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Psyche 7:422-423, 1894.

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PSYCHE.
[September 1896.
of Conn.; and various places in
Mass., including Winchendon, Grey-
lock Mt., Penikese, Cuttyhnnk, and
Martha's- Vineyard Ids. The speci-
mens from Greylock Mt. consist, of
botli long and short winged adults
and young. showing- that the species
undoubtedly breeds there ; those from
Speckled Mt. on the contrary are all
long-winged arlnlts and probably flew '
there, having- been obseived by Mr.
Scudder in the middle of Sebago
Lake almost simultaneously. A nota-
tion and description by Mr. Scudder
of its song and attitude during ~tridu-
lation will be found in Distribution
of Insects in New Hampshire and the
~3rd report of the Entoinological
Society of Ontario.
A THYSAN'URAN OF THE GENUS ANOURA.
BY F. r,. HAKVEY: ORONO, ME,
Prof. A. S. Packarc1 in his Lg Syn.
Thys. of Essex Co. Mass." p. 27 de-
scribes a species of A w a under the
name A. gibiosa, which was collected
at Er~inswick, Me. The description is
so meagre and differs so materially from a form found in similar situations about Orono, Me., that we submit the follow-
ing account of specimens examined.
Description.- Lead colored or pale indigo bluish. Body short and broad with broad
segment. Head long in proportiori to the other segments, and divided above into two areas : a wide anicrior flattened portion, bearing three rounded tubercles. The
middle one much larger and marked by
about twenty small irregulftr color patches. The posterior portion narrower, ridged, bear- ing five tubcrcleb, the middle one rectenp- lar larger and two lobed by a transverse depression. The others smdl and rounded. The prothorax bears four tubercles, the
two median ones small or obsolete, the lorn- tion indicated by hairs. The segments from the third to the eighth inclusive six-tuber- culate. Ninth segment four tuberenlate.
The body ending in two large tubercles.
The tubercles armed with whitish hairs at the apex which become larger, longer and more numerous toward the posten01 part of the body. The tubercles are colored like the body but surrounded at the base by a light colored ring which has light colored lines radiating from it to the apex of the tuber- cles breaking the color into six sub-triangu- lar zones.
The tubercles on the second seg-
merit are triangular at the base and the color broken by lighter lines into twelve irregular patches nine surrounding three. Body
widest at 7th to Slh segments. The bucal cone acute, broad at the base, prominent and projecting beyond the head, as shown in
Fig. 2. Antennae short, stout, hirsute, as long as half the width of the head. Basal joint broadest. Three basal joints about equal. Terminal joint longest, narrowest, conical, lighter colored.
Legs short and stout slightly longer than half width of body.
Underside of body yel-
lowish at the insertion of the legs.
Measurements.-Total 1.9 mm. to 1.6 mm.
Greatest width ,798 at 8th seg., head, .399 mm. long. 'Breadth ,532 mm. behind but at base ofantennae .3igrnin. Antennae .213mm'



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September 1896 ] PSYCHE. ' 423
Habitat. Common about Orono,
Me., in decaying wood or under
boards, stones, logs, etc., at all seasons. Remarks. The illustrations were
drawn by Mr. Elneston from live speci-
mens furnished by the writer. Fig. I
shows a full grown specimen somewhat
too broad from pressure. Fig. 2 ven-
tral view of some specimen. Fig. 3
represents a form found with the other
our specimens as Ihe six tubercles are
plainly on the tergal region and in
plain view when the specimen is walk-
ing. We would suggest the name
Anozira 6-tz/bercuZata 11. sp. should the form prove distinct from Packard's
species when compared with his type.
Our form when disturbed or killed in
alcohol or balsam puts the antennae at
right angles to the body as shown in
Fig. 1. Fig. ?. Fig. 3.
and I T M ~ be the same species though
smaller and the body much more slen-
der and the antennae narrower.
Our specimens are larger than Paclc-
ard's, and the tubercles on the head
different and the number of tubercles
on the segments greater. Packard's
statement "four large subacute tzder-
cles across the upper side of each
segment" certainly does not apply to
Lubbock's figure of A. muscorum
-, lemp. Mr. Macgillivray has pro-
posed the name Aphoromma for Anoura
which is preoccupied. Should this
prove to be the same as Packard's spe-
cies the more minute description and
the figures will be interesting. We do
not know that PackarJ's species has
been figured.




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