Melanophu sanguinipes (Fabricius) [= M. mexicanus Saussure, M. bilituratus (Walker) and M. atiantis (Riley], LESSER MIGRATORY LOCUST. Color plate 4. Size: 23-34 min. General Distribution: Throughout United States, except most of Florida and coastal California; N. to the Yukon, S. to S. Mexico. Distribution in New Mexico: Statewide. Habitat: Grassland, desert, cropland. Host: Forbs, grasses, crop plants, small trees, bushes. Adults Present: January through November. Notes: Male cerci broad; furculae short, thin; subgenital plate with narrow notch at apex; color brownish to greenish or grayish, hind fibiae often bright red, but usually blue in some northern areas; tegniina long and narrow. This species can usually be distinguished by the bump on the sternum and notched subgenital plate of the males. Ex- tremely destructive species, often moving in large num- bers across grassland, desert and cropland, eating any green thing in their path. Reference: Coppock 1962, Capinera and Sechrist 1982, Pfadt 1988. Metanoplus snowi (Scudder). Size: 15-22 mm. General Distribution: High elevations in Arizona and New Mexico. Distribution in New Mexico: Socorro (no map). Habitat: Mountains. Host: Grasses in pine forest. Adults Present: Unknown. Notes: Male cerci wider at apex than at base; hind tibiae bluish- green; legmina short. Not economically important. Reference: Ball et al. 1942. Melanoplus spiendidus Hebard. Size: 30-35 mm. General Distribution: N. Arizona and New Mexico. Distribution in New Mexico: Bernalillo, Cibola, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro, Taos, Torrance, Union. Habitat: Mountains. Host: Junipers. Adults Present: July-September. Notes: Alargearboreal grasshopperfoundalmostexclusivelyon juniper bark-, overall color matches the bark. Rare. Prob- ably nocturnal. Not economically important. Reference: Ball et al. 1942. Melanoplus thomasi Scudder. Size: 25-40 mm. General Distribution: SE Arizona, E. into Texas, S. into Mexico.