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402 J'S' 2T'HE. [July 1896.
NOTES ON THE ACRIDIDAE OF NEW ENGLAND- 11.- TRYX- , ALINAE.- IV.
BY ALBERT P. MORSE, WELI.EST.RY, MASS.
This genus occupies au iiitct iiicdiak
position between DichromorpJia and
OQhula and is closely related to the
former from which it differs especially
in having' the sides
of the pronotuin
convex below the lateral carinac, which, in addition, are slightly divergent on
tlie metazona. The type species,
described below, has been referred to
Ste'lt.obo/ft7-as occidentalls Sanss. by Prof, Brunei-, but it does not agree
with the description of that species in
some important particulars and is
probably new, an opinion concuircil
in by Prof. McNeill to whom I have
sent an example.
Clinocephalus elegans sp. nov.
Figs. 13, B a.
[S'ienohotJir'us occidentalis Saussure,
Rev. et Mag. Zool., xiii, 317 (1861) :
also Thomas, q ~ , 105.1
Antennae filiform, slender, in f longer
Lhan head plus pronot~~in, in 9 equal to head plus prozona.
Eyes large, of 8 twice,
of 9 one and a half times the length of the sub-ocular suture, and
two-thirds as wide s.s
long. Vertex in side view neaily horizontal; seen from above as wide (8) or wider (2) between the eyes as the greatest width of an eye ; the anterior margin distinctly elevated, in the f
right-angled or slightly acute and
rather sharp at the apex, in 9 more blunt and rounded ; projecting in front of the eyes biit little less. tliizn the width of an eye. Foveolne absent but the 9 shews :i row of small punctures on the fronl of the anterior margin. The top of the head shows a sIight elongate medial depression in the convex part of the fastigium opposite the iinlerior end of the eyes, and also a pair of very shallow arcuate grooves, concave laterally, running from the end of the elevated margin of the vertex opposite tlie anterior part. of the eyes buck to the front margin of the pronoturn, striking it about two-thirds of the way from the median to the lateral cari- nae. Face strongly retreating; costa rather deeply s~ilcatc, in profile sliglitly curved (8) ur nearly straight ( 9 ) slightly rounded above to meet vertex.
Proiiotum elongate, longer than the ante- rior femora.; the disk twice (?) or twice and a half (8 ) as longas wide. Carinne distinct, equally developed, the lateral pat-allcl on [.he prozoria, slightlydivergent on the 1netazon:t. Metazona on midline two-thirds ((:?'I or three-fourths ( 9 ) as long as prozona. Hind margin very obtusely angulate or nearly
truncate. Sides of t.he pronoturn with the dorsal third convex, the ventral two-thirds vertical, very similar in outline to D. viridis (Fig. yb), longer than high, the front and hind margins of nearly equal length, con - verging downward, the hind iniirgin becoin- ing nearly vertical in its ventral fonrth; lower margin obtuse-angnlate just behind its middle, the two portions straight and nearly equiangulate with the Literal carina in direction.
Tegmina nearly or quite reaching the tip of the abdomen, extending one-half to two- thirds down the hind femora, the marginal area dilated, lapering from that to tip; $ with the ulnar area enlarged, coarsely, - even scalariform-reticulated, except at base; $ similar but less enlarged, and less regti- larly reticuliitc.




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July i3q6.1 fS2THE. -1.03
Wings with opaque streak at distal third of costal margin, the iilnar xi-ea much expanded to tlic entire exclusion of the distal part of the discoidal. Anterior and middle fernom of the $ slender, of the 8 stout.
Genital segmentofJvei-y like tbatofD. vi?'- W s ; ovipositor of $ with the inferior tooth of the lower valves smaller than in vi;,~'dis. In color varying from light olivaceous
green to dark greenish brown, with a dark brown stripe from hind margin of eyes along the sides of the pronotuin, sometimes Con- tinued upon the humeral field of the tegnien. On the pronotitin mid head this stripe is isiuilly about one-fourth the width of the side of the pronoturn but sometimes becomes barely perceptible; it sometimes appear: upon the disk as a narrow linc just within the lateral carinae of the metamna.
Ancenna. I[. fern. Tee. Teg.<II. fern. Body. Total length. 3 7.5-S ro 10.5 2.5 17 16
? 5 ,2 3 T2 4 20.5-23 r<,
Described from 5 if, 2 5' I : $ ,
Anglesea, N. J., labelled by Prof.
L. Brunei', received from Prof. J. H.
Smith. I if, I 2, Ravenswood, L. I.,
BeuteiiinUller; 1 3. Ga. ; I if, Md. ;
2if without locdity ;-all these latter
from Mr. Scudder's collection.
This species agrees with the descrip-
tion of occidenfalis in the form of the
protiottit~~ and disposition of the lateral ci~rinac, but the median C E I ~ ~ I I ~ is not sufficiently elevated to be properly
culled subcristifonn, and the vertex
of the head is distinctly depressed
behind the front margin, a cliaracler
in which it differs markedly from the
description of mystecus which occi-
dentalis is stated to closely resemble.
Iii superficial appearance the feinrtle
recalls the short-winged form of Stc7t.
cwtipenn& from which it is readily
distinguishecl hy the absence of foveolae. NOTES ON THE OVTPO5lTION OF
THAA'A 0.7 ICET.US (2).
May 27, 1894, at Turkey Hill, Arlington, Mass., I noticed a bpecies of Tliiuiaos iiut- terinparound a plxnt of Ba'ptisiw tinctorin as if to lay eggs, returning to the bame plant seveial times and finally laying" a single egg, in two seconds, upon the upper side of a young' and tender leaf near thc base. This occ~u'red at one o'clock on a vvarm, sunny day. Three more eggs were found upon the same plant. Q searching, a dozen mure
such eggs were found, one or two on each plant, nine on one plant, always single and on the upper surface of the leaf. Numerous eggs were found similarly on Mav 30, also nests of a yoi.111g Thannos on Bapt'sia. June 3, :I long iind ciireful search revealed abundant nests, but only a single egg, and the imagos had become rare. The eggs werc pure white when laid, turning pink or orange xithin four hours; base flattened, sides little- rounded, summit depressed ; longitudinal ribs ten, transverse ridges wide, prominent, quite conciivc ; at micropvie $1 saucer-like depression with hexagonal margin; breadth of egg, 0.76 mm.
flisf~is lV, Folsom.
CALEPIIELIS IJOKEALIS.- Looking over
some miscellaneous entomological material the other day, which material had been cap- tured b? some of the students for the Station collection during the past summer, in this (Montgomery) County, I came across two
unidentified specimens of Caleplielis borea- lis. I closely questioned the student, but he could remember nothing as to date or imme- diate locality, or in fact iiilythii~g, save that they had been ca~ight near Blacksburg Iaht summer. I note this, for while the butter- fly has been taken in West Virginia by Mr. W. H. Edwards, I believe this is the first Virginia record, and any inform a t' ion con- cerning this species is desirable.




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