PSYCHE. 



A common and widely distributed 

 species found througliout New England 

 from early July to late October in bushy 

 pastures and barren grounds on dry 

 upland soil. 



iS. SciRTETICA SauSS. 



Scirtetica Saussuie 1SS4. Piodro- 

 mus Oedipodiorum, 135 (subg. nov.). 



27. Scirtetica marmorata Ilarr. 

 Figs. 27-27 b. 



Locusta marmorata . Harris, Re- 

 port, p. 145, {1S41); Treatise, 3rtl ed., 

 179. 



Oedipoda inarDiorata . Scuddcr, 

 472; Smith, Conn., 372; Thomas, in. 



Dissosteira marmorata. Saussure, 

 141 ; Fernald, 44. 



Scirtettica marmorata. Morse, 

 lo^ ; Beutenmiiiler, 303. 



Antenna : $ , 10. 5-1 2.5 ; 9 , 9.5-10.5. 

 H. fem. : ^ , g.2,-io.'j \ 9. io.s-12.5.. 

 Teg. : (J , 17-20 ; 9 . 20.5-22.5. Body : 

 c? . 15-19; 9. 22-25. Total length: 

 (?, 21.5-25 ; 9, 25-29 mm. 



While usually recognizable by the 

 markings of the tegmina this species is 

 extremely variable in color and widelj' 



so in markings even in the same locality, 

 some examples being chiefly ashy, more 

 or less maculate with black ; others 

 chiefly blackish fuscous, marked with 

 white, yellowish, or reddish-brown ; 

 othei's again entirely bright rufous, 

 sometimes of the tint of red hematite. 

 It is one of the handsomest of our 

 locnsts, but next to Hippisais rtigosus 

 is probably the least known of our 

 Oedipodinae, since, though widelj- dis- 

 tributed, it is exti'emely local. 



Like the species of the preceding 

 genus it is a wide-awake and rather shy 

 locust, best secured by marking down 

 and cautiously approaching, capturing 

 it with a swift sweep of the net as soon 

 as within striking distance. Its stridu- 

 lation and flight are very similar, per- 

 haps iijdistinguishable, from those of 

 Spharagemon bolli. 



I have met with it in but three local- 

 ities ; in each of these it is common and 

 is found on sandy barrens but scantily 

 clothed v\ ith vegetation. My specimens 

 were secured between the dates of Aug. 

 2 and Sept. 5 at Provincetown, Mass., 

 West Chop, M. v., and North Ha\-en, 

 Ct. 



NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN COCCIDAE FROM FLORIDA, 

 t. Determinations and Descriptions, including a new genus. 



BY T. D. A. COCKERELL, N. M. AGR. EXP. ST.\ 



The Coccidae herein recorded were 

 sent to me by Mr. A. L. Qiiaintance, 

 who gives below the particulars as to 

 their occurrence. 



(i) PsEUDOPiiiLiPPiA, n. g. — A Lecaniine 

 Coccid with, in the adult 9 . rudimentary legs 

 and antenna;; secreting a profusion of cot- 

 tony matter, which completely covers and 

 hides it. Skin not chitinous. Apparently 



