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the present are listed in Table I. with the suggested modifications 

 of Sladen's ('99 and '12) scheme. 



1. Bremus affmis 



2. occidentalis 



3. terricola 



4- 



5- 



lucorum 8 

 terrestris 8 



6. Bremus bimaculatus 



7- 

 8. 



9- 

 10. 

 it. 



12. 



13- 



14- 



IS- 



16. 



impatiens 



perplexus 



ternarius 



vagans 



auricomus 9 



separatus 



jonellus 8 

 lapidarius 8 

 lapponicus 8 

 pratorum 8 



TABLE I. 



AMARSIPCEA. 



Phaneroschadonenta. 



American 

 Species. 



European 

 Species 



Cryptoschadonent 



American 

 Species. 



European 

 Species. 



17. Bremus americanorum 



1 8. fervidus 



MARSIPCEA. 



American 

 Species. 



Concerning the relative temper of the Mar si- and Amarsipcea, 

 Sladen ('99, pp. 230-231) says: "It will be noticed that the 

 pouch-makers include roughly the timid species. The pollen- 

 storers, on the contrary, consist of the bolder species." This is 

 not true of our New England Marsipcea, e.g., Bremus ameri- 

 canorum and Bremus fervidus, these being the most vicious 



8 According to Sladen ('12, pp. 152-153). 



9 According to Prison ('17, pp. 284). 



