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subapical as well as apical spines ; spurs subopposite, the basal pair a 

 little before the middle of the tibia?, scarcely longer than the tibial depth, 

 set at an angle of about 40° with the tibia?, and about 100° with those of 

 the opposite side ; inner middle calcaria as long as the metatarsus, twice 

 as long as their mates. Hind tarsi about two-fifths as long as the tibia?, the 

 first joint as long as the rest together, the second twice as long as the 

 third. Cerci tapering regularly, not more than half as long as hind 

 femoral breadth. Ovipositor about four-fifths as long as the hind femora, 

 nearly straight and slender, but apically upcurved and finely pointed, the 

 inner valves very bluntly and feebly crenulate. 



Length of body, $ 13 mm., ? 12 mm.; pronotum, ^ 3.75 mm., 

 ? 4 mm. ; fore femora, ^ 4.4 mm., 9 4-75 nim. ; hind femora, 

 ($ 10 mm., 9 10.5 mm. ; hind tibiae, ^ 10.5 mm., ? 11.25 mm.; ovi- 

 positor, 8 mm. 



2 (? > 5 ?• — Eight-mile Station, about 5,500 feet, on the road from 

 Wawona to the Yosemite Valley, Cal., A. P. Morse. 



This species is easily recognized, at least in the male sex, by the 

 antenna; discoloured at base and the dark patch on the hind femora. 



I 2. Cettthophilus vinciilaius Scudd. — There are specimens in the 

 National Museum from California and Washington, and the Cambridge 

 Museum has a pair, apparently belonging here, from Santa Barbara, Cal.; 

 the species is also found in Nevada, Iowa, and Nebrask. 



13. Ceuthophiltis testacens Scudd. — A single specimen, apparently 

 of this species, was taken at Los Angeles, Cal., July 29, by A. P. Morse. 

 It had previously been known only from Missouri, Nebraska, and 

 Wyoming. 



14. Ceuihophilus californiajiiis Scudd. — This has been reported 

 from Vancouver Island, and from many places in California, in Contra 

 Costa, Sonoma, Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa 

 Clara, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Bernadino Counties, as well 

 as from Utah and Arizona. Mr. Morse brought home a specimen from 

 Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon, taken April 19. (See below, under 

 Hemitideopsylla califoi-niand). 



15. Ceuihophilus pacificus Thom. — This has been taken by many 

 persons in California without closer specification of locality, and by 

 others in Contra Costa and Los Angeles Counties, and at Lake Tahoe. 

 It also occurs in Nevada, 



