THE SOLPUGIDJi OF AMERICA PUTNAM. 277 



From letter to Mr. Greene : 



Davenport, Iowa, January 13th, 1879. 



* * * I was much pleased a few days ago to receive your letter of De- 

 cember 30, from North Bloomfield. * * * But I must give you my espe- 

 cial thanks for the information regarding the Galeodes — which shows that 

 our species is nocturnal, and that it is attracted by light. There are four or 

 tive different species found in this country — those in California appear to 

 differ from those found in Texas — hence my anxiety to get specimens from 

 intermediate points. 



From letter to G. W. Belfrage : 



Davenport, Iowa, March 10th, 1879. 



* * * I was delighted Saturday to receive the small vial filled with Sol- 

 pugidce, for therein I found fine alcoholic specimens of both of the species 

 of which you sent me dried specimens two years ago. The small one is 

 without doubt Glucia genicnhttit, Koch — described originallj' from the Ori- 

 noco, South America, and the larger one is very near to Galeodes paUipes, Say, 

 from the typical specimens of which it is, however, easily to be distin- 

 guished. * * * 



Letter to Prof. Albert A. Wright, Oberlin College, Ohio: 



Davenport, Iowa, May 1st, 1879. 



* * Your favor of April 29th and the Galeodes, have just been received. 

 The latter is the Galeodes subulata of Say. (Report of Long's Expedition to 

 Rocky Mountains, Phila., 1823, p. 3), which, however, is onh' the male of G. 

 pallipes, described by the same author in the same place. The correct name, 

 then, is Galeodes pallipes, Say. But the genus Galeodes has been subdivided, 

 and this species will be placed in the genus Datames, Simon, but as M. Si- 

 mon's paper has not yet been published, you had better for the present keep 

 the name I have given above. * * 



To E. A. Popenoe, Topeka, Kansas : 



Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 15, 1877. 

 * * * The Solpuga is Galeodes pallipes, Say, $. Am glad to see a speci- 

 men from so far east. * * [Ellis Co., Kansas.] 



Compared Simon's description of Cleobis limbata and C. cubw with my 

 notes of the M. C. Z. specimens from Florida. (Note Book, Boston, Sept. 8, 

 1880.) 



Copied the descriptions C. limbata and rubtt, Lucas, from Guerin's 

 " Mag. de Zool.," of which Dr. Hagen happened to ha%e the rigiit numbers. 

 (Note Book, Boston, Sept. 9, 1880.) 



Compared tlie descriptions of Cleobis cubce by Lucas and by Simon, and 

 my notes on the specimens in the M. C. Z. They seem all to refer to the 

 same species, but there are some inconsistencies. (Note Book, Boston, Sept. 

 10, 1880.) 



