CALIFORNIAN EMESID/E 227 



but none of the margins or angles prominent. Face with a strong transverse 

 furrow at base of t}lus. 



Taken at Claremont, CaHfornia. Differs from either Carolina or tcxana 

 in armature of femur I, proportions of head and thorax, etc. 



Ploiarlodes califoruica Banks 



Specimens taken by me near Stanford University a number of years ago 

 fit the description of Banks, which description is, however, extremely brief. 



Barce banksii n. sp. 



Length of body 10 mm. I!ody pale brown, the legs lighter. Femur I 

 with a twice interrupted brown band beneath, tibia I white banded at center and 

 with a brown tip. Femora II and III with a single brown band preceded by a 

 white band, near tip. Tibiae II and III with two small white bands near tips. 

 Mesonotum rather strongly tricarinate. Our specimens are wingless. 



Femur I (Fig. 97, B, C, D) grooved beneath and with about four large 

 spines, the two proximal of these very large, and in addition many small ones. 

 Tarsus I reaches about three-fifths the length of femur. Head a little shorter 

 than pronotum, the eyes very small. Pronotum with a sudden constriction at 

 sides near posterior border. The last ventral segment in the male broadly 

 rounded apically below, as viewed from the side, and projecting strongly caudad 

 of the last dorsal. 



Taken in the mountains near Claremont, California, by C. F. Baker. Near- 

 est to the eastern fratcnia, but differing in genital and other characters. 



Emesa brevicoxa Banks 



Our largest and most abundant species. Often congregates in large num- 

 bers about barns and sheds, groups frequently resting in one place with very 

 little movement, for many days consecutively, in the Fall. 



