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ments before the tip have dense brushes of erect hair; the ventral plate is 

 densely clothed with short hairs, and without the prominent carina of P. 

 scelestus. 



Length 9 , 9 mm. 



PSAMMOCHARES SCELESTUS (CreSSOn). 



Washington (Kincaid);. Calif.: Sequoia National Park, 21-25 

 July, Los Gatos Divide to Mt. Diabolo, 6-8 June, Lemoncove, 

 Tulare Co., 9 July, Mesa Grande, Russian River, 30 September, 

 Harris, Humboldt Co., 29 June, Three Rivers, Tulare Co., 16 July, 

 Ingleside, 25 August. 



PsAMMOCHARES BELLicosus Banks. 



Calif.: Claremont, Harris, Humboldt Co., 29 June; Wash.: Ains- 

 worth. Camp LTmatilla, Yakima River, Wenas Valley, June, July, 



1882. 



Anoplius. 



9 



1. Claw with tooth sloping toward tip of the claw, third joint of antennae very 



long; third submarginal cell not petiolate selkirkensis. 



Claw with an erect tooth, smaller 2 



2. Third submarginal cell petiolate; abdomen elongate compadus. 



Third cell not petiolate 3 



3. Fourth joint of hind tarsus nearly'as long as the fifth, latter much shorter 



than the third . tarsatus. 



Fourth joint of hind tarsus plainly shorter than fifth, which is subequal 

 to the third luduosus. 



1. Third submarginal cell petiolate, the abdomen more elongate, .compadus. 

 Third cell not petiolate 2 



2. The ventral plate with the carina of even height throughout or nearly so. 



selkirkensis. 



The ventral plate with the carina very strong on basal part, and then 



suddenly sloping behind luduosus. 



