NO. 1124. HE I IsntX OF THE MKI.ASOriJ—S( r I) It EH. 3 1 1 



Riley collef^f ion ; L. BniiuM); rionlon. Hieridaii rontity, Xebraskii, 

 liiuiuT (sjime); l-'ort Kohiiisoii, Duwch County, N«»l>r;iska, Au;j:iist -2, 

 liniiicr (Kiiinej: West l*oiiit, Ciimiiifi: Coiiiify, Nebraska (li. Bniiu'r); 

 (hcyeniie County, Kansas, Crajrin (same); Lakin, Kearny County, 

 Kansas, ;i,(MM) \'vi't, Se|>ternber 1 ; Finney ('oiinty, Kansas, II. VV. Menke 

 (I'niversity of Kansas); Pine BbitV, .letVerson C<»unty, Arkansas, Sep- 

 tember 1 (J. MeNeill); Salt Lake Valley, Ctaii, 4,3(M> t'wt, August 

 1-4; American Fork Canyon, Utali County, Ctali, H,5(i(> feet, Aujiust 

 2-3; Salt Lake, Ctah, July 20, eommon, A. S. Paekanl ; Si)rjn;jf Lake 

 Villa, rtali County, Ctali, Aujjust 1-4, F. Palmer; Ituby \ iilley, Ne- 

 vada, K. liidguay; Colorado, r>,r)00 feet, Morrison (S. Ilensliaw; S. H. 

 Scudder); Colorado, July (U.S.X.M. — Kiley eoUeetio'i); (lardeii (»f the 

 Gods, Fl Paso County, ('olorado, .Inly, October (Cniversity of Kansas; 

 S. IL Scudder); ('olorado Sprinjjs, Fl Paso County, Coloiiulo, July, 

 Aujjust, E. S. Tucker (Ujiiversity of Kansas); F'lorissant, Fl Paso 

 County, Colorado, S,(KM) feet, Anjrust 17-22; I»ueblo, Colorado, 4,7(M) 

 feet, July 8-9, Auj^ust 3()-^U; INnidre L'iver, Colorado, (L. Hruner); 

 Santa Fe, New Mexico, June, T. I). A. Coekerell; Texas, IJelfrajxe, 

 June-September (C.S.N.M. — Itiley collection j S. H. Scudder); Dallas, 

 Texas, Boll (same). 



It has also been reported from (lanlen City, Kansas (Bruner), Ke^Ljina, 

 Assiniboia (Caultield), and northern Calitbrnia, abundant (Koebele). 



This species bears a close general leseiiiblance to M. birittatux, from 

 which it is nevertheless very distinct. Bruner says, with regard to it, 

 that *'it never leaves the open country for tind)eied or low localities 

 where the vegetation is rank," as that and other species do. It is a 

 prairie species. 



Coekerell has given the variety with red hind tibiae a distinctive 

 name. 1 have seen it from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, 

 northern California, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Kansns,Utah, Nevada, 

 Colorado, and New Mexico. It appears to be the luevailing if not exclu- 

 sive form in some northern parts of its range. Specimens before me 

 from Wyoming, Iowa, and Texas have blue legs only; both forms occur 

 in Montana, Nebraska, Ctah, and Colorado. 



In coloring and markings it is one of the most variable species of 

 Melanoplus known to me, but 1 have been unable to find grounds for 

 specific distinctions between the various forms, which seem to run into 

 each other completely. 



97. MELANOPLUS FOEDUS. 



(Phite XX, fig. 9.) 



MelanophiH fuediis ScrDOERl, Proi-. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XX (1879), p. 69; Cent. 

 Orth. (1879), p. 58.— Brixek, Rep. U. S. Ent. Comiu., Ill (1883), p. 61; Iiis. 

 Life, IV (1891), p. 146; Hull. Div. Ent. V. S. Dep. Afrric, XXVII (1892). p. 29; 

 ibitl., XXVIII (1893), pp. 21-22, fij?. 9 a h; PuM. Nehr. Aca.l. Sc, III (1893), 

 p. 27; Hep. Nebr.'St. Bd. Aj?ric., 1893 (1893), p. 460. 



Of medium or rather large size. Head rather large, not elevated, 

 slightly arched; eyes pretty large, but not prominent; interspace 



