October 1896] 



PSYCHE. 



439 



Prosapis coquillettii. n. »p. $. — Lengtli 

 7 mm., black with the face-markings dull 

 orange, the other pale marks very light 

 yellow or 3'ellowish-white. Face little nar- 

 rowed below, vertex strongly and 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. Lat- 

 eral 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 scutellum not so closely 

 as the hind part of the mesothorax. 

 Enclosed space of metathorax irregularly 

 wrinkled. Hind border of prothorax inter- 

 rupted in the middle, patch of varying size 

 on tubercles, and spot on tegulae, light 

 yellow. Anterior tibiae in front, middle 

 tibiae at extreme base and apex, and basal 

 two-fifths of hind tibiae, yellowish-white. 

 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-white at tip. 



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 than the first. 



Hab.— L.oi Angeles Co., California. 

 (Coquillett). Three specimens in U. S. 

 Natl. Museum. 



Nearest to episcopalis, which it much re- 

 sembles, but differs in its clear wings, lateral 

 face-marks extending far upwards along 

 orbital margin, and scape with a broad 

 pale stripe. 



Prosapis pennsylvanica, n. sp. $ — 

 Length 5.J mm., rattier slender, of the 



build of moilefta ^, 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, coflfee-color below. 

 Face below antennae all deep yellow ; sup- 

 raclypeal mark rounded above, about as 

 broad as long; lateral marks triangular, 

 scarcely at all notched by antennal socket, 

 following the orbital margin, ending thereon 

 at an angle of about 30'^, 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 metathorax 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- 

 nal joints becoming rufescent. Wings hya- 

 line. Abdomen narrow, first segment with 

 sparse and small, but distinct punctures. 

 A small patch of white hair on lateral hinil 

 margin of first segment. 



Hab. — Montgomery Co., Pa., May 2S, 

 1S90. Collector unknown. In U. S. Natl. 

 Museum. Also one from Virginia. June 

 27, iSSo; through C. V. Riley. Very 

 near to citrinijrons., but rathei* smaller, 

 face-marks chrome-yellow instead of lemon- 

 yellow, lateral marks differently shaped. 

 Differs from affinis by its smaller size, 

 punctured abdomen, and lateral face-marks 

 hardly notched by antennal sockets. It 

 looks most like modesta, at a glance, but 

 differs in the shape of the face-marks. 



Captures of Orthoptera. — Mr. F. H. 

 Sprague reports the capture at Walpole, 

 Mass., Aug. 30, of Paroxya Jioridana and 

 Hesperotettix brevipeani's. The latter spe- 

 cies, described from New Jersey, is known 

 from but one other New England locality. 



