Pomona Coi.i.ec.K [ui r.nai. of Entomolocv 



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Phlegmacera occidentalis P.ks. 

 This is ])a!c in color, willi a lar,i|i- lirnwn xpot on the cfjihalothorax and 

 ovtT the base of tlie al)(ionion ; legs are brownish, with wliite marks on base and 

 tij) of femora, tips of |)atellx and tibia", and fainter ones on metatarsi and 

 tarsi. Tliere is a pair of erect spines on base of abdomen, and in the male 

 the basal joint of the mandil)Ics is prolonged upward. From Santa (."lani 

 County, Calif., and also Washington. 



Nemastoma 



One species of these tiii\ l'lialani;i(N nccur^ in California: the )xilpi are 

 vlindcr throughout. 



Figure H9. Taracus palUpes. 



Nemastoma modesta Bks. 

 Dorsum brown to reil-brown ; leg^s pale. From the broad, low eye-tui)erclc 

 there extends obliquely backward a row of tubercles with flat tops broader 

 than the base, on the base of abdomen is a transverse row connecting the 

 rows from the eye-tubercle : on dorsum of abdomen are four small submedian 

 white s|)ines or processes; legs and ])alpi finely hairy. Mt. Shasta. C'laremcmt. 

 and Santa Clara County. 



Ortholasma 

 Two s|iecies are found in California: 

 1. Process of eye-tubercle with six or more openings each side; femora 



and tibije not banded _ _ rtigosa. 



Process of eye-tubercle with about 4 or 5 openings each side : 

 femora and tibix banded picti/'cs. 



Ortholasma pictipes ii. sp. 

 Body brownish, a faint median pale stripe on abdomen: the process of 

 eye-tubercle whitish; legs dark, two bantls on femora ami tibia? (except leg 

 II), one near middle, one near tip: leg II with band on femora toward tip, 

 tibia mostly pale : eye-tubercle with only four or five openings each side, and 

 the spikes projecting beyond the connecting rim : two spine-like processes each 

 side on front of cephalothorax ; cephalothorax roughened mostly in two curved 



