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Zacher says, ’This, is the original species' of red. spider, which in 1766 was des- 
cribed as Acarus telarius by Lirine and' later, in the year; 1832, was, referred to 
the genus Tetranychus on account of the structure of the tarsus * * * The linden 
nite is the smallest of the true Tetranychus species * '* * red-colored individual 
are rarely seen* The form designated as T. t elarius by Ewing, Hirst, and others, 
I hold to bo T. althaeae von H, ’ Personally, I .agree with. Zacher in his concep- 
tion of telarius . Like him, I believe that if our common ’"red spider’ of the 
United States is identical, with an European species it is T., althaeae. The male 
genital characters of the latter agree quite well with those of our mite. Other 
characters of telarius as described by Zacher differ materially from those of the 
common American mite,” 
Distribution in the United States 
Alabama* Baldwin . Eairhope; Barbour . Clayton; Chambers . Lafayette; Clark . Grove 
Hill; Coffee . Enterprise; Colbert . Tuscunbia; Elmore . Deatsville; Houston . 
Dothan; Lanar . Millport; Lawrence . ’Moulton; Lee . 'Auburn; Marshall . Gunters 
villo; . Montgomery . Mont goner;/ ; Perry . Marion; Pike . Troy; Bnscaloosa . 
Tuspaloosa; Walker .- Carbon Hill. • 
Arizona; Cochise . Cochise; Maricopa, Mesa, ‘ Phoenix; Salt River Valley, 
Arkansas; Craighead ; ' Crittenden ; Cross ; eastern counties ; j Faulkner; Lee ; Miller ; 
Miss is s irnoi ; ' Monroe : northeastern- Arkansas throughout the Delta; Phillips f 
Helena; Poins ett ; Saint Pro ne is . 
California; . Butte . Biggs, Chico; Cal av eras ; Colusa ; Ar buckle; Pres no ;' Glenn ; 
Kern . Bakersfield north to upper' Sacramento Valley; Lake ; Los Angeles . 
Chatsworth, Downey, Hawthorne.' Inglewood, Los Angeles to Cucamonga, Monte- 
bello, Pomona, Rivero., San Fernando Valley, Son Fernando, San Gabriel, 
Venice, Whittier;' Madera ; Merc ed; Or nng B Biybrsj.de,. Hemet, Riverside; 
Sacramento , Perkins , Son Ber nardino , Cucamonga, 1 Redlands ; ’ San Diego . Chula 
Vis ta; . Son to. Clara .. Mountain View; S on Joaquin, San Joaquin Valley; San 
Luis Obispo;. S ha.- ta ; Sutter ; Ta.lare . Tulare, Visalia;' Ventura ; Yolo ; Yuba . 
Wheatland. Oh walnut frees in all parts of the State*. - 
Colorado: 'Arapahoe . Littleton;" Arkansas Valley; Delta ; Denver . Denver; eastern 
Colorado; Larimer . Port Collins; Mesa, Grand Junction, Palisade; Montrose ; 
northern Colorado; Wosto’rn Slope. " * ■ » - 
Connecticut; Hew Haven . Branford, Madison, North Haven. ‘ ' ’ 
Delaware; Susr/ex . Bridgeville', Nassau. 
District of G’olu.mb,ia: Washington (greenhouse in Sth wing of U. S. Dent. Agr. 
• Bldg.).:. ' ' ■ .... ... f . 
Florida; Alachua . Gainesville, La Crosse; Bradford .- Starke ; Charlotte . Punta 
-Gorda; Dade .• Miami; Duval . St. Nicholas; Joe keen . Malone; Jeff arson, Monti 
cello; Lake . Eustis, Groveland, Leesburg, Yalaha; Madison . Madison; Mon— 
IS? P,i Key Largo; Orange . Orlando; Polk . Galloway; Seminole . Sanford; 
Volusia . Pierson. • 
