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wings A on an average nearly one-third their length' 
abdomen in the dried specimens: also by the larger and more 
^rngs — in all of whieh characters it mnch more closely resem- 
rhan famnr-rmkrmm. From sjrne#*# r agair. - I c ace distinguished by 
rhe more distinct separation of the dark mark rnnning from the 1 
p>rothorax and of the pale line from base of wings to hind thigh : also by 
tal joint in the male, tapering more suddenly, and by the tiro lobes forming the • 
@ marked. From both species is --ingnished not only by its 
smaller size but by the deeper, more liTid color of the dark parts, and the pal 
low of the light parts, the colors thus more strongly contrasting. 
'tmmr-rMbrmm is at once distinguished from the typical 
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guished fro — it ~ _1 .vnee by its much smaller size and darker, more marbled color- 
ing 7 ntrast > _ in the lining specimens, and I hare seen no 
: .lens of spretma that at all approach it in. - 
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female - - - jmrna — male. Wt-^S^ ". female. 2€HM aBH1 . 
As would naturally be expe ted, if one judged from its wide distri- 
bution, rl - Jar loco st - fcs - »me variations in its size. 
and - - ^ its structure, but i : sufficiently so to rend* 
"vll difficult. 
In regions where Jf. atfmtis and on r species ftbeg 
able brooded perceptible difference in the indi- 
viduals of these broods, both in „d color. Both atlatti* and de- 
vastator m les " is .difornia it is a common 
ocean find the latter insect during October and November ap- 
:Iy only ledg .but not much more than one-half the 
L wise, in the vicinity of Wash- 
_ 11 numbers rry small atlante art to be: 
:th. T: s unens are always darker colored 
the typical spe - t the early or spring brood; and they also fre- 
_ -:eadof red as in «i#/<i m#. I 
-liern_/eiiiiir-riii'mjii with the hind tibia* 
glauc isinst - : our other Melaoopli. as for exam- 
>+plHs minor Send J L pathardi iScudd.. also h 
rts either red or bluish green. My collection also contains specimens 
- rentiali*. troni California and Arizona, with 
red h id - - Mists Is have the tegmiua 
and we gs variable in length — some instances occurring wheie 
ppendages jiite rudimentary . in other specimens of 
loped. Wing length and color of hind 
tibi adicate difference in species 
:::z bed-leg ;-:-:: i - 
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common gged L ust Melamoplm* femmr-rMbrmm) is prob- 
ably the m st generally and widely distributed insect of this ramily in 
America. It occurs troni ocean to ocean and troni the extreme north- 
