750 



Pomona College Journal of Entomology 



Tliis species is almost identical with Pergande's figure of Eremaeus pilosus 

 in Bank's "Treatise." My specimens lack tlie simple bristle on the apex of the 

 Ijcnultiuiate joints of the legs, and the body is slightly broader. Michael's key 

 places tliis species as a Xataspis, ilosc to .V. scrrata. The species E. pilosus 

 is referred to by Banks in his Catalofrue to his description of Sciilovcrtcx pilosus 



Figure 241. Phthiracarus retalticus (on left); Phthiracarus contractilis (on right); 

 Phthiracarus retalticus (side view, above). 



in Trans. Anier. Ent. Soc. XXII, p. 11, which as Michael remarks is "appar- 

 ently not a Sciitorcrtc.r, probably a Xulaspis (said to be so by Banks, in litera)." 



I also i)r(scnt I lie followiii"- illustrations of niitcs whieli I Iia\e identified as: 



Phthiracarus retalticus (Stoll) 



(Figure 211) 



This species was described from Guatemala. My specimens were found 

 under drift-wood on salt m.irsli. i'.iwson Park, Conn., during August. The -length 

 of my speeinuiis (from ti)) of .ibdoniin to dorsal suture) is 6H5 mierni. 



