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with scattered bristles arranged in transverse rows. Claws short, fur- 

 rowed beneath, swollen toward the base on the under side and armed on 

 the edge with five bristles that increase in length outwards. A single claw, 

 but at the base two tubercles the basal one longer and larger. See 

 Fig. 1, Furcula short, stout, manubrium broad at base, rounded between 

 the dentes, dentes and mucrones together about equal to the manubrium, 

 dentes curved outward then inward, cylindrical, plain, curved inward at 

 the tips, as shown in Fig. 3. Length of longest specimens 1.5 mm. 



Fig. 3- 



Fig. 1. Fig. 2. 



Measurements : — Total length 1.2 to 1.5 mm. ; Antennae .21 mm. ratio 

 of joints 10:9:10:12 ; Buccal cone .08 mm., claw of foot .06 mm.; Furcula 

 .26 mm., ratio of parts 3:2:1: nearly ; Tubercles on sides of body about 

 .005 mm.; Hairs on body of about .09 mm. 



Described from five specimens found on a decorticated log in low 

 damp woods, Orono, Maine, September, 1897, by F. L. Harvey. 



Remarks. — A sluggish form that reminds one of Aphoromma. 

 They live in the worm holes of decaying fallen trunks. As 

 soon as the log was turned over, they became restless and 

 crowded toward the worm holes and several disappeared before 

 I could catch them. The species is evidently scarce as I have 

 collected these small insects for several years and never saw this 

 species before. I have visited the locality several times and have 

 never been able to catch any more. 



The species is easily recognized by the orange on the second 

 and two posterior segments, giving the body a transversely 

 banded appearance. 



Description of figures. — Fig. 1 shows the dorsal aspect of the 

 insect enlarged about 40 times ; Fig. 2 represents the claw 

 enlarged 637 times ; Fig. 3 the furcula enlarged 100 times. 



