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KXI'I.ANATION OK I'LATK8. 



Witb the exception of a few fl};ure8 npeoially noted below, lill thi> dniwin^M for 

 thene plutoH weru made by Mr. .1. Henry Hlukf, of ('anibrid)ri', MaHH»«biiH«tt.H, and 

 the expense met by a speoial ^rant for tb«> piirpoHH from the F.Li/.AitETii Tiiumi'm)N 

 SciKNCK Fund, which is liere gratefully arknowled^ed. 



CnleM otherwJHe stated (under the nanieit of individtiain or InntitnttonN placed in 

 pareiitheseH), all the dr:iwin;;H of Ami-rican Hpecii-H were niadi^ from Hperimeim in my 

 own ('(dlertion. liate I illntttrateH the venation of the t(>);n)ina in a ffw MpecieN, and 

 the ti^ures are here magnitied five diameters. The remaining plates show the abdom- 

 inal appendages of the males of all but two or three of the species, and these are 



niagni tied four diameters. 



Plate I. 



Fic. a. Melanopliia daw^oni completun, male. Clitfbrd, North I>akota (L. Hruuer). 

 h. MelaiiopluH ffladaloni, male. Medicine Hat, Assiiiiboia. 

 0. Melauophts faMciatuH rolaticHH, male. Charlevoix, Mi(-hi;;an (L. Itruuer). 

 (/. MtlanopluH horealia, male. Labrador coast, latitude 5!H, 

 e. PhoelaUotes nebrascenaia volucrin, niiile. Dall.ts, Texas. 



/. MelanoplHM extremua acandtux, male. Mount Washington, New Hampshire. 

 {/. Melanuplua extremua Juniua, male. .Jackson, New HautpHhire. 

 h. ifelanoplna fvmur rubrum, male. Adirondacks, New York, 

 j. Melanoplua marginatua ampliia, male. California (U.S.N.M.). 

 A-. Melanoplua paroxifoidea, male. Key West, Florida. 



Platk II. 



Fig. 1. (iymnoHcirtetea pnaillua. JackKouville, Florida (L. Bruuor). From a type 

 specimen. 



2. Xetroaoma fuaiformia. Montelovez, Mexico. 



3. Xetroaoma nigropleura. Lerdo, Mexico (L. Bruner). From a type specimen. 



4. Paradichroplua mexicanua. Orizaba, Mexico. From Walker's type of Calo- 



pteniia mexicanuM, the ilrawin^s obtained at the British Museum l)y Mr. 

 S. Ilenshaw; magniticatiou unknown: the specimen is a nymph. 



5. ParadichropluH mesieanua. Orizaba, Mexico. 



6. Paradichroplua raricolor. Columbia. 



7. Phaedroiettix anguatipennia. Mount Alvarez, Mexico. 



y. Conalcaea miguelitaiia. Sierra de San Miguelito, Mexico. 



9. Conalcaea ueomexicana. Silver City, New Mexico (L. Bruner), 



10. liarytett'ix craaaua. Lower California (L. Bruner). 



11. Phaiilotettix compreaaua. Montelovez, Mexico. 



Platk III. 



Fig. 1. Cephalotettix parrtilua. Otoyac, Mexico (L. Bruner). From a type specimen. 



2. Rhabdotettix concinnua. Waco, Texas (Mus. Comp. Zool.). 



3. Jihabdotettix palmeri. Montelovez, Mexico. 



4. Cyclocercua hiatrigata. Venis Mecas, Mexico. 



5. Cyclocercua accola. Goliad, Texas. 



6. Cyclocercua valga. Sierra Nola, Mexico. 



7. Sinaloa behrenaii. Sinaloa, Mexico. * 



8. Paraideniona punctata. Texas. 



9. Paraidemona punctata. Texas. From a type of Pf^o/e^ij: MHrfwa. 

 10. Paraidemona mimica. Uvalde, Texas. 



■._-,.v^..^-:.— ^--^— --^- Plate IV. ..-■:-^:.---^— -^-— — — -■ — ..^^-,,.--- -■- 



Fig. 1. Aidemona azteca. San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 



2. Hyporhlora alba. Colorado. _______ ^;.~ ---- 



3. Campylacantha acutipcnniti. Dallas, Texas. 



