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near the outer edge dividing it into thirds; inferior claw two-thirds 
as long as superior, stout and tapering, with a short bristle inside 
upon a rounded basal dilation, and with a sub-apical bristle 
exceeding the other claw in length; tenant hairs absent. Fur- 
cula nearly reaching the mouth, manubrium with a few ventral 
hairs; dentes tapering with remarkably long and large lateral 
hairs, barbellate basallv, and four long equidistant ventral hairs; 
mucrones one-fourth length of dentes, laterally linear, little 
tapering, serrulate beneath, apex with three rounded lobes bent 
downward. Length 1.3 mm. (Folsom-Packard). Habitat, 
“Waco, Texas.” 
“Very closely allied to P. marmoratus, but is more hairy, the 
body more finely marbled appearing as if tuberculated, while 
the skin of P. marmoratus is smooth; it also wants the two, pale, 
smooth tubercles on the body of the latter.” (Packard.) The 
type specimens were redescribed by Folsom who stated that 
‘The tube containing them was found to hold not only fourteen 
specimens of a Papirius, but also ten examples of a Smynthurus, 
and the original description of P. texensis evidently combines the 
characters of both these species which certainly do resemble 
each other superficially.” Type specimens in the museum of 
Comparative Zoology. 
5. Papirius maculosus Schott. 
1891. Papirius maculosus Schott. 
1895. Papirius maculosus DallaTorre. 
1903. Papirius maculosus Guthrie. 
Prevailing color, a whitish-ground color sometimes varying 
to a yellowish or grayish tone, almost the entire upper part of 
the bod}’ showing dark, blue spots of various forms which often 
vary to a sky blue; clear white on ventral side. Antennae dark 
blue; shorter than body. Legs with distal half of tibia white. 
Claws; superior claw armed with two teeth, inferior claw with a 
single perpendicular tooth. Furcula pale violet; manubrium 
short; dentes about three times as long as mucrones, bearing 
two distinct kinds of hairs, simple, and pinnate or notched, regu¬ 
larly arranged, two pairs of notched hairs being between two sim¬ 
ple hairs, the most distal of the simple hairs reach almost to the 
mucrones. Length, 1.5 mm. 
This species seems to have a rather wide range. Guthrie re¬ 
ports it abundant in Minnesota, and the original description was 
taken from specimens collected in California. The species seems 
very closely allied to P. marmoratus, and according to Guthrie, 
may be a variety of this species. The color seems to be somewhat 
lighter, with slight variations in markings. 
