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near the outer edge dividing it into thirds ; inferior claw two-thirds 

 as long as superior, stout and tapering, with a short bristle inside 

 upon a rounded basal dilation, and with a sub-apical bristle 

 exceeding the other claw in length; tenant hairs absent. Fur- 

 cula nearly reaching the mouth, manubrium with a few ventral 

 hairs; dentes tapering with remarkably long and large lateral 

 hairs, barbellate basally, and four long equidistant ventral hairs; 

 mucrones one-fourth length of dentes, laterally linear, little 

 tapering, serrulate beneath, apex with three rounded lobes bent 

 downward. Length !.:> mm. (Folsom-Packard). Habitat, 

 "Waco, Texas." 



"Very closely allied to P. mannoratus , but is more hairy, the 

 body more finely marbled appearing as if tuberculated, while 

 the skin of P. marnioratus is smooth; it also wants the two, pale,, 

 smooth tubercles on the body of the latter." (Packard.) The 

 type specimens were redescribed by Folsom who stated that 

 'The tube containing them was found to hold not only fourteen 

 specimens of a Papirius, but also ten examples of a Sinynthums, 

 and the original description of P. texensis evidently combines the 

 characters of both these species which certainly do resemble 

 each other superficially." Type specimens in the museum of 

 Comparative Zoology. 



5. Papirius maculosus Schott. 



1891. Papirius mactdosus Schott. 

 1895. Papirius tnaculosus DallaTorre. 

 1903. Papirius maculosus Guthrie. 



Prevailing color, a whitish-ground color sometimes \'arying 

 to a yellowish or grayish tone, almost the entire tipper part of 

 the body showing dark, blue spots of various forms which often 

 vary to a sky blue; clear white on ventral side. Antennae dark 

 blue; shorter than body. Legs with distal half of tibia white. 

 Claws; superior claw armed with two teeth, inferior claw with a 

 single perpendicular tooth. Furcula pale violet; manubrium 

 short; dentes about three times as long as mucrones, bearing 

 two distinct kinds of hairs, simple, and pinnate or notched, regu- 

 larly arranged, two pairs of notched hairs being between two sim- 

 ple hairs, the most distal of the simple hairs reach almiost to the 

 mucrones. Length, 1.5 mm. 



. This species seems to have a rather wide range. Guthrie re- 

 ports it abundant in Minnesota, and the original description was 

 taken from specimens collected in California. The species seems 

 very closely allied to P. mannoratus , and according to Guthrie, 

 may be a variety of this species. The color seems to be somewhat 

 lighter, with slight variations in markings. 



