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PHILADELPHIA, PA., JANUARY, 1905. 



Cryptohalictoides spiniferus* 1 is remarkable for the peculiar 

 and elaborate production of the legs into processes and spines 

 fairly well show in the illustration. It is on this account 



possibly farther removed from the 

 usual than any other insect de- 

 scribed during the past year. The 

 structures are symmetrical and cer- 

 tainly serve some special purpose 

 which it remains for some energetic 

 biologist and physiologist to dis- 

 cover. There was almost no inter- 

 est shown in the selection of an 

 insect for the cover of the NEWS 

 by our subscribers and we made 

 the selection. In the January, 

 1904, NEWS we stated that the 

 most remarkable insect described 

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>; Yiereck, KNT. NEWS, xv, 261, 1904. 



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