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PSYCHE. 



[November, 1900. 



NEUROPTERA. 



BY NATHAN BANKS. 



Perliilae. 



Nemoura sp. One specimen, close- 

 ly related to the Eastern N. albidipcnnis 

 Walk. 



Trkhflptcra. 



Limnophilus cockerelli n. sp. 



Head yellowish; tacc with much yellow 

 and some long black hair, yertex with long 

 yello%y bristles ; antenna yellowish, feebly- 

 annulate with brown, basal joint long, brown 

 on its outer side; thorax yellowish, ^vitll yel- 

 low hair and bristles; abdomen brown, yel- 

 lowish at apex; legs light yellow, tips of 

 tarsi more red-brown, on the lo\yer outer side 

 of each anterior femur is a short rather in- 

 distinct brown line; spines black, numerous 

 and rather short ; spurs yellowish, 2-3-4, 

 not long. Wings of moderate length and 

 width, not prominently truncate at the tips ; 

 nearly uniform dirty yellowish, surface with 

 fine yellow hair, yeins and margins with 

 black bristles; veins in middle part of wing 

 mostly brown, often interrupted with pale, 

 other veins pale yellowish; costal region un- 

 marked, pterostigma concolorous with rest 

 of wing; discal cell is no longer than its ped- 

 icel; hind wings hyaline. 



Length, io-i2 mm. 



Two specimens from top of range 

 between Sapello and Pecos River, 

 N. Mex., 2 Aug., altitude about 11,000 

 ft. In general appearances this species 

 is similar to a pale L. sitchensis Kol., 

 but distinct by unmarked pterostigma, 

 shorter discal cell, mark on basal joint 

 of antenna, and line on fore femur.* 



* It will be observed that we have Litniiopliilus in 

 Trichoptera, while Mr. Coquillett, in a later section 



ORTHOPTERA. 



BY SAMUEL H. SCUDDER. 



The Orthoptera are all Acridiidae and 

 all northern tj'pes. 



Camnula pellucida Scudd. 



A widespread species extending, next 

 the Canadian border, from Atlantic to 

 Pacific. It is found throughout the 

 Rocky Mt. region and has even been 

 taken as far south as Yuma, Arizona, by 

 Morse. 



Circotettix undulatus (Thom.). 



This has not before been reported 

 from so far south, but I have taken it 

 in southern Colorado, including the 

 sides of Sierra Blanca, just below timber 

 line, or 11-12000'. It is found at points 

 above 7500' throughout Colorado, as 

 well as in Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, 

 Montana and Nevada and is reported 

 from Washington and Vancouver Island. 



Melanoplus cockerelli sp. nov. 



Closely related to M. <ffft"5»?;/ Scudd., from 

 which it differs principally in the longer fur- 

 cula, the much broader male cerci and the 

 subgenital plate apically more elevated, and 

 distinctly though minutely emarginate. The 

 coloring is much as in that species. The 



describes a species of Litnnophila in Dlptera. These 

 names may be considered sufficiently distinct, but if not so 

 considered, the genus of Diptera has priority. The Trich- 

 opterous Limnophilus is also antedated by Limnophilus 

 Fitz.. in Reptilia, according to the dates given in the 

 Nomenclator Zoologicus ; but Hagen credits Limnophilus 

 to Leach, wliicli would throw it before Fitzinger's name. 

 Bcinlis (Tr. Km. Ent. Soc, XIX, 363) writes Limnephilus 

 Leach, and this appears also in the Norn. Zool, with the 

 date 1S17, which is anterior to Macquart's Liinnopliila in 

 Diptera. It would seem better to avoid confusion, to 

 keep the original spelling of Limnephilus' Leach, and drop 

 Limnophilus (Burm., 1S69) as a homonym.— T. D. A C. 



