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middle coxae, trochanters, tarsi, and basodorsal part of tibiae stramin- 

 eous to pale fulvous; hind tibia fuscous on its basal 0.2 ± and apical 

 0.45 ±, the rest dirty whitish; hind tarsus fuscous, a little paler at 

 the incisures; first two abdominal tergites varying from black to 

 ferruginous. 



Specimens: 9, Jordan Pond, Mount Desert, Maine, June 10, 1921, 

 C. W. Johnson (Washington). 9 (type), New Hampshire (Philadel- 

 phia). 9, Cranberry Lake, N. Y., June 16, 1924, E. A. Hartley 

 (Washington). 9, Greene Co. at 2,500 ft., N. Y., June, L. O. Howard 

 (Washington). d\ Sudbury, Ont., 1890 (Ottawa). d\ Montigny, 

 Que., June 1941, O. Peck (Townes). 39, Stoneham, Que., June 21, 

 1938, H. and M. Townes (Townes). cf, Waskesiu Lake, Sask., June 

 8, 1938, J. G. Rempel (Townes). 9, Spearfish, S. Dak., July 25, 1924 

 (Washington). 9, Ashford, Wash., Aug. 18, 1940, H. and M. Townes 

 (Townes). 9, Elbe, Wash., July 13, 1940, H. and M. Townes 

 (Townes). d\ Mount Baker, Wash., Aug. 11, 1925, A. L. Melander 

 (Cambridge) . 



Figures 



-Localities, subspecies of Bothromus minoris: 88 (left), minoris; 89 (right), 

 cruralis. 



This subspecies occurs in the undergrowth of woods across the 

 continent, in the Canadian and Transition zones. 



lb. Bothromus minoris cruralis, new subspecies 



Female type: Black. Flagellum blackish brown, paler beneath; 

 palpi brown; tegula dark brown; subtegular ridge white; legs fulvo- 

 ferruginous, the hind tibia infuscate at apex and apically above, the 

 hind tarsus fuscous (a little paler at the incisures), and the spurs of 

 middle and hind tibiae pale fulvous. 



Type: 9, Camino, Calif., June 30, 1948, H., M., G., and D. Townes 

 (Washington, USNM 63634). 



