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Hippiscus rugosus Scudd. C, 1. 



Dissosteira Carolina Linn. B., 1. 



Trachyrhachys fuscifrons Stal. {Mestobregma) C, 1. On low 

 gravelly mound in stream bed. 



Conoza amplicornis Caud. {Psinidia sulcifrons amplicornis Caud.) 

 G., 1 cT, 1 9- Among little sandy hillocks, in company with Heliastns. 

 Described from a male and female from Victoria, Tex. Apparently a 

 good species. Posterior edge of pronotum dorsally strongly concave 

 each side, with a marked acute process at middle. Wings of female 

 orange tinted. Pronotal carina deeply cut twice. The male is remark- 

 ably small ; body 12.5 mm., tegmina 13 mm. antennae 9 mm. Other 

 characters just as described by Caudell. 



Trimerotropis citrina Scudd. B., 5 ; G., to. Common on the high 

 banksof the Brazos, and on the sides of the canal at Galveston. 



Heliastus sumichrasti subrosea Caud. G., 3. Found with the Conoza. 

 The absence of the pronotal carina between the sulci is not always 

 evident. 



Brachystola magna Gir. Rescue, Tex., June 8th (Coll. I. S. L. N. H.). 



Dictyophorus reticulatus Thunb. C, July 20th (Coll. I. S. L. N. H.). 



D. marci Serv. C, May 15th ; Wellborn, Tex., June 26th (Coll. I. 

 S. L. N. H.). 



Leptysma marginicollis Serv. G., 1. 



Schistocerca americana Dru. C, 8 ; H., 3 ; G, 4 ; C. Aug. 8 and 22, 

 and Nov. 18 (Coll. I. S. L. N. H.). Common about trees or bushes, 

 flying to them when disturbed. 



S. damnifica Sauss. H., 8. Flies up into trees as does americana, 

 but is more inclined to be tricky and exasperating. 



Paraidemona mimica Scudd. C, 8; B., 1 ; H., 2; G., 3. In dry, 

 sparsely grassy nooks. 



Campylacantha acutipennis Scudd. C, 1 ; B., 1 ; Paris, Tex., Oct. 6 

 (Coll. I. S. L. N. H.). This is the infuscate form, often found associated 

 with C. olivacea, and doubtfully distinct from it. 



Melanoplus allanis Riley. B., 10; C, Oct. 28 (Coll. I. S. L. N. H.). 

 In the corner of a bottom-land cotton-field, next to a farm yard, Melan- 

 opli were remarkably abundant, attracted, perhaps, by belated plants. 

 The species were allanis, femur-rubrum and impigerf 



M. scudderi texensis, n. var. C, 18; B., 2; H., 15. Common in 

 well-sheltered spots with moderately thick grass, associated with M. 

 plebejus. The length of the furcula, not at all "exaggerated" in Scud- 

 deVs figure* — in some cases fully one-third the length of the supra-anal 

 plate — the more rounded tegmina, and the very distinct lateral stripe in 

 both sexes, seem to entitle this to varietal rank. Type in coll. I. S. L. 

 N. H. 



M. femur-rubrum DeG. C, 2 ; B., 3; C, Oct. 28 (Coll. I. S. L. N. 

 H.). Infrequent. One from each locality has glaucous hind tibae. 



• Proc. L". S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XX, PI. XIV, fig. 6. 



