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second subpetiolate, sparsely hairy; third long, curving, white hairs, which on the 

 petiolate, hairy, with ten distal siibsegments, vertex arise from black dots. Eyes coii- 

 the penultimate one laterally dilated ; ter- spicuously black. Antennae long, nearly 

 niinal segment lanceolate, without sub^eg- equalling botly; segments not tapering or 

 ments. Legs long, slender; tibia with knotted; as i: 2: 4: S.5 ; basal segment 

 broad alternate light and dark bands. stout cylindrical, twice as long as broad, 

 Superior claw long, slender, little curved, almost naked; second and third with hairs 

 obscurely toothed; inner edge sinuate of irregular length; terminal segment with 

 basally, toothed in the middle and obscurely at least twenty' distinct, whorled, globukir 

 beyond; two obscure teeth on either side subsegments. Superior claw narrowly Ian- 

 near the outer edge, dividing it into thirds; ceolate with slender, well-curved tip and 

 inferior claw two-thirds as long, stout, taper- a single tooth on the middle of the inside, 

 ing, with a short bristle inside upon a Inferior claw two-thirds as long, lanceolate, 

 rounded basal dilation and with a subapical nearly straight, with a short bristle inside, 

 bristle exceeding the other claw; tenent one-third from the base, upon a gradual 

 hairs absent. Furcula neai ly reacliing the dilation, also a subapical bristle not exceed- 

 mouth; manubrium with a few ventral ing the other claw; tenent hairs absent, 

 hairs; dentes tapering, with remarkably Furcula stout, extending beyond ventral 

 long and laige lateral hairs barbellate tube; manubrium exceeding anal tubercle; 

 basally, and four longer equidistant ventral dentes with moderately long lateral hairs 

 hairs; mucrones one fourth dentes, laterally and a single, long, ventral, subapical hair; 

 linear, little-tapering, serrulate beneath, apex mucrones stout, one third dentes in length, 

 with three rounded lobes bent downward. with straight dorsal outline, ventral edges 



Length, 1.3 mm. Waco. Texas ( Belfrage). irregularly undulate, and apex obliquely 



Smynf/i lints fackardii, n. sp. Body sub- truncate, 



triangular, dilated broadly behind; pale Length. 1.75 mm. Waco, Texas (Belfrage). 



luteous or brown, spotted with black dots. In having over twenty antennal subseg- 



sometimes coalescing ; a broad pale unspot- ments, 5. packardii is unapproached by 



ted area on the anterior dorsum and another any American Smynt/inrus as yet described, 



between the antennae and down the face; with the possible exception of 5. eisenii 



a light line along the middle of clvpeus. Schott, from California,* the two species 



Heatl, body and legs well covered with being closely allied. 



THE LARVA OF CAUTETHIA GROTEI HY. EDW. 



BY JtARRI.SON G. DYAK, NEW YORK. 



Larvae solitary, sitting on a small stem of which are situated in paler spots, scarcelv 



the food plant, the feet on joints 7 and 8 not at all elevated into granules. A continuous 



used in rest. Head retractile at apex; the subdorsal line runs from the middle of joint 



body widens to joint 5, then gently tapers to 2 to the horn, white, shading below into the 



tail; joints 12 and 13 are both small, the side side color, more or less pale yellow at its. 

 angles of hind feet triangular projecting 



beyond anal plate. Horn long, slender, 

 arising from an enlarged base. Aninilels 

 fine, distinct, with numerous secondary setae s. p. 7. Taf. I. fig. 1-6. iSgi 



... , J , , , » Schott, Harald. Beit. z. Kent. Kalif. Collem. Bih. 



arising from an enlarged base. Amni els ■- , <- 1 \r . m j o j, t>j a., ■ », 

 *^ =* Kongl. Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handl. Bd- 17, .Afd. iv. No. 



