﻿NATURAL 
  ENEMIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  LOCUST. 
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  error 
  he 
  has 
  fallen 
  into 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  Anabrus 
  haldemanii, 
  Gir. 
  He 
  remarks 
  (page 
  500) 
  

   that 
  "he 
  [Thomas] 
  further 
  confuses 
  his 
  readers 
  by 
  stating 
  that 
  J. 
  haldemanii 
  Gir. 
  has 
  

   the 
  prosternum 
  distinctly 
  spined, 
  whereas 
  it 
  is 
  clearly 
  as 
  amucrouate 
  as 
  the 
  prester- 
  

   num 
  of 
  A. 
  simplex." 
  He 
  falls 
  into 
  this 
  error 
  because 
  he 
  has 
  not, 
  or 
  had 
  not 
  then, 
  seen 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  A. 
  haldemanii, 
  which 
  has 
  the 
  prosternum 
  distinctly 
  spined. 
  The 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  figure 
  given 
  in 
  Marcy's 
  Red 
  River 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  are 
  so 
  exact 
  that 
  with 
  a 
  true 
  

   specimen 
  in 
  hand, 
  as 
  I 
  now 
  have 
  before 
  me, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  possibility 
  of 
  making 
  a 
  mis- 
  

   take. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  never, 
  as 
  I 
  learn 
  he 
  supposes, 
  found 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  

   range, 
  nor 
  A. 
  simplex 
  ever 
  found 
  east 
  of 
  it, 
  unless, 
  possibly, 
  in 
  Montana. 
  

  

  Craiypedes 
  Putnami, 
  Thomas. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Chipman, 
  who 
  visited 
  Southern 
  Colorado 
  in 
  1880 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Entomological 
  Commission, 
  was 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  fine 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  in 
  color. 
  From 
  this 
  I 
  can 
  now 
  give 
  the 
  colors 
  omitted 
  in 
  my 
  

   original 
  description: 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  wings, 
  lemon 
  yellow; 
  hind 
  tibiae, 
  bright 
  red. 
  In 
  

   the 
  female 
  the 
  yellow 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  distinct 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  The 
  same 
  

   is 
  also 
  true 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  dark 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  femora. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  his 
  "Century 
  of 
  Orthoptera" 
  (Reprint 
  from 
  Proceedings 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  

   Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vols. 
  12-20, 
  1879, 
  page 
  84) 
  Mr. 
  Scudder, 
  in 
  speaking 
  of 
  Hippiscns 
  lineatus, 
  

   Scudd., 
  remarks 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Hippiscus 
  lineatm. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  I 
  had 
  formerly 
  described 
  (in 
  MSS.) 
  under 
  the 
  new 
  

   generic 
  name 
  Cratypedes, 
  but, 
  before 
  publishing, 
  concluded 
  it 
  best 
  to 
  include 
  it 
  in 
  Hip- 
  

   piscus. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  recollect 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  mentioned 
  this 
  name 
  to 
  any 
  one, 
  and 
  have 
  

   never 
  seen 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  single 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  upon 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  proposed 
  to 
  

   found 
  it, 
  and 
  which 
  has 
  never 
  left 
  my 
  collection. 
  It 
  was, 
  therefore, 
  a 
  complete 
  mys- 
  

   tery 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  closely 
  allied 
  species 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Thomas, 
  Proc. 
  Davenp. 
  Acad. 
  

   Nat. 
  Sci., 
  I, 
  257-58) 
  as 
  Cratypedes 
  Puinami, 
  with 
  the 
  remark, 
  ' 
  I 
  have 
  placed 
  this 
  species 
  

   in 
  this 
  genus 
  with 
  some 
  hesitancy, 
  yet 
  it 
  certainly 
  agrees 
  very 
  closely 
  with 
  it.' 
  I 
  dis- 
  

   claim 
  any 
  proprietorship 
  in 
  the 
  generic 
  name, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  to 
  what 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  

   refers. 
  This 
  remark 
  is 
  offered 
  simply 
  to 
  aid 
  any 
  future 
  student 
  who 
  may 
  search 
  for 
  

   the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  name." 
  

  

  This 
  statement 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Scudder 
  indicates 
  a 
  forgetfulness 
  on 
  his 
  part 
  of 
  what 
  he 
  has 
  

   written, 
  as 
  the 
  reader 
  will 
  see 
  by 
  turning 
  to 
  his 
  " 
  List 
  of 
  Orthoptera, 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   A. 
  S. 
  Packard 
  in 
  Colorado 
  and 
  the 
  neighboring 
  Territories 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1875," 
  

   page 
  267, 
  where 
  he 
  will 
  find 
  the 
  following 
  statement: 
  " 
  Stenopelmatus 
  oculatus 
  and 
  

   Cratypedes 
  lineata 
  are 
  described 
  from 
  specimens 
  dried 
  after 
  immersion 
  in 
  alcohol." 
  This 
  

   remark 
  is 
  offered 
  simply 
  to 
  aid 
  any 
  future 
  student 
  who 
  may 
  search 
  for 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  

   the 
  name. 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  XIII. 
  

  

  FURTHER 
  FACTS 
  ABOUT 
  THE 
  NATURAL 
  ENEMIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  LOCUSTS. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XYI.) 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  account 
  in 
  our 
  First 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

   many 
  different 
  natural 
  enemies 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  Locust, 
  but 
  what 
  

   little 
  we 
  do 
  add 
  will 
  serve 
  to 
  clear 
  up 
  some 
  unsettled 
  questions, 
  and 
  to 
  

   give 
  emphasis 
  to 
  the 
  important 
  part 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  minute 
  ene- 
  

   mies 
  play 
  in 
  keeping 
  this 
  pest 
  in 
  check. 
  

  

  Blister-beetle 
  larvae. 
  — 
  The 
  habit 
  in 
  these 
  interesting 
  larvae 
  of 
  

  

  