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Psyche 7:384, 1894.

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brown and 15 green ; 56 are brown viri-
dis, 13 8, 43 9 ; 107 are greet1 vit-idis 9, and the remaining 147 are green
viridz's 8 .
,4ntenna. IIind fern. Teg. Teg. <H. fan. Body d6.5-8.5
9,s-80.5
6-9
4-5.5 15-16
?7-8
14-15
8-19
0-8 23-2 7
(7.8 usilally)
Budy vs. H. fem. Total.
8 -2--3 11.;-8.;
9 -2-+z I 3.5-~6.5
This species is plentif~il in soi~tl~
western New England in thc lat(e~ half
of the season, lnaking its appearance
late in July aid contini~ing until late in autumn. The emliest date on which I
have capt~~red it is Aug, 1, at which
time ad~11ts and youl~g of both sexes
were mimeroix. It is fo~md in old
past~ires and mowing lands b ~ ~ t prefers those of a (lanip and lxiivy character
wllcre the herbage is green tl~ro~gho~~t the season,- this is perhaps the rca-
son of its more generally prevalent
gcen coloration. In such siti~ations I
have fo~~ncl it n~~rncrous in individuals wherever taken. It is well pi-otect~d
by its colo~~tion and is a decidedly
sli~ggisl~ insect, rarely sing its wings, weti when filly developed, in escapiwg
its purs~~ers. It is fo~tnd tl~rougho~~t Conn., in R. I., and in central and
so~~thwestern Mass. It is said by
Sm(1cler {Distrib. Insects N. El.) to
have been t&cn in so~ithcm N. H., b~lt
this seems doi~btful ~~nless it possibly OCCLISS these in the Connecticut Valley. I lxive talcen it at Ph~er, k1ass.;
Wicldwd, R. I.; a d in corm. at
'l'hon~pson, Montville, New Haven,
Canaan, So. Kent, Stamford, imd
Greenwicl~, between the dates of ALI~.
4 and 30. J~~dging from colkctiuns
sent me by Psuf. Fernald it is comnxm
at A~nl~crst, Massx
BY JUSTUS WATSON FOLSOM, CAMBRIDGZ, MASS. Upon examining Packard's types of P.
fe#e9isis at the Musenm of comparative
zo6logy, the tube containing them was
fo~~nd to hold: not unly fourtecn specin~ens of a Papirim, but also ten examples of a Smynth~ir~is, and the original description of P. iexe9isis evidently co~nbines the char- acters of both these species, which certainly do resemble each other supe~+ficially. It being necessary to separate the species it1 question, I have relained the original namc for the Papiri~is, to which is applicable a large part of the original dewription, quot- ing this part below with a few supplement- ary notes, and haw cl~aracterized the other species as S. $izc.&a~dii, ngain quoting where possible. Thc type specimens, considering they are nearly twenty-five years old, arc well preserved, even in color.
Pa$i~z'z~s te.ve71sis Puck. Pale luteo~ls ~narblcd with brown and blxck, head paler; a few shovt b~istles above the mouth and on posterio? dorsurn ;
long stout hairs on
verkex, an~erior dorsutn and sides of derftes, Eye6 blxl~ Antennae shorter than body,
pale reddish brown, growing darker towards the end ; segments neady as 1 : 5 : 5.5 : 2 ; basal seg~nent twice as long as broad, naked;



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second snbpetiolate, bparsely haivy ; third petidate, hairy, with ten distal subseg~nents, thc penultimate one Iatenlly dilated; ter- minal segment lanceolake, witl~out subseg- ments. Legs long, slender; tibia with
broad dternate light and dark bands.
Superior claw long, slender, little curved, obscnrely toothed; inricr edge sinuate
basally, toothed ~ I I thc middle and obscu~ely beyond; two obscure teeth on eikl~cr side near the outer edge, dividing it into thirds; inferior claw two-third8 as long, Etont, taper- ing, wit11 a short bristle inside upon a rounded basal dilation rind wit11 a subapical brist.le exceeding the otl~er claw; tenent hairs absent, Fureula nearly reaching the n~o~~tli; manubrium wit11 a few vcniral
hairs; dentes tapering, with remarkably
long and lat,ge lateral hairs barbellale basaily, and fonr longer equidiztant ventral haiz-s; mucrones one Sourtli dentes, laterally linear: littIe.tapering, serrnlate heneath apex %,it11 three mundcd lobe& bent dovnwir~l. Length, 1,3 nlm. \V?co, Texas (Belfiage). Smy&hi~t~.~ fmchnrdii, n. sp. Bodj sub-
trianzular, dilated 11rv:tdIy behind; pale Iuteo~~s or brown, spotted with black dots, son~eki~ncs coalescing; a bronc1 palc mspot- ted area on the anterior dorsi~m and anotl~er between the antennae and down the face;
a light Iiue along the middle of clyp~us. Head, bocly and legs well covered with
long, curving. white hairs, which on the vertex arise from black dots. Eyes con-
spicuously black. Antennae long, nearly
equalling bod!; segments ]tot tapering or knotted; as I : 2: 4: 8.5; basal segment stout cylindrical, twice as long as broad, al~nost naked; second and third with hairs of irregular Iengtlt ; terniiual segment with at least tmentj diskiuet, whorled, globular s~~bseg~nents. Superior cl:lw narrowly Ian- ceolaie with slender, well-cnrvcd tip and a single tooth on the 111iddIe of the inside. Inferior claw two-1hi1-CIS :IS long, lanceolale, nearly straight7 with a short bristle inside, one-third fro111 the base: upon a gradual dilation, also a suba~~ical b~iscle not exceed- ing the other claw; tenent hairs nbsent. FLII-CLI~~ stoi~t, extending beyond ventr:tl tnbe; nianuhri~in? exceeding and tubercle; dentes with modemtely long lateral hairs and a siqgle, long, ventral, subapical hair; mucroucs stout, one third dentes in lerigth, wich straight dorsal outlinc, ventral edges irregnlarly undulate, and apex obliquely truncate.
Lcngtli. 1.75 mm. Waco,Texas (Belfrage). In having oT.er twenty ant.enna1 suhseg- nients, S. &zckc~dii is 11napproached by any American SmjvdAz~m as ye1 described: with the possible exception of S. eisenr't' Schett, fl-om California,* the two species being closely allied.
BY IIARIlISON G. DYAK, NEW YOKK.
Larvae solitary, sitting on a small stem of u,hich we sitnated in pdcr spots> scarcely the food plant, the feet on joints 7 and 8 not at a11 elevated into g~anules.
A continuons
used in rest. Head retractile at apex; the $11bdorsa1 line runs from the middle of joint body widens to joint 5, then gently tapers to z to the horn, white, shading below into the tail; joint6 12 and 13 a>-e both small, the side side color, more 01. less pale yellow at its



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