THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. l6l 



This species is quite common from C'olorado north-westward to the 

 Pacific. 

 Sclerobunus brunneus.^zxiV.'s.. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1893. 



This is not uncommon near Olympia. 

 Taracus, Simon. 

 Taracus paliipes, n. sp. 



Length of body, 6 mm. ; mandibles, 9 mm. 



Colour — Cephalothorax pale, with a broad, black, median stripe, as 

 wide as the base of the mandibles ; abdomen dark gray above with black 

 spots ; venter pale, darker near tip ; legs pale, except tarsi, which are 

 mostly black ; mandibles black ; palpi pale, except last joint, which is 

 dark brown. 



Cephalothorax smooth, with a prominent median spine behind the 

 eye-tubercle, the latter with several small projections, each tipped with a 

 hair ; anterior margin of cephalothorax strongly bi-emarginate. The dor- 

 sum of the abdomen has many conical tubercles of various sizes ; none, 

 however, large ; they are somewhat irregularly arranged in transverse 

 rows ; these tubercles are black, and have their base surrounded by a 

 black ring. Femur II. is as long as the basal joint of the mandibles, 

 which is equal to three-fourths of the body ; the femur of the palpus is 

 longer than the femur of leg I, and shorter than femur II. ; the last joint 

 of palpus is about one-fourth the length of the penultimate joint ; the 

 basal joints of the mandibles have many small elevations, each bearing a hair. 



Locality — Washington State, one male and one female. 



This species is larger, much less spiny, and darker coloured than 

 T. spinosus ; the mandibles slightly longer and the legs more slender 

 than in that species. Some young specimens, one millimetre long, have 

 the mandibles much shorter than in the adult, thus plainly showing that 

 the genus has developed from forms with normal mandibles. 

 Phlegmacera, Packard. 

 Fhiegmacera occidentalism Banks. Psyche, Feb., 1894. 



This species is quite frequent near Olympia. 



Nemastoma, Koch. 



Nemastoma modesta, Banks. Psyche, Feb., 1894. 



This is common in California and Washington. 

 Dendrolasma, Banks. 

 Dendro/asi/ia mirabi/is, Banks. Psyche, Jan., 1894. 



Uncommon ; I have but two specimens. 



