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in its larger body, especially the abdomen, and in having fewer tubercles on the 

 dorsum and palpi. 



District of Columbia : Washington, Sept. 5, 1890 (Nathan Banks). 

 Illinois. Ohio: Franklin County, Aug. 4, 1890; Fulton County, 

 August, 1890 ; Lawrence County, July, 1889, Sept. 5, 1890 ; War- 

 ren County, July 5, 18, August, 1890. Virginia: Montgomery 

 County (William B. Alvvood). 



The females of this species are very similar to those of L. macu- 

 losum. Plate IX, which represents the variety described below, 

 will also do for this form. 



L.iobiiiiiiin grande (Say) var. simile Weed. Plate IX. 

 Liohunum simiUs Weed, Amer. Nat. vol. xxiv, p. 918. 

 Male.— This variety is at once distinguished by the deep black color of the 

 palpi and mandibles. It does not differ in other respects from normal grande. 



Ohio: Cuyahoga County, August, 1889; Butler County, Septem- 

 ber, 1890. 



I have not seen any females with the peculiar markings of this 

 variety. 



Trachyrhiiiiis TaTOSiis (Wood), Weed. Plate X. 



Phalaiigium favo.vim, Wood, Comm. Essex Institute, vol. vi, pp. 28-29. 



Astrohimus (?) favosum (Wood). Weed, Amer. Nat. vol. xxiv, p. 917. 



Trachyrhinus favosus (Wood). Weed, Amer. Nat. vol. xxvi, p. 529. 

 Male.— Body 7 mm. long; 5 mm. wide. Legs: first, 21 mm. ; second, 40 mm. ; 

 third, 21 mm. ; fourth, 26 mm. Body very hard ; dorsum nearly square and 

 quite level ; having projecting angles on the anterior lateral corners; grayish, 

 spotted with black, and a faint central marking; coarsely punctate "so as to 

 have a worm-eaten, almost honey-combed appearance." Eye eminence slender, 

 rather high, light brown, with several robust acute spines, which are at their 

 bases gray, but are tipped with black. Palpi roughened with numerous small 

 blackish spines. Legs grayish with more or less black on proximal portions. 



Described from several specimens received from Mr. Lawrence 

 Bruner, collected at Lincoln, Neb. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



PLATE IV. 

 Fig. 1. — LiobnuHin nigropalpi (Wood), male. Natural size. 

 2. — Parts of same. Magnified. 

 2a.— Body. 



26. — Eye eminence. Side view. 

 2c. — Eye eminence. Front view. 

 2d. — Palpus. Side view. 

 2e. — Claw of palpus. Side view. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XIX. (2.5) JULY, 1892. 



