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342 PSYCHE. [February iSqfti
vided with a bunch of silver) gi ay hairs,. . . . From the eighth segment to the
end of the body there is a broad black
stripe. . . . Undcrsidr yellowish green
. . . I have omitted parts of the
description which apply equally to lett- costifma. Now in Zeucostigina the
ground color is gray or " mouse coloi ," but the dors.il black band is edgcd by a wide yellow stripe. If this stripe be
absent or greatly reduced in inornata,
as the description implies, it would
give to the larva a very different ap-
pe:irance, '& totally distinct" perhaps as Mr. Beutcni~liilkr ssiys ; but 1 cannot
convince inyscll' that we have to do
with more than a variety or possibly a
local nice of lcucostigma. The yellow
markings are variable in vetusia and
antipa.
Synopsis of the Larvae of Notolophus.
Head yellow, colors in general pale . d$r;/'f.a Head red.
A distinct yellow subdorsal band
.
lc~costigma
Gray marks predominant, the yellow band not noticeable var. tnormta
Head black.
Warts crimson, brush-like tufts dark long the crest, the yellow lines along the sides broken into spots.
One black tuft in joittig Irirv;~ . vetztsta Two black tults in younglarva . 1 7 ; ~ . cam* Warts orange, brush tufts ~inicolnrous, yellow or white, side lines usually continuous.
A. lateral black hair-pencil from joint 6 , . antiqua No 1;iter:il black pencil , . var. hadia* NOTES ON THE ACRIDIDAE OF NEW ENGLAND.-11. TRYX- AL1NAE.-11.
BY ALBERT P. MORSE, WELI.ESI.'RV, MASS.
5. PSEUVOPOMA~A gen. nov. by Stkl (= Meta-Zejtea Brunner, Rev. p. r 181, and in the absence of adequate Type : Ofomala brachybtera Scudd. description of structural characters and This species belongs to a genus not
being the generic type a somcwliat full
tabulated by Brunner in his Revision
description is appended.
which is ulliccl to fi-nxalh as defined
In my preliminary list I referred this
--
I regret that the rule of priority prevents giving the specific position to the more genei.-ilized form.



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February iSq6.1 f's2fc/ffi. 343
species to the Opomalinae. as its generic title indicated. But it is not an Opo-
in:ila, nor dues it belong lii lhat group. The prosternum is t~ibercitlatc, it is
true. lint to a less extent thiiii in Me- costethus, while the presence of n liii";lily developed rasp on the bind femora shows
concIi~sivcl\ that it belongs to the Tryx- 6. Pseudopomala brachyptera
Scmld. Figs. 6, 6a, 611.
Bod!- blender, near!? linear. Antennae
ensiiunn, equal (2) or one and ;i II~IIS times (a) ;is long as 1ic:~d iiiul pronotnm. Head cimic; its lenglh on top nhout three-quarters of pronoturn. Crown horizontal f 2) or
sliglitl? iiscendiiig (8). Vertex himinsite, extending in front of eyes as long (9 j or longer (8) thxn its width; its :interior mar- gin pii'zbolic; a brand-h:tsed medixii ridge. wcll-de'i'cloped tinterioi-ly, iliwppearing pus- terioi-ly opposite front border of eyes, n-irv- i n slightly downward in front to 1-UF
sinootlily into the front margin of vertex; a. shallow ct~unnel on eiich side of thib froni eye to front. Eyes longer than the ver-
tex, about equal to the infi-:I-ocular part of the clieelLs zit anterior boi'tler. Piofile strongly recliiiiite, nearly stfiiizht, roiinck-cl above. Frontal costa slightly narrowed at union with vertex, shallowly sulcate, sides nearly parallel, slightly divergent below. Pronotiitn tricin-iiiiitc; clorsiiin slightly tccti- form. truncate before and behind, sides
parallel; rnettizona two-thirds as long as prozonsi. Lateral lobes transverse. front niargin neiirly striiiglit. i-ctrciitir~g; kiwer mar,<in sinitate : hind margin concave hrlow, the poslcrior angle about square. Proster- num hearing an obtuse tubercle. MeLiistci-niil lobes subcontiguous, 8. not distant. $2. Hind femora ^lender: of $
hearing a long
stridulating rasp of fine teeth on the di5L;il three-fonrths of the basal half. Hind tibi;ie with 12 to 19 spines on exierioi- margin. apical spine not pre-ent. Tegmina usual!,^ abbreviated ; of a two-tliirds or three-foul tlis I log as hind femora, rounJcd at apex,
pellucid on distal two-thirds, the scapular area dilated, regularly reticulntecl vitli oblique veinlets. Tegmina of $ acuminate, opaque, scarcely reticulate, about as Ion< as head and pronotum. Wings abortive, hnlf
as long as teginina. Individuals occur \villi frilly developed wings and teginiiiti nca-rly or qi-iite rern-hing apex of hind femora; in these tlie apex of the tezmina is rounded. For this form the name revma is here pro-
posed. Genital segment of & twice ;is long sit. wide; extending twice the length 01 the ;inal plate horizontally backward, louver mar- gin slightlyascending, sides ^traight, extreme tip a little rounded. rciiching or sliyluly passing the apex of hind femora. Oviposi- tor of $ short, scarcely extierted, external margins with a stout tooth, uppci" valves denticiilate at bnsc. The end of abf-ininen cyiiikls or (imiiil~) passes the tip of hind femora a little, sometimes several mm.
Light brown (8) or pale drab (2) \Mill
darker. brownish, longitudinal rniirkings. Paler (8 yellowish) below. Tip. of
antennae, hind tibiae, knee joints, nnd
tibia1 spines with more or less t"nscoiis. Tibia! groove of hind femora greenish
yellow. Tcgmina of 9 opaque, of /?' with distal two-thirds pellucid. Tegmina and
dorsiim of head and pronoturn sometimes




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844 PSYCHE. [Feh uai~ ,896.
with md1, irregularl~ cK'-po-.ed Fuscous than usual, presenting a iniu'kcclly hociate dots. Jndividuxls sometimes h:ive the appewEuice; thifa form is not iinc.ominon longirudinal mill-king's much more distinct ill West Chop, M. V. NEW SPECIES OF PAPIRIUS.
BY JUSTUS WATSON FOLSOM, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Head translucent orange ocl'ii-iiceoiis, oi'mge around nlouth ; eyes bhick; n few stiff, white bristles upon vertex and fsice. Antemiae nearly as long as body, orange, becoming purplish on last two segments : basal segment naiied; second four times the first in length, a few hairs distally;; third equalling the second plus one-half the first, verticillate; terminal segment twice the basal, whorled as usual. Thorax yellow. Abdomen oval
in doi-sal aspect, dark piii-ple, almost black, coves-ing the sides and meeting the pale ventral surface with a well-defined bnt zig- mgimargin ; on posterior half of dorsiim, a yellowish brown pattern, ver? variable
(sometimes almost absent) but consisting fi~ndamentally of a median elongated mark widening behind and one quarter the length of the abdomen, lying bctween lour rouncled tnangula'r spots, the anterior pair of which are more or less three-lobed. These five spots inay be bepamte, but the three anterior .~ts~ially unite into a figitre having a large po?.tenor median lobe, three lateral lobes and a l;irge anterior median sinus; the two posterior spots may unite to form a long, -regular crescent before the apex of the abdomen; abdomen with a few t-hort, while iribtles on apical half: inanj two or three times longer upon the yellow anal tubercle. Lcgrf vellow, paler at base ; tibia spiri~'; eliiws transparent, slender. i-iithcr straight, little curved inside; superior claw with a sharp tooth inside, one third from apex; second tooth obscure, in the middle; inferior claw two thirds the other in len~h; u-ill) one stoi.11, knobbed tenent bail-, twice as long, fixed to its inner side except at the tip, \vhic!i is free. Furcula ('hllberg's mime for the spring) extending to niouth, stout, pale yellow :it base, liecoming white distally ; manuhrium (basal segment) over two thirds the denies (middle segments) in length;
denies three times mucrones (apical seg- ments), each dens with a row of long spines on either side; mucrones cj lindrical, apex rounded, mi[~~itel,~ serrate beneath; ventral abdominiil surface with an oval: ?ellow
swelling either side the mannbrium and two similar but much largerones placed obliquely and anteriorly. Average length, 1.3 mm. ; tni~xi~nuni, 1.5 mm.
Described from over twenty- specimens
collected by me in October iincl e;n-I\- No- vcinber, 1895, :it Arlington, Mass. This active, uncommon species occurred in pine woods under damp, decaying twip and
needles.
Chestnut brown, except for white claws,
mucrones and bristles. Head paler; eves
black; a few short, stiff bristles upon a protuberiince on vertex and dorm sides of face. Antennae four-fifths the length of body; basal segment stout, naked; second four times ab long, a few long hairs distally- ; third equiilliiytthe first two, with distal half of seven falie sub-segments and three less evident, swollen termiii~il ones; each sub- seginent \':ill1 a pair of bait's; EI few hsiirs near base of third segment; fourth equal to basal, with short hairs. Abdomen ovate
dorsally. dilated at sides; dorsum daiker, with several long vlike bristles iititcriorly



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