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in Grant County, N. Mex.. in 1882. Collection of Hon. W. G. Rich. This is a varie- 
gated, orange red, yellow and green painted species with short wings. 
Bissosteira Carolina Linn. — Collected by W.J. Howard in Grant County, N. Mex., 
in 1882. Coll. Rich. 
Encoptolophus costalis Scudd. (?)— Las Cruces, May 8 to 12. In alfalfa fields. 
Both sexes. Very plentiful, especially along dry acequias through alfalfa. 
Haldemannia tschivavensis Hald.— A 9 pupa, lubber-like, with greatly developed 
thorax, was taken on mesa in spring. Las Cruces. 
Hesperotettixmontanus Riley MSS. — Chaves, N. Mex., August 6. $ This species may 
be recognized by its slender shape, greenish color, reddish hind femora, and bluish 
hind tibia} ; pronotum with two narrow black median vittae, and one shorter lateral 
vitta. 
Leprus ivheeleri Thos. — A pale brownish species with bluish hind wings and terguni. 
Collected by W. J Howard in Grant County, N. Mex., in 1882. Coll. Rich. 
Melanoplus bowditchi Scudd. — Chaves, N. Mex., August 6. Both sexes. A $ which 
I take to be the same species was collected at Sabinal, N. Mex., August 7. A 9> 
Belen, N. Mex., August 7. Common. Some specimens vary in being quite yellow- 
ish, especially on the head. 
Melanoplus femur-rubrum De G. — Chaves, N. Mex., August 6. Uncommon. 
Melanoplus herbaceus Bruner — A single $ . Las Cruces. Wholly very pale green- 
ish in color. 
Melanoplus occidentalis Thos. — Two $ 's, Johnson's Basin, N. Mex., June 22. 
Mermiria bivittata Serv. — Sabinal, N. Mex., August 7. Several females and many 
males. Only on Aster spinosus. The 9 is very much larger than the $ , two or three 
times as large. A 9 was taken in Las Cruces, August 19. This is a very elegant 
slender species, especially so in the $ . 
Ochrilidia occipitalis Thos. — A $ , Johnson's Basin, N. Mex., June 22. A 9, Hol- 
brook, Ariz., June 27. The 9 is more reddish than the male specimen. 
Paratettix mexicanus Sauss. — Grand Canyon, 3,000 to 5,000 feet below rim at Hance's, 
July 10. 
Paratettix toltecus Sauss. — Grand Canyon, July 11. $ 9 . Four thousand to 5,000 
feet below rim at Hance's. The 9 differs from the $ by having four black spots on 
the prolongation of pronotum, the two anterior ones largest, opposite, one on outer 
edge at each side ; the two posterior ones small, and on crest in median line. 
Psolcessa (?) maculipennis Scudd. — A single <£ , Johnson's Basin, N. Mex., June 22. 
Grayish brown, tegmina marked with black on sides, hind tibiae red. 
Spharagemon balteatum Scudd. (?) — Chaves, N. Mex., August 6. A single 9 . 
Syrbula montezuma Sauss. (?). — Grand Canyon. $ 9. Four thousand to 5,000 
feet below rim at Hance's. July 9-10. This is a slender species, much resembling 
Mermiria bivittata, but smaller. 
Tceniopoda picticornis Wlk. — A large lubber-like black species, with orange-colored 
pronotal crest or ridge. Collected by W. J. Howard in Grant County, N. Mex., in 
1882. Coll. Rich. 
Thrincus aridus Bruner. — Las Cruces, $ 9 • One specimen taken May 18 has a 
very bleached appearance, and is determined doubtfully as this species. 
Trimerotropis caruleipes Scudd. — Turkey Tanks, Ariz., July 17. $ 9 . 
Trimerotropis vinculata Scudd. — Las Cruces. This species was found in numbers 
in north end of Organ Mountains, November 26, 1892. A pair was taken there in 
coitu on that date. 
Tropidoloplius formosus Say. — This is a green species, mottled' with brownish, 
with a remarkably crested pronotum and abbreviated wings in the 9 . The $ has 
orange-red wings. Collected by W. J. Howard in Grant County, N. Mex., in 1882. 
Coll. Rich. 
Xanthippus zapotecus Sauss.— A 9, Johnson's Basin, N. Mex., June 23. A much 
larger 9 , nearly one-fourth longer, captured on the Jornada del Muerte, to the north 
