306 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Philodroinoides pratarice, sp. nov. — Female. Length, 6 mm.; length 

 and width of cephalothorax, 2 mm.; width of abdomen, 2 mm. Other 

 characters as given in the generic description. A very few short bristle- 

 like hairs scattered about among the spines on the outer joints of the legs 

 and on the chelicerae and the pedipalps ; thickest on the tarsi of the latter. 



Coloration.— .A.bdomen plain brown above, mottled and streaked 



with a lighter shade. The four muscle impressions are quite distinct. 



Cephalothorax rusty-brown, lighter at the sides and just back of the head 



region. Streaks marked by depressed lines radiate from the dorsal groove. 



The sternum is pale yellow or almost white. The abdomen is lighter 



beneath than above, and there is a less mottled central region, set off by 



a row of indistinct dots on either side. The legs are pale yellow to 



whitish. The femora, patellse and tibi^ of all four pairs are marked in 



front with a longitudinal stripe of black, which becomes nearly obliterated 

 on the metatarsi and tarsi. The corresponding joints of the legs of the 

 third and fourth pairs are similarly marked on the hind border also. 



The males are somewhat smaller than the females, the abdomen 

 being considerably narrower than the cephalothorax. The legs are more 

 hairy in appearance and the spines less conspicuous than in the female. 

 The colour markings are about the same in the two sexes. 



This species is not uncommon about Manhattan, Kansas, in mid- 

 summer. Mature males and females were taken in this locality on 

 August 17. Types are in the' collection of the Kansas State Agricultural 

 College and in the National Museum at Washington. 



A NEW PROTEOPTERYX. 



BY W. D. KEARFOTT, MONTCLAIR, N. J. 



Proteopteryx Willingana, sp. nov. 



(^,18 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antennre and fore wings, same 

 shade of very light tan or pale brownish-fuscous, overlaid with a itw 

 blackish brown scales. 



Palpi : outer joint short, obtusely pointed ; tuft on second joint 

 flattened and appressed, lower scales extending to outer end of outer joint. 

 Head roughly scaled. Eyes black with coppery reflection. Antennte 

 annulated with fuscous and brown. Thorax smooth. 



