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PSYCHE 
[Februarj' 
PARATY LOTROPIDIA BEUTEXMUELLERI SP. XOV. 
BY ALBERT P. MORSE, WELLESLEY, MASS. 
Facial costa shallowly silicate, narrowed above at meeting with vertex. Ver- 
tex snb-acute in profile, plane above, its anterior margins angulate over shallow 
foveolae open below to the antennal fossae. Pronotum evenly tectiform above; 
the sides plane, meeting dorsum at an angle less pronounced posteriorly; lateral 
carinae straight, evenly divergent, obsolete near hind margin. Lateral lobes smooth 
above, longitudinally rugulose below on prozona, coarsely punctate on metazona, 
flavescent save for narrow fuscous border below lateral carinae. Prosternal sjiine 
[lyramidal with rounded apex. iVIetepisternum with distinct ruga. Tegniina 
short, nearly as broad as long (4X5 mm.), truncate, apex broadly rounded, dorsal 
field broad, scarcely angulate with lateral. Hind femora of moderate size, oliva- 
ceous, rufo-flavescent above. Valves of ovipositor strongly exserted, slender, ven- 
tro-lateral teeth absent, dorso-lateral edges sinuous, without serrations. Cerci 
small, triangular, one-and-one-third times as long as wide, acutely pointed. Abdo- 
men keeled above. 
Ferruginous brown above, varied with flavescent on the abdomen; flavescent 
beneath and on sides of head, pronotum, and metepisterna. Hind femora oliva- 
ceous; hind tibiae deep red. 
Length of body: 27.5; hind fern.: 13.6. Pronotum: prozona, 4, metazona, 3; 
width of metazona, 5. Tegmina: length, 5; width, 4 mm. 
One female. Valley of Black IMt., N. C., Aug. 30, 1906. W. Beutenmiiller. 
This is a smaller species than bnm}ieri, having the general appearance and 
coloration of several of the brachypterous species of Melanoplus inhabiting the same 
district. It lacks the conspicuous flavescent lateral stripes on the head, pronotum 
and tegmina characteristic of bmnneri, from which it also differs markedly in the 
structure of those members. Discovery of the male is awaited with interest. 
This species, though differing much from bmnneri, is doubtless congeneric 
with it and is especially interesting as being the eastern representative of the genus. 
Bmnneri occurs locally from Texas to Dakota, being apparently restricted to the 
undergrowth of open, rather dry, woodlands. It is probable that the present species 
will be fouml to have a similar habitat in the East. I take great pleasure in ])ro- 
posing for it the name of its discoverer, in honor of his researches upon the insect 
fauna of the southern Appalachians. 
