TWO OKTHOPTERA HITHERTO rXRlX'ORDEl) FKoM THE 



UNrrEL) STATES. 



By Andiikw Nelson C'aidfxi.. 



Of the Depnrtini'nt vf Afjricnlture. 



Thiouirh the kindness of Mr. C. Schaeffer. of Brooklyn. New \ ork. 

 I have had an oiTortunity of studying a sn,all h„t interestinj;- eolie.-- 

 tion of Orthoptora from the Southern States, nmle '•.- '""'- * ;"" 

 others during the past year. The greater port.on ot the eolleet 

 was n,ade at Brownsville. Texas, and by agreetnent the results of th, 

 examination of that nu.terial is to appear m •'j,';.^"™;;'? '"';;";,:'* 

 the Brooklvn Institute of Arts and Scienee. V:.:.'"'' ,:,'„. ' 

 oussion at present ot several n.ost interestn.g additions to ou tau 

 The follow n.' two speeies. however. .,ot heing from Browns, die. o, ,n 

 no part of that report an<l are here reeorded for the hrst tnne tron. 

 the United States: 



HAPLOPLUS EVADNE Westwood. 

 »,y„;,,„.,,™A...WEST>v.„,u, Cat. I'ha..,,.. IS.59. ,. s:.. ,.1. vvn,, Hb. 0, mal- 

 One mature female (.fig. 1) and one large nymph ^'1- ?|';';;; ';-,;;:;™ 

 taken at Loggerhead Key. Dry Tortugas. Morula. I he lah. 1 >.....^ 

 no date nor referenee to the oolleetor. ,- •, I s;.»t„^ of -mv 



This is the first reeord of the oeeurrenee m the I n, te.l btates ot a, > 

 wi g d Phasmid, though a young male larva of what ' --;; 3- 

 he of this speeies was mentioned in my re.ent paper on the ha>n>,.l. 



he [-ni e/states... The large nyu.ph exhihits eha, >-;;;;;';';;;;;;'' ;^ 



between those of the sn.all n.ale ^P"-"""\'""X7l^Z Z^ ^^ 

 mature female. Henee mv iuferen,-e that they all belong to tin >a,m 

 f T ..m crreet in this, as] u..w believ I an,. , he y.mug ,"„/„. 

 •r: n b. v; h i :.eru,ediary seguu-n, snbe.p.al wi, I, the n.etano.un, 

 andXle-'sbearsmalMobedikeexpansionsonthepostermrand n, - 



me 1 te fe^mra and on all the tibi.. As the in>eet "W-'^^^''^"';^ ^^> 

 retexpansionsbecomeoblit,..atedontheanten,. 



The young are also less acutob' spined than thcjuiuii. 

 ^r^uTsTNat. Mus., XXV[. 1903, p. 884. 



