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Psyche 8:76, 1897.

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PSYCHE, [June iS97.
A NEW SUBFAMILY IN THE JASSIDAE.
BY CARL I?. BAKER, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALA. I11 the National Museum Collection
there arc several specimens of what is
probably the most remarkable Jassoid
insect yet discovered in North America.
They are from California and were col-
lected by Mr. Koebele. The peculiari-
ties of form and structure are matched
by several other Jassoids, its general
appearance being that of an Aeocepha-
lid, yet the position of the ocelli com- bined with its other characters, render
it unique. For while in general struc-
ture it is a Jassid (sens. strict.), yet in the position ot the ocelli it is a Bythos- copid, as these organs are well down
on the face. But the vertex is thin and
foliaceous, somewhat expanded before
the eyes, concave above and curved up-
ward, and nearly half again longer than
the pronot~~in, thus removing it far from all Bythoscopid genera. I11 the passage
forward and downward of the Jassid
ocellus, this insect might have sprung
from the original Bjthoscopid root, but
its development has certainly been along entirely separate and distinct lines. A
more plausible theory is that there was
no movement of ocelli except toward
each other, the edge of the vertex just
above the ocelli becoming extended far
forward over them in the form ot a thin
plate.
This is borne out by the fact
that the ocelli are still on a line between the upper edges of eyes. This insect
is the sole representative of a group
which is further removed from the
Bythoscopinae, than the Ulopinae and
Paropiinae are from the Jassinae, or the Ledi-inae from the Tettigoninae. I
name this new genus and subfamily in
honor of the discoverer.
Koeteliime, n. sub fan^. Ocelli far below anterior edge of head and distant from
the
eyes, though on a line between upper edges of eyes. Vertex thin, foliaceous, concave, bent upward, slightly expanded before eyes, and longer than pronot~im.
KoebsUa, 11, gen. Head broader than pro- notuni, vertex half again as long. Ocelli as near to median line as to eyes. Eljtra as long as abdomen (exclusive of 9 genitalia), subcoriaceous, without an appendix. Veins weak; four apical and two anteapical cells, basal transverse vein entering radial cell ; claval veins two. Type : -
Koebelia caltforuica n.sp. 2. Length to
tip of ovipositor, y mm. Light ferriiginoiis, variously clouded with paler. Face above dark, with ii transverse angulate lighter line which medially sends three branches to tip of vertex. Vertex with a median lighter
area, which is broader anteriorly; extreme anterior edge of vertex dark with fine light interruptions. Pronotum with n median longi- tudinal light line. Elytra opaque whitish, with three irregular, darker, transverse bands, the first indistinct, the second at middle ot elytra, and the third between second and apex. All the veins and margins of elytra with sparse black points.
Vertex broadly subtriangular anteriorly, length three-fourths of breadth between eyes. Front long, narrow, gradually narrowed to clypeus, frontal sutures extending only to Pnchr 8 076-77 (pre. 1903). hfp //psyche aitclub o@S-0076 htd



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June 1897.1 ~ c ~ , 77
ocelli.
Clypeussinall, long oval, the pointed
end considerably exceeding genae, the latter being extremely narrow below the lorae.
Below the eyes the side's of the genae are strongly obtusely angulate, the margin from this anguiation to the lorae nearly horizontal. Pronoturn short, width two and a half times length, antexior and posterior margins sub- parallel except at sides. Sculel rather small, shorter than pronoturn. Ovipositor longer than Test of venter, exceeding the elytra by nearly a millimeter.
Last ventral segment
about as long as preceding, hind margin
truncate.
. Length 5 mm. Colors very much
darker, nearly all below with anterior femora. black; the only light portions of the face being the lines above, find a large area on either side below.
Collected during August in Placer Co.,
California, by Mr. A. Koebele,
INSECTS COLLECTED AT JACKMAN, MAINE
BY F. L. HARVEY AND 0. W. KNIGHT, OROXO, ME. In August, 1895, we spent a week in
the vicinity of Jaclman~on the Cana-
dian Pacific R. R. near where it crosses the Maine boundary, and the following
insects were tziken. We selected what
seemed to be a very promising place for
sugaring and laid a route nearly 'c\ mile Jong including all kinds of ground.
We "went over il twice each evening
for three nights. The only remarkable
thing noticed was the dearth of night-
flying insects talwn. The fields were
alive with locusts and crickets. We
were quite surprised to find the chinch
bug in dry pastures on the high hills in Moose River township. The locality is
fully 300 feet above the drainage of
Moose River at Jackman. Moose
River, after traversing several lakes,
enters the North end of Moosehead
Lake. The altitude at which the
chinch hugs were found is remarkable,
also the locality is nearly 100 miles
farther north than Fryeburg, Me.,
where this insect infests one area cover- ing many square miles.
Gvyllxs lz~ctxostis Serville. Very
common under rocks and piles of
stones in the fields and pastures. It
was by far the commonest insect to be
found in the vicinity of Jackman.
Nemobizis fasciaius De Geer. Asso-
ciated with the preceding species but
not nearly so common.
Ceutho-philus maculatzis Harris.
Not very common. A few were found
under logs and stone piles.
Scruide~ia czirvlcaziu'a De Geer,
Common in bushes and shrubbery.
Xiphidium fasciaturn De Geer.
Very common in fields and meadows.
Pezotettixglacialis Scudder.
Rare. Five specimens were taken .
in open woods and bogs along a cle-
serted wood road. These were found a1
ail unusually low altitude for this species- Melanoplus fewovatus Burmeister.
Common in fields and meadows.
MelanopZm atlanis Riley. Common
in fields etc.




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