142 Journal New York Entomological Society, [Voi. x. 



A NEW PHALANGID FROM THE BLACK MOUN- 

 TAINS, N. C. 



By Nathan Banks. 

 Scotolemon brunnea, sp. nov. 



Body yellowish-brown, shield of abdomen mottled with irregular blackish mark- 

 ings ; posterior margins of ventral segments, and of the last few dorsal segments mar- 

 gined with black. Palpi and mandibles yellowish-brown, irregularly netted with 

 black ; legs mostly blackish, but with some yellow markings, especially on the 

 patellae. Eye-tubercle large, but blunt, and not far from the anterior margin. Dorsum 

 of abdomen beyond middle with some acute granules, arranged, especially on the hind 

 margins of the posterior segments, in transverse rows, each granule is tipped with a 

 short, stout bristle. The cox£e and ventral surface granulate, larger granules on the 

 hind margins of coxae ; ventral surface with some erect, short h^ir. Legs slightly 

 roughened and with short bristles. Tarsus I four-jointed, basal joint rather longest ; 

 tarsus II eight-jointed, penultimate longest, tarsi III and IV are four-jointed, 

 the basal much the longest. Tibia II has two or three false articulations. Palpi 

 large and prominent ; cox£e with one spine below ; femur with four spines above, 

 the basal two smaller than the others, two spines on inner side near tip, the basal 

 one the longer, below with four tubercles bearing spines and a group of smaller 

 tubercles beyond ; patella with two long spines on inner side, one at middle and 

 one near lip, under side with one spine near tip ; tibia with three spines on outer 

 side, the middle one much the longest, four on inner side, the second the largest, two 

 small spines above ; tarsus with three large spines on each side, the basal the 

 largest ; claw long and stout. The mandibles of the male have a large prominent 

 projection in front, enlarged at tip, and below on outer side are several short bristles; 

 there is also a tubercle near base of immovable finger ; the movable finger is greatly 

 swollen near middle and then bent at right angles. Length, 2 mm. 



Several specimens collected by Mr. Beutenmiiller in the valley of 

 the Black Mountains, Yancy County, N. C, in September. They 

 were found by sifting damp leaves in the woods. 



NOTE ON MAMESTRA VAN-ORBICULARIS SM. 



In the description of the above species in the March number of the Journal the 

 specimen received was inadvertently credited to Prof. Washburn, formerly of Cor- 

 vallis, from whom I had in times past received material. As a matter of fact the 

 credit should be to Prof. A. B. Cordley who has been good enough to follow his pre- 

 decessor in favoring the undersigned with noctuid material. 



John B. Smith. 



