200 NORTH AMERICAN MELANOPLI (ORTHOPTERA) 



Island, Okefenokee Swamp, VII, 30 and VIII, 3, 1934, (J. D. and R. H. 

 Beamer; McKinstry), 2$, 29, 1 juv. $, [Univ. of Kansas and Hebard 

 Cms.]. Bainbridge, IX, 5 and 6, 1915, (Rehn and Hebard; not abundant 

 on oak shoots in sandy oak forest), 8#, 13 9, type, allotype, paratypes, 6 

 large juv. 9 • 



Florida: Hilliard, VIII, 19, 1930, (R. H. and J. D. Beamer; Tuthill; 

 Nottingham; McKinstry), 5$, 39, [Univ. of Kansas and Hebard Cms.]. 

 Pomona, IX, 7 and 8, 1917, (Rehn and Hebard; in areas of oak shoots in 

 pine woods), 59, 2 small juv. $. Gainesville, VIII, 15 to 17, 1905, (Rehn 

 and Hebard ; in undergrowth of pine woods and Saw Palmetto scrub) , 1 $ , 

 2 medium juv. $ , 2 medium juv. 9 . Ocala, 29 IX, 19 and 20, 1917, (Rehn 

 and Hebard; moderately common in areas of oak shoots in sandy pine 

 flatwoods), 13 #, 99, 1 large juv. $, 2 medium juv. 9. Kissimee, IX, 9, 

 1917, (Rehn and Hebard; very few on sandy flats with wire grass and Saw 

 Palmetto), 33, 29. Woodville, IX, 1, 1915, (Rehn and Hebard; in oak 

 shoots in undergrowth of Long-Leaf Pine flatwoods), 2$, 29, 2 large juv. 

 $ , 6 large to medium small juv. 9 • Carrabelle, IX, 2 and 3, 1915, (Rehn 

 and Hebard; moderate numbers everywhere in scrub on sandy flats), 18 $ y 

 109, 3 medium large to medium juv. $, 8 medium large to medium 

 juv. 9. 



Aptenopedes aptera aptera Scudder (PI. XV, fig. 1.) 



1877. Aptenopedes rufovittata Scudder ($ , not [juv.] 9 30 ), Proc. Boston 



Soc. Nat. Hist., xrx, p. 85. [ $ ; Fort Reed, Florida.] 

 1877. Aptenopedes aptera Scudder, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xix, p. 



86. [ 9 ; Fort Reed, Florida.] 



This insect in size and appearance shows an average close 

 agreement with the large individuals of aptera borealis here de- 

 scribed which are found in the region immediately to the north 

 (from Ocala to Gainesville). It differs in the males having the 

 lateral pronotal and medio-longitudinal abdominal bands un- 

 usually wide and usually orange (zinc orange in the most inten- 

 sive specimens), but sometimes these bands are buffy, such 

 individuals being very similar in general appearance to those of 

 the other races of the species. The male penis, however, has the 



29 It should be noted that aptera aptera and hubbelli also occur at this 

 locality. Females of aptera borealis and aptera aptera from Ocala appear 

 to be virtually indistinguishable and immatures of these races and of 

 hubbelli from there can not be separated at present with any degree of 

 assurance. 



30 The immature female was selected as single type of rufovittata by 

 Rehn and Hebard in 1916, thus placing rufovittata as a synonym of 

 sphenarioides. 



