STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF EMBIA TEXAXA. 



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1. lEthiopicomm Karsh. 



2. agjlis 1 Sundeval. 



3. antiqua Pictet & Hagen, 



4. Hatc'sii McLachlan. 

 t;. bramina Saussure. 



6. braziliensis Gray. 



7. cubana Hagen. 



8. Jiova Saussure. 



9. Hubbardi Hagen. 



10. hitmbertiana Saussure. 



11. insularis McLachlan. 



12. maurifanica Lucas. 



13. MichceU McLachlan. 



14. Miielleri Hagen. 



15. nigra Hagen. 



1 6. nobilis Gerstecker. 



17. persica McLachlan. 



1 8. ruficapilla Burmeister. 



19. ntficollis Saussure. 



20. Salvini McLachlan. 



21. Saundersii Westwood. 



22. Savignyi Westwood. 



23. Solieri Rambur. 



24. tartara Saussure. 



25. texana Melander. 



26. trinitatts Saussure. 



27. Uhrichi Saussure. 



28. Westwoodi Hagen. 



29. Wheeleri Melander. 







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N. Camerun, W. Africa. 



Bahia, Brazil. 



Prussian amber. 



Brazil. 



Bombay, India. 



Brazil. ' 



Cuba. 



Madagascar. 



Enterprise, Florida. 



Ceylon. 



Honolula : Antigua Isl. 



Algeria. 



Ambulla, Calcutta, India. 



Sta. Cattarina, Brazil. 



Upper Egypt, Cairo Egypt : Kel- 

 lemisch, Asia Minor. 



Itaituba, Amazon, Brazil. 



Shahrud, N. Persia. 



Venezuela : Brazil. 



Central America. 



Tehuantepec, Mexico: Chinautta, 

 Central America. 



Bengal, Jubbulpore, Calcutta and 

 Bombay, India : Borneo : Mauri- 

 tius: Madagascar: Ascension Isl. 



Egypt : Greece : S. Russia ? 



Spain : France : Italy. 



Turkestan. 



Austin, Texas. 



Trinidad. 



Trinidad. 



Zanzibar ? copal. 



Cuernavaca, Mexico. 



That the wingless males are functional is to be seen from the 

 following interesting observation. On June I a male that had 

 been kept in captivity for some time was admitted to the dish 

 containing some isolated virgin females. At once every action 

 denoted an intense excitement. The quivering of the antennae, 

 the tremors of the body, the hurried runs hither and thither, and 

 the gnawing at the web, were all strangely in contrast with the 

 passive demeanor in the former nest. His entire behavior indi- 

 cated that his senses perceived the proximity of the other sex. 

 At last a run brought him beside one of the females. A sudden 



1 This species, described as the larva of a new genus of o\-ficu\\&x,Condylopalama, 

 will probably never be recognized from the brief description. 



