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Psyche 8:285, 1897.

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November 1898.
Philoxanthus n. g.
Nomadopsis 11. g.
Agrees very closely with Cocl~eretlia in venation ancl palpiat characters, but is readily distinguished by the color of body which is wholly yellow, the abdomen being immacu- late; the supraclypeal plate not being dis- tinctly separated; the clypeus being semi- circular at base ; while the hind trochanters haven. distinct flocculus ; claws simple. Type Pcrdita beufa Ctll.
Separated at once from Perdita, Cockerellia etc. hy the longer marginal cell which is much longer than the stigma, fully twice as long, or as long as or longer than the first discoidiil cell ; submedian cell a iittle shorter than the median ; maxillary palpi 4-jointed, Yhc first joint very long, fully 7 times longer than joints 2-4 united, with a contraction at base. Type Psrdh ssmalis Cr.
NEW TETTIGONINAE, WITH NOTES ON OTHERS.
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BY C. F. BAKER, AUBURN, ALA.
Xerojhloea major n. sp.
Length 7.5 mm.,
width across pi-onotum 2.5 mm. Larger,
more robust, and more coarsely pitted than vz'ridls. The vertex propoi'tioniilly much larger than in vz'ridis, and broadly, evenly rounded in front, nor at all even subnngulate. Describedfroin two females in the National Museum, collected by Mr. E. A. Schwarz in Virginia.. In the National Museum there is also a specimen from the Filch cabinet, bear- ing the label " Xerofhioea major, Arkansas, W. S. Robertson." I have a lnrge series of vims Fah. from California, Colorado, Ari- zona, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Alabanm, ancl Brazil. Major differs as above stated from anything in this series. The forms of this genus, occurring in the Northeast,
should be collected in large series at many points.
Tettigonia frwnetrica Sign. This species is found in the United States, but has prob- ably been confused with Z$da Say, which it resenlbles in a most striking manner. Besides some minor details, geometrica is smaller and lacks the whitish lines on elytra. I have it from Illinois, Washington, D. C., Alabama and Louisiana.
Te/t&o& circehta n. sp. Length 6-6.5
mm.
Pale yellowish, the legs and base of
venter sometimes briilit orange. Front
usually with two longitudinal
black stripes
on disc, a very short one on mitrgin next each antenna, and one transverse on clypeal suture; 41 these marking's may be obsolete. Vertex with it black point at tip and another at center of disc; two very short transverse: lines behind, their inner ends embracing the ocelli, and a large incurved line on each side near the anterior margin, arising near the tip ; these markings vary in intensity but are die- tinct inall the specimens. Pronoturn, except anterior margin, pale blue; disc with four black spots, one on either side before the middle and one on either side behind the iniddle ; other small dots may occur between these. Scutel yellowish, with two more or less exposed dots .it lmse arid transverse line, black. Elytra bright blue by reflected light, the apical margin teinsparent and the prin- cipal veins blackish.; by transmitted light, the elytra appear deep smoky, with a slight bluish tinge. Wings deep smoky through-
out. Prostennim, dorsuin largely, and some- times a median longitudinal row of small dots on venter, black or blue-black.
Last ventral segment of female twice
length of preceding, medially raised into a strong keel, the acute point of keel termin- Pachf 8 2B5-286 tprc.1903). htIp://psycheenlclub u@8-2% html



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286 PSYCHE. [Sovember 1898.
ating the sharply angled hind margin.
Plates
of male once and a half the length of pre- ceding segment, narrow and slender, very gradually narrowed to tips.
Described from several males and females collected at Los Angeles, Cal., by Prof. A. P. Morse, at Prescott, Ariz., by Dr. R. E.
Kunze, and one spccimcn in the National
Museum, taken at Los Angeles by Mr.
Koebele. This, one of our prettiest 'l'etti- gonids, has long borne the above Ms. name of Dr. Uhler.
Teifigoviici cyt71urn n. sp. Length 9 5
mm., of $ 4.25 mm. Pale yellowish, dor-
sum and more or less of sternum, black.
Face
without distinct markings. Vertex with
three black dots on front edge, one at center and one on either side; on either side of the disc, near front edge and parallel with it, is a black line which originates hack of the point and terminates over the frontal suture; two fine median longitudinal lines on poste- rior half of disc, and a small spot on either side hetween ocellns and eve, black. Pi-onOitum bright green, front margin yellow, broaden- ing laterally. Scutcl with the transverse impressed line and three very fine lines con- necting it with hinder margin, black, causing the whole to appear like a black double loop on basal half. Elytra bright seen by re- flected light (smoky by transmitted) with a bluish tinge along- the claval suture and base of costal margin, the principal veins more or less darkened, the apical margin trans- parent. Wings deep smoky.
Last ventral segment of the female twice the length of preceding, the hind margin acutely angled, the edge emarginate on either side of the acute point. Male plates of me- dium Icr~glh, slender, narrowing to acute, slightly diverging, dark brown points.
Described from one female and numerous
males, collected at Palm Springs, Cala., by Prof. A. P. Morsc. I have one specimen from Arizona, received from the Cornell Univer- sitv collection. This fine little species has .-~
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long borne the above Ms. name of Dr. Uhler. Tettigonia aurora n. sp.
Length of $ 7
mm. Pale yellowish, legs inclining to
orange, dorsum bright carmine. Front with three longitudinal black lines nearly through- out its length on the disc, two abbreviated dashes above, and two dots on each lateral margin, one nt antenna1 pit, the other at clypeal angle. A transverse row of three black spots on each gena. Clypens with a dark incdiim line. Front edge of vertex with three bl~ick dots, one at center and one on either side. Disc of vertex with a black line on either side, near and mostly parallel with hmnt edge, extending from a short longi- tudinal dash near median line and just back of apex to the frontal suture; basal half of vertex with four equidistant rectnngular spots, the two outer including the ocelli, the two inner someivhat elongate. Pronotum
pale, slightly tinged with reddish posteriorly, with a row of six rectangular black spots near anterior margin, and a row of four
smaller ones near hind margin; disc with four indistinct longitudinal lines. Scutel yellow, with the transverse impressed line, a median longitudinal stripe, and two dots at base black. Elytra brick red, the principal veins paler, the inner apical all transparent. Wings infuscated.
Last ventral segment of female twice the length of the preceding, hind margin broadly rounded.
Described from two females collected in
Arizona and received from the Cornell Uni- vcrsity collecLion. This is another of Dr. Uhler's Ms. species, and the three are de- scribed under these names at his request. A NEW FORM OF PULVINARIA.
BY G. B. KING AND T. D. A. COCKERELL.
Ptilui~mria innume~a5iZis subsp. tiliue. 'subsp. nov.
9. Scale 6 mm. long, 5 broad, 2 high,
varying in size, sometimes as much as 8 mm.



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