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there are faint lines reaching from the A. M. E. down upon the mandibles, sternum 

 reddisli brown on the sides, paler in the center; legs reddish, more yellow at tips, 

 a few dark spots at the base of hairs, dorsum of abdomen reddish brown, often 

 with a light median stripe enclosing a spear-mark at base, and a short light mark 

 on each side near tip; venter j'ellowish with a broad median brown stripe, spinne- 

 rets brown. The (j is darker than the O. Sometimes the legs are a little banded. 

 Cephalothorax highest at eye-region, gradually sloping concavely untj^ near the 

 posterior end, where if suddenly curves down; legs spiny, abdomen widest in front, 

 tapering to apex; the epigynum consists of a rounded finger, somewhat similar to 

 0. cinerea but more slender. Male palpal organ black, the tarsus is more slender 

 than in the other species, the tibia has on the inner side a short pointed projection 

 similar to O. salficiis, the basal part of the palpal organ is more complicated than 

 in that species. 



The four species oi Oxyoprs may be separated by the following 



table: 



\ Femora with a black line on under-side .... salticus 



I 

 ( Femora without a black line on under-side ..... 2 



^ S Abdomen light, with black side and median stripes . scalaris 



i Abdomen dark, with a few light spots ...... 3 



f Dorsum of cephalothorax straight, about as high in middle as in eye-iegion 



cinerea 



3- 



Dorsum of cephalothorax concave, higher in 



eye-region than in middle 

 rufipes 



LOCAL ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Members of the New York Entomological .Society and all others, are solicited 

 to contribute to this column, their rare captures, local lists and other items of 

 interest relating to the insect fauna of New York city and vicinity. 



LIST OF THE COLEOPTERA OF NORTH 

 EASTERN AMERICA, 



WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FAUNA OF NEW 

 YORK CITY AND VICINITY. 



\\\ CiiARLKs W. Lf.nc; .and ^\'M. }5ki I i:\Mri, I.KR. 



(Continued from vm.v. 96.) 



SCHIZOCKNIUS /'///:;. 



S. planulatus L<y. — N. Y. Taken by Mr. Linell at Coney Island. 



S. lineolatus .SVm-. — N. E. Amer. Lives under stones along river banks, 

 June and Sept. Not common in this vicinity. 



S. ferrugineus /'it/z. — N. E. Amer. Occurs in salt marshes. Not common 

 in this vicinity. 



S. amphibius //ir/,/. — 'S. \., .Mo. Taken in this vicinity by Mr. \Vm. 

 Jiilich. 



