116 
Psyche 
[Sept. 
(Bks. coll.). Also three from Connecticut; So. Meriden 
17 June, 4 July (H. L. Johnson), and Mt. Carmel, 2 Aug. 
(Sommermann) (teneral), in the Agric. Exper. Station, 
New Haven. 
Type M.C.Z. no. 27673. 
Perlesta frisoni sp. nov. 
This is the species occurring in the higher parts of the 
mountains of North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. It 
is pale yellowish, no dark spot over ocelli; the prono- 
tum yellowish, but with more or less definite brown marmo- 
rations on the sides, sometimes making a broad pale brown 
band each side ; below wholly pale, the legs and setae also 
pale, sometimes the hind tibiae are slightly darkened at 
base above ; wings wholly clear, none at all fumose. An- 
tennae pale on basal fifth or more, beyond dark. The head 
and pronotum are a little broader than placida, the ocellar 
triangle not as long as in placida, the hind ocelli plainly 
nearer to eyes than to each other, the lateral boss is trans- 
verse and about the diameter of an ocellus and below the 
ocellus. 
The V-mark shows two strongly diverging arms, at up- 
per end pointed, at tip very broad, the inner edge concave. 
The pronotum in front is not nearly twice as broad as 
long, and plainly narrowed behind ; the anterior angles are 
quite sharp, and the front margin more strongly bowed 
than in placida. 
The genital prongs of the male are broad at base and 
taper gradually on both sides to the fairly sharp tip. In 
the female the base of each prong is much broader, the in- 
ner tip prolonged into a short, slender point, sometimes 
very slender like a peg. 
In the female the subgenital plate is transverse and 
truncate, sometimes a median notch, the apical plates (be- 
tween bases of setae) are more prominent, and more 
sharply pointed than placida, not so hairy as in nitida. 
Many specimens from the Smoky Mts., mostly on the 
Tennessee side in early September, 1930 (Darlington, Car- 
penter, Banks). 
Expanse 19-24 mm. 
Type M.C.Z. no. 27662. 
