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Hut (iiii- spicifs is known at pn-st-nt ns oonirrin^j in C'llifDrnia. lliis twinfi 

 tin- \nT)ir aiid widfspri-ad L. laevipes Wood. 



Linotenia laevipes Wood 



Svn. SIrifinmia parviceps Wood 

 Slriiiitmia e pit r plica Wood 

 Srolioplaiifx imprrialis Hrolcniann 

 I.iiiotenui ruheltiana C'lianibi'rlin 

 This handsome spci-ics occurs throughout most of California and ranurs 

 northward into Washington. It may attain a Icrif^h of <)() mm. or more. In life 

 Ihi' entire animal is red. hut ([uicklv fades in alcohol, the head with prehetisorial 

 feet and anteiMm> usuallv retaininf; a deeper color. The IkkIv is robust and 

 eonspieuouslv attenuated at the ends as usual. While usually free, tlie caudal 

 .•infile of the head may he covered liy the basal plate, this beiiiji more frec|uently 

 till- case app.-irentiy in tiie ni.ilrs tli.in in the females. The tooth at base of el;iws 



Figure 217 



A, Dorsal view of aiilcrinr region of a female specimen of Linotenia fulva 

 (Sager) from Saluda, N. C, showing cephalic plate crossed by frontal suture, the 

 broad basal plate overlapping the caudal angle of the cephalic, the prehensorial feet 

 partly exposed at sides of head, and the proximal portion of antennae. B, Ventral 

 view of the posterior end of the same specimen, showing the enlarged coxoplcurae 

 pierced by the numerous coxopleural pores, the narrow last ventral plate or sternite 

 between them. etc. C, The prosfernum and prehensorial feet of the Californian 

 Linotenia la-vipes (Wood), showing the characteristically large tooth at the base 

 of each claw within. 



