be seri- 

 ously injurious, it was very plentiful on the abandoned farms on the 

 summit of Rich Mountain. 



Melanoplus bispmosus Scudder. 

 Arkansas: Ashdown; Van Buren. 



Indian Territory: Caddo Hill; South McAlester; Wilburton. 

 Texas: Clarendon; Denison; Quanah; St. Jo; Wichita Falls. 

 Oklahoma: Cache; Shawnee; base and summit of Mount Sheridan. 



A very common and widely distributed campestrian species. 



