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125. MELANOPLUS FEMORATUS. 

 (Plate XXIV .ig. 4.) 



CalopttuiiH femoraius IJrioiElsTER. IlainUt. Ent., II ( IS:^ . fi3><.— BRrxxEn. Vor- 



liainll. Zool.-Hi.t. iiesell.sfli. Wifii, ISHI (IS^JI), p. A; Ortli. Stud, (ls»;ii, 



J). 1. — Walkkh, Cat. Derm. Salt. Ihit. Mus., IV (1H7 , i>. t»7H.— Pkovaxcheu, 



Fauue Eut. Can., II (1X77), p. 3."». 

 AcrUUum milhirti Skkville!, Orth. (1H39), p. 649. 

 Airidhim tlantviitatiim Hai.'RIs, Treat. Ins. Inj. \c (1841-42), p. 140; ibid., lM 



ed. (lK"»2>,p. 1.">1; ibid., 3d ed. (l^Hl*). p. ''... — FiTi H, Amer. .J. mm. Ayri. . 



Sc, VI (1H17), p. 14«).— Em.m.)XS, Agric. N. Y., V (18i>4), p. 117.— Kathvox. 



R.p. U. S. Dep. Aj^ric, 1862 (1862), p. :^4. 

 Locusta flannittafu Packard, Kep. Nat. Hist. Me. (1861), p. 375. 

 Acridium (('aloj)tcnHs\f'nnt>nitnm Di: Haax, lii.jdr. Kenn. Orth. (1842), p. 144. 

 Acridinm liud>iou'um HahxstuxI. MS. (^ Brit. Mus. ). 

 Caloptenns bcittatiin Uhlf.k ii>ars) Say, Ent. N. A., ed. LeC, II (1855*), p. 238.— 



S<li»DEi{I (pars). Can. Nat.. \l\ (1862), p. 287; (jiars!, liost. .fourn. Nat. 



Hist.. \U (1862), p. 465. —Smith, Proc. Portl. Soc. Nat. Hist., I (18«>>;). p. 



1.50.— Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Bnt. Mus.. IV (1870), p. 678; Can. Eut., IV 



(1872), J). 30.— Smith, Kep. C<»nu. Bd. Agric. 1872 (1872). pp. 362, 381, tig. 7.— 



Glover. 111. N. A. Ent., Orth. i,l?^72), pi. y, tig. 16. — Tuoma.s (pais), Hop. 



r. S. Ceol. Surv. Terr.. V (1873), p. 166.— Pro\ axcher. Nat. Cau.,VIII (1876.. 



p. 10!t.— HowARi>, Ins. Life. VII (1895), p. 274. 



Pt^^of^e/jVerfojr Saissire:, Kev. Mag. Zool.. 186U1861), p. 161; orth. Nov. AnL. 



II (1861), p. 11.— Thomas, Rep. V. S. Geol. Surv. Terr.. V ,1873), p. 1.52.— 



Brixkr, Rep. r. S. Eut. Conim.. Ill (1883 s p. .59.— Smith, Cat. Ins. N. .1. 



(18iM>), p. 412. 

 Acridinm (CaJo2>itnuN) hirittatnm I'hler (pars), Harr. Treat. lus. Inj. Veg. (18<>2), 



p. 174. 

 J'odisma edax Walki:r, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus.. IV (1870), p. 718. 

 MehinophiH hiriltatiia Siii>i>Kii! (pars), Hit<hc. Re]), (ieol. N. IL. I i,1874), p.376.— 



SMITH, Bull. N. J. E\p. St., Iv ilxW), p. 41: Cut. Ins. N. .1. (18VK)), p. 413.— 



BLATt HLKV (pars). Can. Eut.. XXIII (1891 1, pp. 99-l»»0.— Bruxer (pars). Can. 



Ent., XXIII (1891). p. 193; (pars), Ins. Lil'e, IV ( 1891), pp, 21-22,146; (pars . 



Rep. Eut. Soc. Out., XXII (1891), p. 48: (pars). Bull. Div. Ent, U. S. Dep. 



Agric, XXVIII (1893), pp. 19-21. fig. 8.— Morsk (pars). Psyche. VII (1894). 



p. 10().— Beitexmi LLKR. 15ull. Aiuer. Mus. Nat. Hist.. VI (1894K p. 308. j)!. 



\iii. lig. 8. 

 MdanopJiis frmoraiux ScudderI, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist . XIX (1878), pp. 285. 



288; Ent. Notes, VI (1878), pp. 41, 47: Rep. U. S. Kut. ( omm., II (1881 ), App., 



p. 24.— Brixer, ibid., Ill (1883). p. <H»: Can. Eut., XVII (1885). p. 18.— 



Caulfieli). Rep. Ent. Soc. Out., XV11I(^1886). p. 71 : Can. Eut.. XVIII (18'<6. 



p. 212.— CoMsr<H K, Intr. Eut. ( 1888), pp. 108, 11<», fig. 99.— Eernali», Orth.N. 



E. (1888), j.p. 31. 32, tig. 13; Ann. Rep. Mass. Agrie. Coll., XXV ( 1888), pp. 115. 



116, tig. 13.— Davis, Ent. Amer., V (1889), p. 81.— Bri xek, Publ. Nebr. Acad. 



Sc, III (1893), p. 27. 

 (alnptenus {Mrltniophu^) femoratus Cai'lfield. (an. Ri-c. Sc, II (1887), p. 401 : 



Can. Orth. ( 18><7), p. 14. 

 MelanopUis hirittatus femoratna MoRSE. Psyche. VII (1894), p. 10(>. 



Very variable in brightness of color, bnt generally dark brownish 

 fusions. marke<l, generally heavily, with tiavons strii)es, tlavo-fulvous 

 beneath, tiie female at least otten tinged thronghont with olivaceous. 

 Head thivons, more or less blotched or suffused with fuscous, blackish 



