1909.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 119 



September 15-16, 1908, by John Woodgate, have also been ex- 

 amined. 



The records given herewith are the first published ones of the species 

 from southern New Mexico, while the known range extends from western 

 Nebraska and southwestern Colorado south to central southern New 

 Mexico and southeastern Arizona. 



LITANETITRIA Saussure. 

 Litaneutria skinneri Rehn. 



At El Paso this interesting species was taken in three quite different 

 situations : swept from dry grass in sandy ground along the Rio Grande, 

 July 10 (one cJ* ) ; swept from greasewood on edge of mesa, 4,200 feet, 

 July 11 (one 9 ), and taken from the bare face of a precipitous rock at 

 5,000 feet elevation in the Franklin Mountains, July 9 (one 9 ). One 

 male and two females were taken on dry bunch grass at Albuquerque 

 on September 14, while five immature specimens (two d\ three 9) 

 taken at Aden, July 21, on grass prairie, and at Silver City, July 20, are 

 provisionally referred to this species. The Albuquerque females and 

 the Franklin Mountains individual are equal to the female type in size, 

 while the other El Paso female is distinctly smaller and less robust. 

 The Franklin Mountains specimen is blotched and barred with seal- 

 brown on a pale mars-brown ground, a coloration eminently protec- 

 tive as our field notes mention the blending of this insect's coloring into 

 the surroundings. 



The range of this species now extends from the Grand Canyon region, 

 Arizona, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, south to the Huachuca 

 Mountains, Arizona, and the vicinity of El Paso, Texas. 



STAGMOMANTIS Saussure. 

 Stagmomantis sp. 



Immature specimens of a species of this genus were taken as follows : 

 on irrigated land at El Paso, July 10 and 11; at the east base of the 

 Franklin Mountains, July 9; Alamogordo, July" 13; Aden, July 21, on 

 rabbit weed; Deming, July 18; Silver City, July 20. Of the eleven 

 specimens before us all are in the green phase except one which has 

 the thorax dark brown. The Alamogordo specimen is a female nearly 

 mature. 



PHASMID^B. 



PARABACILLUS Caudell. 

 Parabacillus coloradus (Scudder). 



This peculiar walking stick was encountered at three localities, viz. : 

 Dry Canyon, 5,000 feet elevation, July 13, two females; Cloudcroft. 



