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that the incrassate form cannot be taken as a basis for generic 

 distinction. Reuter (1909, Bemerk. u. neark. Caps., p. 72) 

 refers to cacsar, having before him a male specimen from 

 Texas sent by Mr. Heidemann, and a female specimen which 

 may or may not have been cacsar (1876). In the same note 

 the author remarks that the second antennal segment of the 

 male is "thinner" than in the female, again showing that he 

 had two species under consideration. The male considered 

 above, being the same as major n. sp. from Texas, does have 

 more slender antennae than either caesar or re uteri. The 

 writer finds that the sexes of a given species of Lopidca do 

 not differ in the antennal characters. 



The writer has seen the more important collections of Miri- 

 dae from the United States and, after a careful survey of the 

 Lopidca material, he feels quite safe in saying that if the type 

 of Lomatoplcura cacsar came from Pennsylvania, as stated in 

 the original description, then it can be only one of two species, 

 that which the writer figures as caesar (PI. XIII, fig. 4) or 

 the species renteri. These two species are indeed very similar 

 in general appearance, having prominent incrassate antennae, 

 and are the only forms coming from Pennsylvania that could 

 be taken for caesar. Reuter (1909) determined at least two 

 species as caesar and it is not to be wondered at when one sees 

 how closely together certain species run, the only apparent 

 difference being found in the male genitalia. After a careful 

 study of considerable material with reference to the color 

 characters and distribution of the species, the writer has fig- 

 ured what he believes must be caesar Reuter (1876). 

 Lopidea minor new species. (PI. XIII, tig. f>). 



Smaller and more reddish than niyridca but larger than 

 minima. 



$. Length 4.5 mm., width 1.6 mm. Fuscous, the exterior half of 

 the corium, the cuneus, sides of the body and head, reddish, the etn- 

 bolium paler; prominent dark brownish pubescence ; genital clasprrr^ 

 distinctive of the species, showing a close relationship to dcK'isi whirh 

 species is much larger. 



Holotypc : $ , "Colorado" ; Cornell University Collection. 



