MORSE: ORTHOPTERA ( )I" NEW ENdLAND. 
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segments deep yellow beneath, ovipositor yellow; penultimate 
segment of male abdomen brownish fuscous. 
Male . . 
Female . 
Measurements (from Scudder). 
Body Tegmina Hind femora 
long-winged short-winged 
14..5-16 15 5.25 8.7.5-9 
17.5-18.5 16 .5.25 10 -10.5 
AnUnna 
7-7.5 
0-0.25 
Specimens with fully developed tegmina and wings occur in the 
West but have not yet been found in New England. 
The historj' of this species as noted in New England is of 
unusual interest. In his "Revision of the Melanopli." Scudder 
recorded an example of Melanoplus scudderi from Brunswick, Me., 
taken by Packard. While preparing an article on the distribu- 
tion of the New England Locusts I was struck by this apparent 
exception to the expected range of Af. scudderi, examined the 
specimen referred to, and discovered it to be M. dawsoni, previ- 
ously known from Minnesota and farther west. Could it really 
Fig. 91. — Dawson's Locust, Mdanopltu dawaoni. Male. (After Lugger.) 
Fig. 92. — Same. Male. End of abdomen from above. (After Lugger.) 
Fia. 93. — Same. Female. (After Lugger.) 
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