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others it is absent entirely, still others have the claws well 

 developed. The fureula is usually short and weak, in some 

 species it is so short that it is hard to see that there is any. 

 But two of the i>enera of tliis family liave lieen found in this 

 region. 



Key to the Family PODURID^ 



A. Feet two-clawed; two anal horns; postantennal organ 

 l)resent; ocelli, sixteen. Genus Achorutes 



AA. Feet with a single claw; no ])ostantennal organ present; 

 two anal horns; ocelli, ten; furcula short hut very slender. 



Genus Xenylla 



Genus Aciiorufcs Templeton, Schaffer 

 The tarsi have two claws. The ocelli are sixteen, the antennae 

 short and four-jointed. The post antennal organ is present, 

 pseudocelli are absent. The body is cylindrical with the seg- 

 ments subequal. The furcula is stout with a heavy manubrium 

 and a thick dentes that tapers but little. The anal horns are 

 sometimes long and curving, while again hardly visible. 

 Our two species of this genus are both new. 



Key to Genus Achorutes 



A. Anal horns long, two times papillae, dentes with spikes, 

 mucro lamellate with two teeth. calif ornica n. sp. 



AA. Anal horns long, four times papillae, dentes without 

 spikes; mucrones, lamellate, with a raised rim on distal 

 end, no teeth. citri n. s]). 



Achorutes calif ornica n. sp. 



(Plate ly, Fig. 6-11) 



(Plate V, Fig. 1) 



Description: Length — 1.5 nmi. Color — Yellow with brown 

 spots, black spot in middle of the head between the eyes. 

 Antennae — Length of head. Ocelli — Sixteen. Postantennal 

 organs — Composed of five tubercles on each side, the two 

 largest are oval and have their long axis at right angles to the 



