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  EEPOET 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  it 
  was 
  very 
  destructive 
  on 
  tobacco; 
  as 
  also 
  in 
  Person, 
  N. 
  0.; 
  in 
  Cherokee, 
  

   Ala.; 
  in 
  Eobertsou 
  and 
  Montgomery, 
  Tenn." 
  In 
  the 
  Eeport 
  for 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  and 
  December, 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  "Owsley, 
  Ky., 
  reports 
  a 
  great 
  

   destruction 
  of 
  early-sown 
  wheat 
  by 
  a 
  grasshopper, 
  which 
  is 
  most 
  proba- 
  

   bly 
  the 
  Caloptenus 
  femur-rubrum.''^ 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  localities 
  given 
  by 
  Pro 
  lessor 
  Thomas, 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  a 
  male 
  

   from 
  California, 
  near 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Edwards. 
  The 
  

   specimen 
  was 
  submitted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Scudder, 
  who 
  identified 
  it. 
  Mr. 
  Walker* 
  

   gives 
  the 
  following 
  localities 
  for 
  it: 
  " 
  Arctic 
  America 
  ; 
  presented 
  by 
  Sir 
  

   John 
  Eichardson. 
  Arctic 
  America; 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Eae. 
  Vancou- 
  

   ver's 
  Island-Nova 
  Scotia 
  ; 
  from 
  Lieutenant 
  Eedman's 
  collection. 
  West 
  

   coast 
  of 
  America; 
  presented 
  by 
  Captain 
  Kellett 
  and 
  Lieutenant 
  Wood,-' 
  

   etc. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  map 
  showing 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  I 
  have 
  represented 
  

   it 
  as 
  occurring 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  Labrador, 
  for 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  Arctic 
  

   America, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  found 
  there. 
  During 
  a 
  residence 
  of 
  six 
  weeks 
  in 
  

   the 
  summer 
  of 
  1860 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Esquimaux 
  Elver, 
  Straits 
  of 
  Belle 
  

   Isle, 
  I 
  never 
  met 
  with 
  any 
  OriJioptera. 
  I 
  heard, 
  however, 
  of 
  grasshop- 
  

   pers 
  about 
  20 
  miles 
  in 
  the 
  interior, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  very 
  few 
  in 
  number. 
  

   In 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1864, 
  while 
  entomologizing 
  at 
  different 
  points 
  as 
  far 
  

   north 
  as 
  Hopedale, 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  any. 
  

  

  We 
  still 
  need 
  information 
  regarding 
  the 
  southern 
  and 
  southeastern 
  

   limits. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  indicated 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  the 
  approximative 
  limits 
  of 
  

   the 
  area 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  destructive 
  at 
  certain 
  seasons. 
  

  

  Descri]}tion. 
  — 
  Grizzled 
  with 
  dirty 
  olive 
  and 
  brown 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  along 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  an 
  oblique 
  yellow 
  line 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  

   beneath 
  the 
  wings 
  ; 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  dusky 
  brown 
  spots 
  along 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing-covers, 
  

   and 
  the 
  hindmost 
  shanks 
  and 
  feet 
  blood-red, 
  with 
  black 
  spines. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  trans- 
  

   parent, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  pale 
  greenish-yellow 
  tint 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  body, 
  and 
  are 
  netted 
  with 
  brown 
  

   lines. 
  The 
  hindmost 
  thighs 
  have 
  two 
  large 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  extremity 
  

   black; 
  but 
  are 
  red 
  below 
  and 
  yellow 
  on 
  the 
  inside. 
  The 
  appendages 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  

   body 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  triangular 
  form. 
  Length, 
  from 
  0.75 
  to 
  1 
  inch; 
  expan- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  Avings, 
  1.25 
  to 
  1.75 
  inches. 
  — 
  (Harris.) 
  

  

  As 
  this 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  so 
  common, 
  varies 
  considerably, 
  I 
  have 
  concluded 
  to 
  give 
  

   Dr. 
  Harris's 
  description 
  without 
  change, 
  adding 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  Vertex 
  but 
  slightly 
  

   depressed, 
  with 
  a 
  minute 
  angular 
  expansion 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  frontal 
  costa 
  

   usually 
  but 
  slightly 
  sulcate 
  ; 
  sides 
  parallel 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large 
  and 
  rather 
  prominent. 
  Elytra 
  

   and 
  wings 
  generally 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  The 
  cerci 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  rather 
  

   broad 
  and 
  flat; 
  apex 
  of 
  last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  entire 
  and 
  truncate. 
  The 
  yellow 
  

   stripes 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  extend 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  to 
  the 
  insertion.of 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   femora. 
  The 
  ground 
  color 
  varies 
  with 
  localities 
  and 
  age, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  sections 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  unspotted 
  elytra 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  a 
  reddish-brown 
  

   tint 
  i^revails 
  ; 
  at 
  others 
  a 
  dark 
  olive 
  ; 
  at 
  others 
  a 
  dark 
  purplish-brown 
  ; 
  yet 
  the 
  mark- 
  

   ings 
  generally 
  remain 
  the 
  same. 
  — 
  (Thomas, 
  Acridid;© 
  N. 
  A.) 
  

  

  The 
  Destructive 
  Locust 
  op 
  California, 
  CEdipoda 
  pellucida 
  Scudder. 
  CE. 
  atrox 
  

   Scudder. 
  (Plate 
  LXIV, 
  Fig. 
  5.) 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  third 
  species 
  of 
  grasshopper, 
  unnamed 
  as 
  yet, 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

   genus 
  CEdipoda, 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  insect 
  which 
  has 
  ravaged 
  the 
  culti- 
  

   vated 
  districts 
  of 
  California 
  and 
  Oregon, 
  and 
  the 
  neighboring 
  States 
  

   and 
  Territories. 
  It 
  probably 
  ranges 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  extent 
  of 
  country 
  

   west 
  of 
  the 
  Eocky 
  Mountains 
  and 
  included 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States. 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Taylor, 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  articles 
  in 
  the 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  Farmer, 
  subsequently 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institu- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  published 
  in 
  their 
  Eeport 
  for 
  1858, 
  describes 
  the 
  grasshopper 
  

   as 
  found 
  near 
  Monterey, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  doubtless 
  the 
  migratory 
  species 
  which 
  

   ravaged 
  the 
  State. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  (Edipoda, 
  which, 
  from 
  the 
  devas- 
  

  

  * 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Dermoptera 
  Saltatoria 
  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  th& 
  

   British 
  Museum. 
  Part 
  iv. 
  London, 
  1870. 
  

  

  