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the 26th of the same month adnlt males were quite common 
(Ball). There is but one brood, as with all our Melanopli, but 
many of the eggs hatch late so that small nymphs are seen af¬ 
ter many are adults. November 11, 1902, numerous females 
were seen at Ft. Collins and some of these had ova that were 
still immature (Gillette). Sept. 2, 1902, at Ft. Collins, occa¬ 
sional nymphs were seen and dissection of adult females 
showed that only about half of them had deposited the first 
pod of eggs. (Ball.) 
We have recorded the species from the following places: 
Ft. Collins, Laporte, Livermore, Steamboat Springs, Eddy, 
Greeley, Sterling, Merino, Julesburg, Denver, Golden, Colo¬ 
rado Springs, Pueblo, Canon City, Lajunta, Rockyford, 
Lamar, Salida, Alder, Antonito, Delta, Grand Junction and 
Palmer Lake. 
All the specimens in the collection have blue hind tibiae 
and I do not remember certainly to have seen the form (or 
species) with red hind tibiae in Colorado. It seems to me I 
have, but if so, the red-legged ones are only of occasional oc¬ 
currence. 
bowditchi Scudd. A common species in the southern portion of 
Colorado east of the foothills, and occurring in small numbers 
in the northern portion also. In the north it is largely re¬ 
placed by a closely allied species M. flavidus. It is distinc¬ 
tively a plains species, and, so far as is known, confines its in¬ 
juries to the native plants. We have found this species spe¬ 
cially abundant along the Arkansas valley. Our dates of 
capture range between June 17th, 1900, at Lamar and Sept. 
10th, 1898, in the same place (Ball). PLod-plants unknown. 
The males vary between 22 nun. and 25 111111. and the 
large females measure 30 mm. This species is readily sepa¬ 
rated from flavidus by its shorter antennae( only 11 mm.long in 
the males) and by the presence of the black post-ocular band. 
It is also smaller and less robust as taken in Colorado. The 
fucula vary much in form at their tips. They may be trun¬ 
cate, cut diagonally, rounded, or slightly hooked, and two of 
these forms may occur on the same grasshopper. 
Taken at the following places: PL Collins, LaSalle, 
Greeley, Timnath, Rockyford, Lamar and Colorado Springs, 
also at Kimball and Stratton in Nebraska. (Ball.) 
coccineipes Scudd. This species occurs in moderate numbers over 
the entire plains region of Colorado and extends for some 
distance into the foothills. It varies in color from a dark 
