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arge, obtuse, split beneath ; vent linear, mari^inated with yellow— Found in the 
<yo'ods ')f the hi.cfiiiand liills ')f Xew-Y'iik Lenj^th three inches. 
XII. X. '.i -VBiciov. DifTjr from Varc/w by anterior segments with two pairs 
oriels ; neck hardly visible ; head rounded, eyes rounded, lateral ; antenna lon- 
ger than t!ie head, lateral before, straight, cUib shaped, six oblong articles in- 
Creasing in size upwards. — The name means little texture. 
52. Abacinii tcsse!a!um. Body reddish brown, striated longrtudinally, or tessc- 
lated ; antenna more than double the length of the head; legs pale, variable in 
number, about s-xty pairs ; tail acute — I found it on t!ic knobby hills of Estill 
county in Kentucky, under stones: length nearly two inches. 
XIV. X. G. Sf.jriiELos. Body lanceolate, head, thorax and abdomen united in 
one, v/-ulu)ut divisions, some fiiint appearance of segments on the abdomen ; six 
legs ; antenna united in front, divergent, curved outwards, club shaped and nearly 
nail si)aped, the end lieing large and rounded. No visible eyes, nor palps nor 
beak —It belongs probably to the family Parasltia next to Osteophilus : the name 
means united nails. 
5 J. Stjinphelos soUdago. Body smooth, lanceolate, acute behind, rounded iti 
front, mutic, whitish; antenna one-fourth of total length; legs as long as the 
breadth of the body — An exceeding small animaJ only the fortieth part of an inch 
in length ; found in the state of New- York on several species of the genus Seli- 
dago. 
54. Tromhidiov. croceum Entirely of a pale saffron colour ; body elliptic, trun- 
cate behind, back convex pilose ; legs archeil, nearly equal, pilose ; eyes brown, 
nearly lateral — Found in the state of XewYo;'k in houses; length half a line, 
t-5es sessile puuctiform ; palps visible, straight. 
55. Acnrus xaiit'topm Body nearly elliptical and obtuse, smooth and red ; legs 
yellow, the antericr pair longer antenniform, nearly as long as the body — One of 
the smallest insects, length about one hundrotb part of an inch, almost invisible to 
the naked eye. — I found it on Long-Island in the flowers oi Mmifropa wiijlora. 
56. Acariis amUelo!}. Body oboval, obtuse, orange color ; legs pale, arclied, 
nearly equal — On the wild grape vines of the state of New- York. Length the 
twenty-fourth of an inch. 
XV. X. G. Dii'LOToxu PS, (Spider). Thorax rounded, the anterior pair of legs 
longer, palp;i straight, club sliaped ; eyes in two arched rows on the forehead, 
each witii four eyes, convexity upwards, the upper bow with smaller eyes and 
shorter— -1 lie name means eyes in double arches They are wandering spiders. 
57. Dipfoioxops bilineaCii- White, abdomen rwmded-ellipsoidal, with two short 
yellon' parallel lines anteriorly, faintly ringed behind; anterior feet nearly as 
loiigas the body and arched — Not uncommon in many parts; seen near Lake 
Champlain, on Long-Island, the Alleghany mountains and in Ohio. Length onco 
fourth of an inch ; abdomen double the size of the thorax 
58. Bifjloioxops ? coccinea. Scarlet, legs black; the tuiterior ones hardly lon- 
ger ; abdomen ellipsoidal obtuse — In the state of New-York, length only one» 
twelfth of an inch. 
59. Lepisma saxatili." , Dirty and pale brown, antenna nearl}' as long as the bo» 
dy ; filaments of the tail unequid, the mid He one longer than the body and three 
times as long as the lateral ones — Length one inch ; found on the stones in the 
knobs of Kentucky, it springs and jumps occasionally; feet medial, short, e* 
qual. 
60. Termes montana. Black, antenna and tips of the legs fulvous, thorax seml- 
cordatc anteriorly. — It lives in the AUegliany mountains. They form large socie- 
ties and build their nests in the fallen pine trees. The antenna are divergent. 
Straight, moniliform, jaws large, abdomen ringed obtuse, w ings much longer, h' ri» 
zontal, greyish ; length one third of an inch. 
61. Formica snccmea. Entirely of a tine sliining and transparent amber colour: 
thorax with three knots; abdomen oboval-eUiptical ; antenna club shaped up- 
wards, two fifths of total length — It lives in small societies of about one hundred 
individuals, under stones in the knobs of Kentucky ; length about one-tenth of 
an inch. Head large, rounded ; palps visible, antenna bent inwards, the first 
knot of the thorax longer and bearing the legs. Larva white, oblong and pandu- 
rate orbilobed. I have already observed about twenty species of Ants in the U. 
States, mostly new ; I am preparing a monography of them. 
62. Cliermes Silpldiitn-trifoliatum. Elliptical, nearly truncate at both ends; 
Jength double the breadth, pale olivaceous green, back co7jvex, undivided ; ac^ 
