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PSYCHE. 



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eral fields, more prominent in the $. The 

 dorsal field testaceous, sometimes witli pice- 

 ous dots; in ? covering one-third of abdo- 

 men, in (J two thirds; wings absent. Legs 

 and dorsal surface of abdomen testaceous 

 sprinkled with fuscous which on dorsal sur- 

 face of hind femora is sometimes in cross-bars. 

 Ovipositor almost straight, equalling in 

 length or very slightly shorter than hind 

 femora; the apical blades rather long, taper- 

 ing evenly to a fine point; above, evenly and 

 sharply serrulate. Length of body 8 mm. ; 

 of liind femora, 6.5 mm.; of ovipositor, 6.5 

 mm. ; of promotum, 3.5 mm. ; of tegmina, ? 

 2.S mm., $ 4 mm. Width of pronotum, 3 

 mm. I J^ , 9 V s. 



TV. maciilatus is re;i(^ily distinguished 

 from N. fasciatus vittatiis., by its aver- 

 age smaller size, shorter and straighter 

 ovipositor, fewer hairs on head and pro- 

 notum and finer cross veinlets of 9 teg- 

 mina. The serrulations of the ovipositor 

 are sharper than in vtttatiis. The two 

 also differ in color, the ground o{ ftiacu- 

 latus being lighter and the piceous more 

 generally sprinkled where in vittatus it 

 is in lengthwise bars. Macidatus has 

 been taken in small numbers only in 

 JVIarion and Vigo counties. It is found 

 in low open woods, usually in the vicin- 

 ity of or beneath logs. 



3. N. palustris sp. nov. 



Size small; the body of J especially short 

 and broad. Head tumid; eyes large, but not 

 proininent. Pronotum one third broader than 

 long, the sides subequal, rather thickly beset 

 with stiff black bristles, as is also the forehead 

 and dorsal surface of the two front femora. 

 Head, tegmina and body of most specimens, 

 a uniform dark piceous; disk of pronotum 

 ))iceous or fuscous sprinkled with piceous. 



Antennae, legs and ovipositor fuscous. Max- 

 illary palpi luteous except the apical joint 

 which is wliolly piceous. Tegmina of $ 

 covering a little more than half the abdomen ; 

 those of $ hardly reaching its tip. Oviposi- 

 tor almost a third shorter than hind femora, 

 di.stinctly though feebly arcuate, the apical 

 blades but little enlarged at the base, very 

 finely serrulate with dull rasp-like teeth. 

 Length of body of $, 6.5 mm. ; of hind fe- 

 mora, 5 mm. ; of ovipositor, 3.5 mm. 



This handsome, little pitch brown 

 Nemobiid has been found only among 

 the tainarack swamps and cranberry 

 bogs of the northern part of the State, 

 where it finds a congenial home in the 

 midst of the dense, damp sphagnum 

 mosses. Sometimes they are so plenti- 

 ful that a half dozen or more are seen in 

 an area a foot square. Like the other 

 members of the genus they are very 

 active, when distinbed leaping vigor- 

 ously, a few inches at a time, and finally 

 seeking safety by burrowing in the 

 masses of moss. 



4. N. carolinus Scudder. 



This prettil)- marked little species has 

 been found to be rather common on the 

 grass covered banks of streams and along 

 the fence rows of open woods in Vigo, 

 Putnam and Monroe comities. In gen- 

 eral appearance it is a diminutive form 

 of N. macnlatiis above described, but 

 its sn^all size and short arcuate ovi- 

 positor at once distinguish it. Accord- 

 ing to Scudder, carolinus ranges from 

 New England to Nebraska and Texas. 



5. N. exiguus sp. nov. 

 Size medium; body slender; head rather 



