GRASSHOPPERS IN GENERAL. 



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SPECIES OF GRASSHOPPERS PREVALENT. 



It has been previously stated that the Differential Locust, Melanop- 

 lus differentialis, was by far the most abundant. Melanoplus at- 

 lanis, the Lesser Migratory Locust, and Melanoplus bivitattus, the 

 Two-striped Locust, were numerous. The Red-legged Locust, Melan- 

 oplus femur '-rubrum, was taken occasionally, generally along the 

 roadside. The Packard Locust, Melanoplus packardi, was not un- 

 common. On September 1, I saw females of the Packard Locust 

 ovipositing in an alfalfa field in Edwards county. The Rocky 

 Mountain Locust, Melanoplus spretus, was also taken. 



FIG. 1. (Original.) Melanoplus differentialis; female. 



FIG. 2. (Original.) Melanoplus differentialis; male. 



It is of interest to note the relative numbers of M. spretus and 

 M. atlanis present. With this object in view, I captured, just as 

 they came, a number of these allied species, and found among that 

 number sixty-eight specimens of M. atlanis and nineteen specimens 

 of M. spretus. This observation was made in the western part of 

 Edwards county. The Long-winged Locust, Dissosteira longipen- 

 nis, was abundant in one locality, southwestern part of Edwards 

 county; here, in September, the females deposited their eggs in 

 the alfalfa fields. The Carolina Locust, Dissosteira Carolina, was 

 numerous along the roads. 



The determination of these species was made by the writer, and 

 for the accuracy of the work he is responsible. 



