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October 1896.1 flZf2~~. 439
Prosapis coquillettii, n. sp. 8 .- Length 7 mm., black with the face-markings dull orange, the other pale marks very light
yellow or yellowish-white. Face little nar- rowed below, vertex strongly mid closely punctured, mandibles mostly pale yellow
without, strongly bifid at tips. Supracly- peal mark considerably longer than broad, but not narrow, shaped like a mitre.
Lnt-
era1 marks excavated by antennal sockets, passing upwards along the orbital margin broadly, coming to a point a considerable distance above the level of the tip of the supraclypeal mark, sometimes extending
even to the top of the orbit. Scape not
dilated, having a broad yellow stripe in front.
Mesothorax, scutellum and pleura strongly punctured; the scutelluni not so closely as the hind part of the mesothorax.
Enclosed space of tnetathorax irregularly wrinkled. Hind border of prothorax inter- rupted in the middle, patch of varying size on tubercles, and spot on tegulaa, light yellow. Anterior tibiae in front, middle tibine at extreme base and apex, find basal two-fifths of hind tibiae, yellowish-whitc. Extreme end of hind tibiae with a reddish- yellow spot. Tarsi with the first joint very pale yellow, the terminal joints, becoming dark brown. The hind tibiae may be yel-
lowish-whitc at lip.
Wings dull hyaline, hardly smoky. Abdo-
men rather short and broad, with fine sparse pubescence, lateral hind margin of first seg- ment with a conspicuous white hair-band. Abdomen strongly punctured, the second
segment more closely thanthe first.
IIa6.-Los Angeles Go.. California.
(Coquillett). Three specimens in U. S.
Natl. Museum.
Nearest to e$isco#alis, which it much re- sembles, but differs in its clear wings, lateral face-rt~arks extending far upwards along orbital margin, and scape with a broad
pale stripe.
Prosapis pennsylvanica, n. sp, f -
Length 54 mm., rather slender, of the
build of modesta f, black with chrome-
yellow markings. Face little narrowed
below, vertex very closely punctured, man- dibles wholly dark. Scape stout but not
swollen, punctured, wholly black. Flagel- lum dark brown above, coffee-color below. Face below antennae all deep yellow; sup- raclypeiil mark rounded above, about as
broad as long; lateral marks triangular, scarcely at all notched by antennal socket, following the orbital margin, cnding thereon at an angle of about 3aJ, no very great dis- tance above the level of the tip of the supra- clypeal mark. Mesothorax, scutellum and
pleura strongly punctured, median groove of mesothorax very distinct, parapsidal
grooves short but also distinct, enclosed space of mekthorax with large confluent
pits. Hind border of prothorax with a very little yellow, tubercles with a large yellow patch, tegulae wholly dark. Legs very
dark brown; anterior tibiae in front,
anterior femora in front near end, middle tibiae for basal fourth, and basal third of hind tibiae yellow. Tarsi yellow the termi- na I joints becoming rnfescent.
Wings hya-
line.
Abdomen narrow, first segment with
sparse and smalli but distinct punctures. A sinall patch of white hiiir on lateral hind margin of first segment.
Hd.--Mon tgomery Co., Pa., May 28,
1890. Collector unknown. In U. S. Natl.
Museum. Also one from Virginia, June
ay, 1880; through C. V. Riley. Very
near to citriuifrons, but rather smaller, face-marks chrome-yellow instead of lemon- yellow, lateral marks differently shaped. Differs from nffifais by its smaller size, punctured abdomen, and lateral face-marks hardly notched by antenna! sockets. It
looks most like inodcsta, at a glance, but differs in the shape of the face-marks.
CA-PTURES OF ORTITOPTERA.- Mr. V. H.
Sprague reports the capture at Walpole,
'Mass., Aug. 30, of Paroscya floridasa and Hes'fierotettix brtvifeds. The latter spe- cies, described from New Jersey, is known from but one other New England locality.



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