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A small, active, rather thick set species. Found in the cellar 

 under boards and barrels at Orono. Size about i mm. Four 

 specimens examined November, 1898, and other specimens 

 taken in April, 1899, by F. L,. Harvey. 



Remarks. The eye patches are somewhat variable in outline, 

 usually separated, bnt sometimes connected by pale threads of 

 color. The bowed hairs on the body, and the stout hairs pro- 

 jecting beyond the dentes, are easily rubbed off and may not 

 show in alcoholic specimens, but are easily found in fresh 

 material. 



This species in the structure of the superior claw and in the 

 mucrones is related to S. inyrniccophila Rent. 



The eye patches are small, like those of J?. curviseta Brook., 

 but the ocelli are six ; the antennae are also much shorter and 

 the joints different The claws are very different from those 

 of S. Hoji Schaffer. 



It may be distinguished from the described species by the 

 white color, small size, nature of the eye patches, the six 

 ocelli, the stout, short, hairy antennae. Only two American 

 species of Sine/la have been described; >$". curmseta Brook., 

 and .5". sc\ocnlata Schott, from California and Mexico. The 

 above is the first species from eastern North America. Schott, 

 Renter, Schaffer and Folsom think the genus Sine/la should be 

 merged into Entomobrya, an opinion also entertained by the 

 writer. 



Smynthurus brunneus n. sp. (PI. xv, figs. 6-9). 



Pale yellow with a pale brown band on the back reaching one-third 

 down the sides and extending on to the head including the black eye 

 patches. Starting from the penult segment and extending obliquely 

 along the side toward the base of the legs, is a narrow extension of the 

 brown dorsal band. 



Antennae longer than the head, pale purple, the terminal joints much 

 darker ; the terminal joint composed of about ten sub-joints. Eye patches 

 black, conspicuous ; ocelli eight on each side of the head. 



The terminal segment armed with stout curved hairs. A few prominent 

 hairs on the back. Legs pale, superior claw long and without teeth, infe- 

 rior claw nearly as long as the superior, swollen at the base, abruptly 

 narrowing at one-third from the base and ending in a long slender point. 



The sucker prominent, when extended, reaching beyond the head, the 

 catch conspicuous and of the form shown in fig. 6. Elater stout, when 



