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3, male, U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. Holly, Col., June ig, 1900, male, E. 

 I). Ball Coll. Coolidge, Col., June 18, 1900, male, E. D. Ball Coll. 



It. Collins, Col., June 28, 1900, male, E. D. Ball Coll. Kanab, Utah, 

 June 24, [913, male (E. D. Ball), D's Coll. ECanab, Utah, June 24, 

 [913, two males and female (E. D. Ball), Coll. Dr. Hall. Arizona, 

 male, labeled "P. valvata Uhler," by Uhler, U. S. Nat. Museum Toll. 

 Bradsh Mts., Ariz., June 22, 1892, two males, Coll. Oregon Agri. 

 College. Rincon Mts., Ariz., male and female, D's Coll. Nog 

 Ariz., July, female (Oslar), D's Coll. Grand Canyon, Ariz., 

 bush country half way level in Canyon, June 5, 19 15, male (B. B. 

 Fulton), D's Coll. Grand Canyon, Ariz., Indian Garden, June 9, 

 1916, male (Geo. P. Engelhanltj, D's Coll. 



The two males from the Grand Canyon are smaller than the 

 others in my collection. 



Uhler in the original description mentions three males as typical 

 specimens, one " from the vicinity of the Pecos River in Texas, and 



0<XC(XTn.<x va.lva.ta 



the others were captured in Arizona.'' The remaining specimen 

 mentioned by him from Camp Grant, Arizona, with " a much i 

 rostrum than the types," is in the collection of the U. S. Xat. Mu- 

 seum. In addition to the locality it is labeled " Palmer's Assorting 

 No. 1043.'' The rostrum reaches the posterior cox«, and we think 

 the specimen is referable to Cacama dissimilis ("Distant). 



Mr. Woodgate writes of the valvata he sent from Jemez Springs, 

 X. M., that they were very shy and often found about the bush cactus. 

 Some he took in the evening while they were at rest on the cactus. 

 " They are the only insects except ants that can settle on the bush 



