26 MELANDER. 



POSTSCRIPT. 



Since the foregoing account was written we have met with 

 Embia te.vana a number of times, while on two occasions several 

 specimens were associated in the same nest. In the former of 

 these cases the retreat was the combined efforts of six individuals, 

 in the latter but three specimens resided together. These family 

 homes are larger than those of the solitary Einbias, extending 

 for several inches and consisting of a large mass of silk. As 

 none of the specimens observed show any trace of wing-forma- 

 tion, our previous conclusion, that this species is wingless, is 



probably correct. 



AUSTIN, TEXAS, March 22, 1902. 



