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Comparison of the original series with the material now avail- 

 able shows quadratus to be an absolute synonym of calidus. We 

 had at first thought that the large series from Cloudcroft might 

 represent a geographic race, due to the brown general coloration 

 and small size of the specimens when compared with the strikingly 

 olivaceous (except in much discolored individuals) and large size 

 of the specimens in the series from the White Mountains. In 

 all diagnostic characters, however, including the penis (here 

 figured), such close agreement is shown that we are strongly of 

 the opinion that the differences noted are wholly attributable to 

 conditions of local environment. Material from other localities 

 in this practically continuous mountain uplift will alone enable 

 us to tell whether any geographic significance is indicated. 



The size variation in the Sierra Blanca series taken at 10500 

 feet is as great as in the entire series secured from 8000 to 10800 

 feet. The decided majority of that series is about intermediate 

 between its extremes given below. 



d" 



Length of 

 body 



Caudal 

 width of 

 Length of pronotal Length of 

 pronotum disk tegmen 



Length 



of 

 caudal 

 femur 



Sierra Blanca, N. M. 



17.-20. 



4.8-5.9 



2.8-3.2 



5.-6.8 



11.2-13.4 



Cloudcroft, N. M. 



16.2-17.2 



4.-4.3 



2.-2.3 



4.2-5.2 



10.-11. 



9 

 Sierra Blanca, N. M. 



22.3-27.8 



5.5-6.8 



3.2-4.6 



6.7-8.2 



12.9-14.3 



Cloudcroft, N. M. 



18.2-23.3 



5.-5.2 



3.-3.3 



5.2-6.1 



11.3-12.2 



The caudal femora are always a clear rich pink, as are the 

 ventro-internal portions of the caudal femora. 



The following seventy six specimens have not been previously 

 reported. 



New Mexico: Sierra Blanca, White Mountains, 9300 to 10800 feet, VII, 

 20, 1930, (E. R. Tinkham; the insect was not found from above timber line 

 to the summit), 33 d\ 18 9 . South Fork of Eagle Creek, White Mountains, 

 8000 to 8300 feet, VIII, 19 and 20, (C. H. T. Townsend), 1 cf , 5 9, taken 

 with types of quadratus, [U. S. N. M. and Hebard On.]. Cloudcroft, Sacra- 

 mento Mountains, VI, 28, 1932, (R. H. Beamer), 7 d\ 12 9 , [Univ. of Kansas]. 



Melanoplus chiricahuae Hebard (PL XXVII, fig. 9) 



1922. Melanoplus chiricahuae Hebard, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, xlviii, p. 61, 



pi. 3, figs. 9 and 10. [cf, 9 ; Ida's Peak, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, 



at 8000 feet.] 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, LX. 



