1877.] 239 [Brewer. 



the extreme tip and base only wanting. It may be called Blattina 

 fascigera from the grouping of most of the principal nervules into 

 bundles, although this feature is not very conspicuous. The anal 

 vein is very deeply impressed ; the marginal area is very broad and 

 in its basal half almost entirely devoid of cross veins ; the entire 

 margin of the apical half of the wing* is broken by nearly straight 

 and equidistant cross veins over a large area, while the disc of the 

 wing is irregularly reticulated. The costal margin is very broadly 

 and gently convex, and the inner margin nearly straight, so that the 

 wing is of nearly equal breadth throughout. Its length (with broken 

 tip) is 35 mm., probably it was about 38 mm. long; its breadth is 

 15.5 mm. The species seems to be somewhat nearly allied to Blat- 

 tina primwva Gold, of the European carboniferous formation, but 

 differs distinctly in the extreme weakness of the scapular vein, its 

 nearly uniform distance from the margin throughout its course, and 

 its continuation nearly to the tip of the wing. 



A full description and figure of the species will be given in a fu- 

 ture paper. 



Dr. T. M. Brewer announced a very interesting addition 

 to the Society's collection of New England fauna, viz. : a 

 mounted specimen of the Chestnut-collared Longspur, JPlec- 

 trophanes ornatus Townsend. 



It was shot by Mr. C. W. Townsend in a grass field near the 

 shore. at Magnolia, between Gloucester and Manchester, Mass., July 

 28, 1876. It is an adult male, but showing no signs of breeding. 

 The plumage was much worn, and indicated an incipient moult. 

 The dimensions are: length, 5.65 in.; expanse, 9.75; wing, 3.21; 

 tail, 2.32; bill, .38; tarsus, .86; hind claw, .33; middle claw, .22. 

 It was alone, and while flying uttered two notes. This species is 

 abundant in the plains of the upper Missouri, where the first single 

 specimen was taken by Mr. Townsend, and described in 1837. It 

 was found in May, on the Platte, by Nuttall, and by Mr. Allen in 

 western Kansas; the highest known range is on the Saskatchewan 

 Plains. In its migrations it has been taken in southern Texas and 

 the Indian Territory. No specimen before this is known to have 

 been taken within two thousand miles of the present locality. As 

 Mr. Townsend was the first to discover this species, it is not inappro- 



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