THE SOLPUGIDJE OF AMERICA PUTNAM. 275 



From letter to Prof. F". H. Snow, Lawi"ence, Kansas: 



Davenport, Iowa, July 12tli, 1877. 

 * * The four specimens of Galeodes arrived safely, and I am much 

 obliged to you for the opportunity to examine them. Two of the .specimens 

 are truly Galeodes paUipes, Say, and two are good examples of G. suhihUa, 

 Say — but what is most interesting, both the pnUipcs are of one sex (probably 

 S) and both the siibtdata are of the other sex (probably $), and on making 

 further examination of other specimens previously received, I find this to 

 always be the case. Hence I have very good reason to believe that the two 

 species are but the different sexes of one^ — G. pallipes. Say. 



From letter to Dr. Parry : 



Davenport, Iow-a, July 12th, 1877. 

 * * * * I have not been doing much with the Solpugidce this hot weather- 

 Received four specimens from Prof. Snow last week, and made the discov- 

 ery that G. pa Hi pes and G. snbu lata are two sexes of the same species. I 

 liope I will be able to go to Mexico with you next winter, and then I can 

 study these interesting animals at home. * * * 



From letter to G. W. Belfrage, Clifton, Texas: 



Davenport, Iowa, July 13th, 1877. 



* * * I received a few dajs since j^our letter, and to-day came another 

 letter and the box. Witli the contents of the latter I am delighted. Among 

 the pinned examples I find Galeodes pallipes. Say, one specimen ; Gahodes sub- 

 ulata, Say, two specimens. (But these two species I find to really be the two 

 sexes of one species.) The other species — smaller, darker colored and 

 more flattened — is hitherto unknown from the United States, and very likely 

 undescribed, except perhaps it be one of the four or five species described 

 by Koch, from Mexico. * * * 



To Prof. F. H. Snow : 



Davenport, Iowa, October 7th, 1877. 



* * * I am glad to hear tiiat you found the Galeodes so far east in Kansas 

 as Buffalo Station and Fort Wallace. As the geographical distribution and 

 variation of these insects is peculiar and interesting, I should be pleased 

 to see the specimens, which I will of course return to you, together with 

 those you sent me la.st spring. * * 



Letter to Henry Edwards : 



Davenport, Iowa, March 5th, 1878. 



* * * * Biit I vvas most delighted with the box containing the Solpug- 

 idte. The two species of Galeodes are, without much doubt, both of them 

 new or undescribed, though I have before me specimens of the same species 

 loaned by Boston Society of Natural History and M. C. Z. I have been 

 highly favored by the loan of specimens from nearly every institution in the 

 country, so that I have splendid material for the study of N. A. species. 



