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The hairs on the palpi are rathf>r lighter loh^rod, not brown. The 

 mandibles are not partieularly short or compressed. The abdomen 

 is not vellow; two l)rown marks on each segment instead of " un 

 ])oint rouoeatre." The first pair of feet are scarcely " entirely 

 blond." 



[The above depcriptiou, name, and tompaiisons are given terb^tim fmra Mr. Putnam's 

 notcF, tboueh in another place it will be seen that he seems to have referred the epecimeus 

 to Cleobis cubce H. Lucas.— H. O.] 



[Datames Cat.ikokxtcus, Simon.] 



[SpecimeTi in M. 0. Z.], San Diego, California, 1272. 



Differs from the specimens received from D. Cleveland in being 

 smaller, rather more slender, with the ba-ses of the mandibles pro- 

 portionately more swollen, the three brown lines more prominent. 

 The colors of the rest of the body generally paler This is appar- 

 ently an immature specimen. (March 14, 1879.) 



Colors: H^ail and mandibles yellnwi.'5li reddisli lirowu, marked with 

 darker brown, substantially as shown in the drawing; teeth and ends of the 

 mandibles mergiuir into black at the tips. 



Thorax and abdomen jjale yellowish, with a broad dark brown dorsal 

 band, tlie latter considerably speckled with Inteous spots and j>oiuts; the 

 brown mark on the first two thoracic segments. The sliape of these two 

 brown marks is different from the remainder which are nearly quadrate. 

 The brown sijot on tlie first thoracic segment has three yellow spots, and that 

 on the .second ha,s two. 



Legs pale, femora and tibi;e darker, tarsi paler, labial palpi very pale: 

 maxillary palpi pale at base, at the end of the tliird and whole of the fourth 

 joint darker: tlie fifth and sixth joints closely connected and dark. 



* * Ao-re<^s vf'rv perfectly with Simon's description, except it is a 

 little larger, and the metatarsus and tarsus of the maxillary palpus 

 is a little shortei- than the tibia instead of longer. 



U.St of American Solpiigridfe, 



With ('ollrctions in which Specimens are Preserved. 

 1. Datames FORMIDAI5I1JS. Simon. 



Collection, J. I). Putnam : 1 2 from Hy. l^dwards. .Vrizona. (dry). 



1 5: from .Tames Behrens. California, (alcohol). 



1 $, Mexico, from Dr. E. Foreman. 

 Collection, Boston Society Natural History: 1 i collected by E. Palmer, 

 Camp Crrant, Arizona. 



