NO, 1599. SOME WESTERN ORTHOPTERA—CA UDELL. (ae 
PHRYNOTETTIX ROBUSTUS Bruner. 
One pair taken at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Notwithstanding its - 
large size, this 1s an inconspicuous insect, owing to its color, which 
harmonizes with the surroundings. It is a clumsy creature and lives 
oh bare, rocky ground. 
SCHISTOCERCA VAGA Scudder. 
Two gravid females, Sierra Madre, California, May 30. 
HESPEROTETTIX FESTIVUS Scudder. 
One male, three females, Indio, California. One of these females 
is light brown, an unusual coloration. 
BRADYNOTES OBESA Thomas. 
One male, foothills of Mount Shasta, in California. 
MELANOPLUS BIVITTATUS Say. 
Collected at Moose Jaw, Alberta, Canada, and Portal, North Da- 
kota, 
MELANOPLUS BOREKII Stal. 
One male, Guadalupe, California, June 24. 
MELANOPLUS DAWSONI Scudder. 
Taken at Moose Jaw, Canada, and Portal, North Dakota. 
MELANOPLUS DAWSONI TELLUSTRIS Scudder. 
Common at Calgary and Moose Jaw, Canada, and Portal, North 
Dakota. | 
MELANOPLUS DEVASTATOR CONSPICUUS Scudder. 
Collected at Chico and Thrall, California, and at Wellington on 
Vancouver Island, British Columbia. 
MELANOPLUS DEVASTATOR OBSCURUS Scudder. 
Taken at Sisson and Carpenteria, California, on lupine; also taken 
at Klamath Lake, Oregon. 
MELANOPLUS DEVASTATOR TYPICALIS Scudder. 
One male, Santa Catalina Island, California: others of both sexes 
on the mainland. 
MELANOPLUS MONTICOLA Bruner. 
Five males, six females, Laggan, Alberta, Canada. These speci- 
mens were taken high up in the mountains near Laggan, some on 
Mount Fairview and others near Lake Agnes. 
MELANOPLUS FEMORATUS Burmeister. 
One female, Sisson, California; one male, Wellington, on Van- 
couver Island, British Columbia. 
MELANOPLUS FEMUR-RUBRUM DeGeer. 
Collected at Klamath Lake, Oregon, and at Portal, North Dakota, 
in the United States, and at Medicine Hat in Canada, 
MELANOPLUS FLAVESCENS Scudder. 
One female, Indio, California, June 6. 
MELANOPLUS FUSCIPES Scudder. 
One male, two females, Sierra Madre, California, May 30. 
