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tliree to Wnw times tlio IciiL',!!) of tlio tliird. Tlic ocelli are 

 sixteen. 



Drcpfiiii'i'd (■(ilifoiiiicd SelicUt 



(Plate II, Figs. 11-1.3) 

 Drr/xiinird c(ilij'<)nii(<i Scliott, Kenntniss Kalifornislielier Col- 



leinbola, Rihang- Till K. Svenska Vet., Akad. Ilandlinger, 



Band 17, Afd. IV, no. 8. 



Description: Length — . Color — Yellow background with 

 dai-k mottlings of bine, the i^roximal edge of thorax I, distal 

 margin of thorax TI, thorax TIT, abdomen I, and distal ends of 

 antennre IV, TIT and IT, are dark; legs and fnrcnla yellow. 

 Anteni ae — Longer than the head ; I shortest, II and III sub- 

 equal, IV longer than III. Ocelli — Sixteen. Claws — Two, both 

 slender; su]ierior armed with two teeth on the inner margin, 

 straight, tajiering gradiially; inferior one-half length of su- 

 perior, unarmed; tenent liair present. Furcula — Dentes plus 

 mucrone equals manubrium, dentes serrated and covered with 

 many illumed hairs ; mncrones with one short falcate tooth, no 

 antea])ical teeth, short basal spine. 



Vdridfio)) : In the species described by Schott the mucrone is 

 longer and more slender than mine and it doesn't have a basal 

 spine. 



Habitat: Bear Flats, nltitiide 6000 feet, November. 



Genus Entowolx-jia Rondani 

 This genus is represented l)v five species in our fauna. 

 The Entomobrya have no scales and the segments of the 

 abdomen are unequal, the fourth segment being from three to 

 four times longer than the third. The ocelli are sixteen and 

 there are no ]iostantennal organs. The mncrones are small 

 and always bear two teeth and sometimes a basal spine. The 

 ventral tube is well developed. The claws are two and always 

 armed This genus is very common here. 



Kev to the Genus Entomobrya 

 A. Ocelli less than sixteen. 



B. Ocelli six; greenish gray; superior claw armed with 

 three teeth on the inner margin. sexociilata 



