Springtails (Collembola) of the St. Louis Area 13 
According to Mills (1934) this species is found in Illinois, 
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Minnessota, North Dakota, 
New Hampshire, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, 
Canada. Records: March 4, 1934, Ranken, Mo., (E. P. Meiners). 
Entomobrya multifasciata (Tullberg) 1871 
Figures 57-58; length approximately 1.5-2 mm.; light yellow 
with’ black or dark blue markings; each segment except the pro- 
thorax with a dark band on the posterior margin dorsally and lat- 
erally ; many tenent hair present on the dorsal side of the head, 
mesothorax and metathorax, very sparse on the abdomen and 
in some specimens mostly lacking in this region; entire body 
covered with small setae; antennae 1.5-2 times the length of the 
head, segments to each other as 1, 2, 1.8, 2; a dark strip between 
the antennae containing a black triangular area; furcula extend- 
ing to the ventral tube, mucro with an apical and a subapical 
tooth, 
This Species is more common in the southern states. It is, 
however, cosmopolitan and usually taken from humus. Records: 
March 4, 1934, Ranken, Missouri, (E. P. Meiners). 
Entomobrya assuata Folsom, 1924 
Figures 32-35; length 1.5-2 mm.; black with light yellow 
markings; a black line extending between the eyespots, and V- 
Shaped marks on the dorsal side of the head back of the eyespots ; 
prothorax covered dorsally by forward projecting mesonotum ; 
mesothorax mostly colorless dorsally and the metathorax entirely 
darkened except for an area near the median line; first seg- 
ment of abdomen irregularly darkened dorsally, second segment 
with a dark band near the posterior edge of the segment and 
a widened dark area near the median line, third entirely covered 
with dark chitin, fourth three or four times longer than the 
third with the posterior half covered with a dark area, fifth 
and sixth with dark chitin: mucro strongly rounded ventrally 
