November, it^oo.] 



PSYCHE. 



1-25 



interspace between the mesosternal lobes is 

 about half as long again as broad ((?) or 

 scarcely longer than broad ( $ ). The teg- 

 mina overlap and are considerably longer 

 than the pronotum and a little longer than 

 in M. dawsoiii. The hind femora are stout 

 in the male, red beneath, mostly fuscous 

 externally, with oblique dashes of testaceous 

 basallv and the superior carina testaceous; 

 much slenderer in tlie female and more 

 obsciu-e ; hind tibiae deep red, becoming 

 apically infuscated in the female. End of 

 male abdomen upcurved and a little clavate, 

 the snpraanal plate moderate, triangular, 

 mesiallv constricted, the median sulcus shal- 

 low with coarse walls; furcula consisting of 

 a pair of blunt parallel spines about a third 

 as long as the snpraanal plate ; cerci lami- 

 nate, feebly falciform, about twice as long as 

 basal width, feebly narrowing, well rounded 

 apically, scarcely incurved ; subgenital plate 

 rather small, subpyramidal, elevated a little 

 apically and slightly emarginate. 



Length of body, $, 19mm., ?, 22 mm.; 

 hind femora $, 11 mm., ?, 13.25 mm. 



Described from i $ , i 9 . 



Melanoplus altitudinum Scudd. 



This species was taken by Lt. Carpen- 

 ter on Taos Peak in the Sangre de Cristo 

 Mts., N. Mex., at 13000, and occurs at 

 high elevations (7-13000') in the Rocky 

 Mts. as far at least as Montana and 

 Dakota. 



Melanoplus sapellanus sp. nov. 



In general coloring and markings hardh- 

 distinguishable from Af. altititdhnim Scudd., 

 with which it agrees somewhat closely in 

 structuie, though not so closely as with M. 

 riislictts St&l. The interspace between the 

 mesosternal lobes is cjuadrate ($) or a little 

 transverse (?)• The tegraina overlap and 

 are only a little longer than the pronotum. 

 The hind femora are moderately stout in 



both sexes, red beneath, the outer face almost 

 wholly blackish fuscous, but elsewhere tes- 

 taceous; hind tibiae red. End of male abdo- 

 men hardly clavate or upturned, the supra- 

 anal plate rather small, triangular, rounded- 

 tectate, with very slight median sulcus ex- 

 tending as far as a slight transverse median 

 ridge ; furcula consisting of a pair of parallel 

 somewhat flattened dentations, about a third 

 as long as the supraanal plate ; cerci very 

 small, not greatly compressed, blunt tipped, 

 gently tapering and slightly curved, reach- 

 ing but little beyond the transverse ridge of 

 the supraanal plate; subgenital plate rather 

 large, narrower tlian long, haustrate, with 

 straight lateral margins, and well rounded 

 apical margin, in no wav elevated. 



Length of body, $, 23 mm., $,22.5 mm.; 

 hind femora, $, 10 mm., $, 12 mm. 

 Described from i J" , 3 9 . 



LEPIDOPTERA NOCTUIDAE. 



BY J. E. SMITH. 



Feltia vancouverensis Grt. 



1 9 . A common species throughout 

 the mountains of the west — extending 

 north into British America. 



Carneades ochrogaster Gn. 



2 females ; throughout the Rocky 

 Mountain region, north into British 

 America ; northern New York and New 

 England ; Ontario. 



Orthodes virgula Grt. 



R.ocky Mountain region, not so com- 

 mon. 



Plusia celsa Hy. Edw. 



I 9 . Described from " S. W. Ariz." 

 Not a common thing. Closely related 

 to ni)- a/it^niiJc/is from the high Rockies. 



Plusia hochenwarthi Hoch. 



