X l8 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



of the White Mountains." From various parts of the state, 

 18 July to 30 October. 



M. femur-rubrum DeGeer. Red-legged Locust. Plate IX, 8. 



FIG. 41. Melanoplus femur-rubrum. a. Cercus of male. *. Ovipositor of female. 



FIG. 43. Melanoplus femur-rubrum, female. Meso- and metasterna ; interspace 

 longitudinal. 



Medium-sized. Pronotum with the median carina distinct 

 on both the metazona and the prozona. Tegmina usually surpass- 

 ing, at least slightly, the tips of hind femora ; distinctly but very 

 gradually tapering. Color reddish brown to dark olive brown. 

 Occiput usually with a pair of widening fuscous stripes on its 

 sides. Pronotum with the disk generally darker than the lower 

 half of lateral lobes. The usual dark band on the upper part of 

 the lateral lobes of the prozona, often inconspicuous in the 

 female. The top of the occiput and disk of the pronotum often 

 rose-red, and the lower part of the face and lower parts of 

 lateral lobes yellowish green. Tegmina brownish fuscous, some- 

 times immaculate, but usually with fuscous dots along the basal 

 half of the discoidal area. Hind femora reddish brown clouded 

 with fuscous which often forms two oblique cross-bars on the 

 upper face. Lower inner face dull yellowish or orange. Hind 

 tibiae almost always deep red, very rarely yellowish green. Spines 

 black. 



Measurements. 



Body Antennae Tegmina Hind Femora 



Female 18-28 6.5-9 1 5- 5-23 n -15 



Male 16-23 6.5-10 13 -20 10.7-13.3 



