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PSYCHE. 



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ocelli. Clvpeus small, long oval, the pointed 

 end considerabl3- exceeding genae, the latter 

 being extremely narrow below the lorae. 

 Below the eves the sides of the genae are 

 strongly obtusely angulate, the margin from 

 this angulation to the lorae nearly horizontal. 

 Pronotum short, width two and a half time.s 

 length, anterior and posterior margins sub- 

 parallel except at sides. Scutel rather small, 

 shorter than pronotum. Ovipositor longer 

 than rest of venter, exceeding the elytra by 



iieter. Last ventral segment 

 as preceding, hind margin 



nearly a milli 

 about as lont 

 truncate. 



J . Length 5 mm. Colors very much 

 darker, nearly all below with anterior femora, 

 black; the only light portions of the face 

 being the lines above, and a large area on 

 either side below. 



Collected during August in Placer Co., 

 California, by Mr. A. Koebele. 



INSECTS COLLECTED AT JACKMAN, MAINE. 



BY F. L. IIAR\'EY AND O. \V. KXIGHT, ORONO, ME. 



In August, 1S95, we spent a week in 

 the vicinity of Jackman" on the Cana- 

 dian P;icific R. R. near where it crosses 

 the Maine iaoundary, atid the following 

 insects were taken. We selected what 

 seemed to be a very promising place for 

 sugaring and laid a route nearly a mile 

 long including all kinds of ground. 

 We went over it twice each evening 

 for three nights. The only remarkable 

 thing noticed was the dearth of night- 

 flying insects taken. The fields were 

 alive with locusts and crickets. We 

 were quite surprised to find the chinch 

 bug in dry pastures on the high hills in 

 Moose River township. The locality is 

 fully 300 feet above the drainage of 

 Moose River at Jackman. Moose 

 River, after traversing several lakes, 

 enters the North end of Moosehead 

 Lake. The altitude at which the 

 chinch bugs were found is remarkable, 

 also the locality is nearly 100 miles 

 farther north than Fryeburg, Me., 

 where this insect infests one area cover- 

 ing many square miles. 



OUTHOPTERA. ' 



Gryllus hictiiosus Serville. Veiy 

 common under rocks and piles of 

 stones in the fields and pastures. It 

 was by far the commonest insect to be 

 found in the vicinity of Jackman. 



Nemobius fasciatiis De Geer. Asso- 

 ciated with the preceding species l)ut 

 not nearly so common. 



Ceiithophilus Diaculatus Harris. 

 Not very common. A few were found 

 under logs and stone piles. 



Sctiddevia curvicauda De Gee]'. 

 Common in bushes and shrubbery. 



XipJiidium fasciatum De Geer. 

 Very common in fields and meadows. 



Pezotettix glacialis Scudder. 

 Rare. Five specimens were taken 

 in open woods and bogs along a de- 

 serted wood road. These were found at 

 an unusually low altitude for this species- 



Melanoplus femoratus Burmeister. 

 Common in fields and meadows. 



^IeIa>iophis atlaiiis Riley. Common 

 in fields etc. 



