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punctate and the temples more convex, on the average, than do speci- 

 mens from the East. 



Black. Clypeus and mandible reddish brown; palpi of male white; 

 maxillary palpus of female whitish, brown basally; labial palpus of 

 female brown ; scape of male often tinged with stramineous or whitish 

 in front; tegula and hind corner of pronotum white, the white on 

 corner of pronotum extended forward along upper edge of pronotum; 

 legs except hind tibia and tarsus fulvous, the front coxa of male and 

 front and middle trochanters of male whitish, the hind femur infuscate 

 apically; hind tibia and tarsus fulvous brown to fuscous, the hind 

 tibia with its basal 0.2 ± whitish or stramineous and the basal seg- 

 ments of hind tarsus paler basally. 



The closest relative of this species seems to be Exeristes longiseta 

 (Ratzeburg) of Europe. 



Specimens (142d\ 184 9 ): From Alberta (McMurray); British 

 Columbia ("Green Timbers Forest Station," Kokanee Mt. at 9,000 

 ft., Steelhead, Vancouver, Vernon, and Victoria); California (Ameri- 

 can River, Ash Creek Basin, Fallen Leaf Lake in El Dorado Co., 

 "Huckleberry Meadow," "Kyrowz Station," Leevining, Mount 

 Diablo, Patricks Creek, Siskiyou Co., Stanford University, "Summer- 

 dale," Susanville, and Yreka) ; Colorado (Beulah, Cheyenne Mts., 

 "Mt. Manitou," North Cheyenne Canyon, Ute Pass, and Williams 

 Canyon in El Paso Co.); Connecticut (Hamden, Meriden, and New 

 Haven) ; Florida (Lake City and Monticello) ; Georgia (Camp Stewart) ; 

 Idaho (Centerville and Coeur d'Alene); Illinois (northern Illinois); 

 Kansas (Douglas Co. and Riley Co.) ; Louisiana (Monroe and New 

 Orleans) ; Maryland (Takoma Park) ; Massachusetts (Amherst, 

 Martha's Vineyard, and Sharon Heights) ; Michigan (Detroit, East 

 Tawas, Fife Lake, Higgins Lake, Munising, and Onota Township) ; 

 Montana (Camas and Missoula); Newfoundland (West Bay); New 

 Hampshire (Penacook); New Jersey (National Park); New York 

 (Buffalo, Canaan, Ithaca, Long Island, Lowville, Port Chester, 

 Syracuse, and West Farms at New York City) ; North Carolina (Bent 

 Creek near Asheville and Southern Pines); Ohio (Apple Creek in 

 Wayne Co., Carroll Co., Columbus, Mentor, New Pittsburg, Pike 

 Co., Veto, and Waynesburg); Ontario (Bells Corners, Constance 

 Bay, Durham, Fonthill, Gait, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Hep- 

 worth, "Hillsport," Kemptville, Kitchener, London, Lorraine, Niagara 

 Falls, Orono, Owen Sound, Port Bruce, Port Colborne, Rodney, 

 "Sandy Hill Plant," Shakespeare, Shallow Lake, Stittsville, South 

 Gloucester, Toronto, and Wyevale); Oregon (Ashland, Colestin, 

 Corvallis, and Sprague River); Pennsylvania (Austin, Carlisle, and 

 West Chester) ; Quebec (Berthiersville) ; Saskatchewan (Indian Head) ; 

 South Dakota (Camp Crook in the Sioux National Forest); Utah 



