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VOLU ME XI

MBE - NU RS 1 2 SEPTEMBER 29 , 1 95 1

s nds H A m r l No . d i a t s d s Pacific I la erpetology IV , y I lan , s M T Va co . anner

New Specie s of D olichopodidae from Californi a and Utah Di t H s ( p era ) , F . C . arm ton

i t New S t Mi ds s i s On E gh ou hern llipe , Illu trat on , R b alph V . Cham erlin

Records o f American Millipeds and Centip eds Collected by D E d n k 1 95 0 s i R i s . l e Bec in , Illu trat on , alph V Chamberl n

New Ne t i te - St i d s H i - Veliidae o rop cal Wa r r er ( em p tera ) , D k Carl J . ra e

St d t s Saldida e i t s ti s ri ula ory Organ in e (H m p era ) , Illu tra on ,

J . D k an . d . H tt s C ra e F C . o e

Notes on Some Ci cindelidae of the We s tern United States and the South Pacific Islands with a De s cription of a New S s s M T pecie , Va co . anner

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i s ds H t o N . d S Pacif c I lan erp e ology , V , Gua alcanal , olomon s ds k ist s s st t I lan , A Chec l of pecie , Illu ra ion , s M T n Va co . an er

New County Re c ords of Salientia and a Summary of known dist i ti d t in k r bu on of Cau a a O lahoma , H ds N. n a d . Arthur Bragg W F . u on

Two New s t rn N d H me-no tera Ants from We e eva a ( y p ,

i c d R . S Form i ae ) , mith

The Cerambycoid Semi -Aduatic Coleoptera of the Nevada L a Ri s Area , Ira ver

New D i s tri bution Records of Utah Siphonaptera wi th the Descri ption of a new sp ecies of Megarthrogl ossu s Jordan

and R t s c i d 1 91 5 st i s r J . Ti t n o h h l , Illu rat on , Ve non p o D M d and onald . Allre

new Lithobu d Centi eds O n Five American p , R alph V . Chamberlin

Index to Volume XI September 29, 1 951

TABLE OF CONTENTS

n H aci c Is a ds t No . I d t s a ds P fi l erpe ology V , A miral y I l n , T n Vasco M. an er

New Species of D olichopodidae From Califo rnia and

tah Di teri a F . C . a ms U ( p ) , H r ton

On ht New S uth M l eds st t s Eig o ern i lip , Illu ra ion Ral h Cha i p V . mberl n

Rec ords of American Millipeds and Centipeds Collected

b Dr. E en D B ck in 1 950 l st t ns y ld . e , I lu ra io , a h m in R lp V . Cha berl

New Neotropical Water-Striders (Hemiptera-Veliidae) D ke Carl J . ra

Str u at ans in Saldi dae m a Ill st at ons id l ory Org (He ipter ) , u r i ,

C J D ak and F . C H tt s . . r e . o e

Notes on Some Cincidelidae of the Western United States and the South Pacific Islands With a Description f New S c es sc M Ta n o a o . pe i , Va n er

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I - U M 29 1 95 1 . I VOL ME XI SEPTE BER , Nos I

Iv PACIFIC ISLAND S HERPETOLOGY NO . AD MIRALTY ISLAND S ( 1 )

VASC O M . TANNER Professor of Zoology and Entomology Brigh am Young University h Provo , Uta

INTROD UCTION

This is the fourth report on the South Pacific Islands H erpetol d i d d ogy . It is concerne w th specimens collecte on Los Negros Islan d of the A miralty group . The Admiralty Islands are located between 1 0 30’ and 3 ° 1 0 ’ 0 0 d and 1 46 and 1 48 d South Latitu e East Longitu e , being the most Mel n i I d was d d northerly of the a es on slan s . This group iscovere in 1 6 1 6 S and and M L os by chouten Lemaire consists of anus , Negros , LOS Sauwai Reyes , Pak , Naura , Rambutyo, Baluan , , Lou , Tong , and l"1 w other small islands . All these islands are small except anus hich has an area of more than seven hundred square miles and has moun d the tains that rise to a height of over three thousan feet . Los Negros ,

end next largest island of this group , forms an arc around the eastern M two se arated w of anus ; the being by a narro channel . Within this is §eeadl er has d arc a good harbor , the , which epths ranging up to 1 2 0 L feet . The central part of os Negros was made into the large Momote airfield which was an important base in General D ouglas ’ MarArthur s campaign to win back the Philippine Islands and move on to Japan . The Admiralties lies about 2 00 miles north and east of New

and 2 60 w New New Guinea miles est of Ireland . Hanover Island is between New Ireland and the Admiralties on an arc which extends d w through these Islan s south ard to the Solomon Islands . In 1 940 h w d t ere ere about natives on the islan s , most of them en

i on r No 2 C t ibution . 1 m 5 t. of oo o and Ento o o Y. U. o o Uta , Dep Z l gy l gy, B . Pr v , h . Th e Great B as in Natura li st - 2 2 M . N N 1 VASCO TA ER Vol . XI , Nos .

d d gage in cultivating the coconut , the only commercial crop pro uced

w farein and d there . They are orthy sea g people fishing iving for d pearl shells . Their foo consists principally of coconut , taro , sago ,

d and . yams , bananas , brea fruit , sugar cane w The herpetological fauna of this group is poorly kno n . Boul 1 88 7 d 1 93 7 M 1 934 and D 1 8 78 enger, ; He iger , , ertens , ; Peters oria , ; d 1 9 1 8 and 1 9 1 2 d Sternfiel , ; Vogt , , have ma e some valuable reports w on the reptiles of this area . Ho ever , their efforts have been con d 1 6 fined mainly to the Bismarck archipelago . Sternfel lists Species d d d w as having been collecte on the A miralty Islan s , none of hich were reported from Los Negros .

Mr Reimschiissel d A 2 7 1 944 and . lan ed on Los Negros ugust , , w On 1 6 1 944 . as left September , Collecting possible only a part of his w C stay on the Island . He reports as follo s concerning his amp and general conditions on the Island : “ My camp was located on a very bare part of the island where de coral sand and coral rock made up the soil , mixed with old and e w w w cay d parts of plants hich accumulated here the ater puddled . as do Plant life is not luxuriant as on Guadalcanal , the insects not d seem as numerous , but the bir life is plentiful . It rains one to two w w times each day. The ater hen in still pools has a milky color . Sometimes in small drainage areas the streams are also milky in color My time was very limited and even at night the lights were

d d Off W d turne off, forcing me to hol ith my recor keeping or other D writing . uring these long hours of darkness I went hunting for w M frogs ith a flashlight . any of them were croaking and calling to one another . One species I observed is a small brownish one which d d f hi es un er the coral rocks and amongst the plants . A beam O light would not frighten them so with their continual croaking I was able ” to catch five specimens . ' I wi sh d Mr Reim hii e to exten my thanks to . sc ss l for his interest and care in making collections of the reptiles and insects he en d . w countere The species listed belo are , for the most part , new d d recor s for Los Negros Islan .

AMPHIBIANS Family HYLIDAE HYL A I NF R AF RE NATA INF RAF R E NAT A GUNTHER

u h Ann. . t 3 1 867 G nt er, Mag Nat His , ( ) XX , , p 56 . I v 3 2 9 1 9 5 1 N NO . Sept . , PACIFIC ISLA DS HERPETOLOGY

44 mschiissel . 1 6 1 9 7 09 731 4 Ad d ( . R ei ) , BYU 3 , miralty Islan s E Sept 731 5 731 6 L os N BYU , egros 7326

These specimens agree in measurements and color with those T w d 7309 73 1 6 d . o reported from Morotai Islan a ult Specimens ( , ) ’ M r Reimschiissel s are dark lavender blue in Spirits . From . notes I “ d record the following : I saw a large green frog which elude my ’ grasp ; it landed on an elephant s ear and I managed to catch it . It was d w d — green , long legge , ith golden colore eyes the pupil going w longitudionally with the body . These ere a number of small green do w w frogs of which three or four were caught . I not kno hether these were immature or‘ mature frogs but they were found in the

sun d forest area during the day time , out in the or sha e or on the w tops of leaves which woul d hold their eight . Another small greenish ” brown frog was caught in the forest living under logs .

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PL AT YMANT IS Sp .

- d imschiissel t 1 944 731 0 1 1 7320 d ( . R e ) BYU , A miralty Islan s E Sep , 7321 -22 7323 L os BYU , Negros 7324 It is not possible to make a specific determination of this Species

P a uensis web~ at present . I have compared it with specimens of . p p eri h d d Sc midt from the Tenaru River on Gua alcanal , collecte by

rr n i and P . co u atus a ue s s Robert C . Pendleton , g p p collected at Hal w Reimschii el D r . w l d w Mr . n Ne ss . . o an ia , Guinea by Walter C Bro n

731 0 — 1 1 732 0 d has specimens BYU and , making a stu y of them in comparison with Platymantis species now contained in some of the

American collections . The four specimens before me are all about 30 mm . in lengt h

LIZARD S

Family GEKKON IDAE G E H YRA O CEANICA ( L ESSO N )

L 2 0 0 1 . 1 830 . 42 l 3 esson , Voyage Coquille, II , I , , p p II , fig

1 d a R i 9 d . eimsch issel 4 7 7 ( ) . 7 1 9 4 BYU A mir lty Islan s E Sept , L os Negros

One female specimen of this wide Spread species was reported for the Admiralty Islands by Sternfeld . Th e Great Bas in Natura li st

- V . N 2 A SC O M N . 1 4 . . TA ER Vol XI , Nos

Family SCI NCIDAE

D ASIA SAMARAG D INUM PERVIRID IS BARBO UR

1 06 1 921 2 1 V . 0 0 . Barbour, Proc . N . Eng . Club , ol VII , p ,

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- mschiissel t 1 944 71 62 7207 1 8 Admiral t I sl and s ( . R ei ) BYU , y E Sep , L os Negros

two d Rostal times as broa as high , in contact with the first

internasal s refront supralabial , nasal and frontonasal , no present ; p

two l oreal s als contact the frontonasal , , anterior supraocular , frontal , and meet at a point dorsally ; frontal extends back to the frontoparie tals and contacts three supraocul ars , two pair of nuchals ; lower eye lid scaly ; ear - opening small with two small lobules anteriorly ; supra labials Six and seven in contact wi th subocular , eight supral abial s and seven infral abial s , mental twice as broad as high in contact with

w and - w the first lo er labial the first large transverse chin shield , hich i w D s in contact with the two lo er labials on both sides . orsal scales

d 22 - 24 w d d d and not keele , in ro s aroun the mid le of the bo y , Fingers

w w w 2 - 3 9 1 . toes quite long , ith cla s ; fourth toe ith lamellae Heel w d - 7 - 76 8 . 1 1 7 1 22 ith a large Oval scale . Bo y length mm ; tail length l ohol M . a s r mm Specimens in are a bluish green color throughout . Reimschiissel recorded the following concerning this skink : The l w arge green lizards turned slightly blue hen in solution , are usually w found on trees , especially where a Philodendron vine is gro ing . One d of these green lizar s , when caught , vomited a part of a grasshopper w 5 hich is still in the bottle . September , caught three more green lizards on trunks of trees ; fellows in the Office say they run about " in the early morning, even jumping for ies . This subspecies is a geographical race distributed south from the Ad miralty Islands throughout the Bismarck Archipelago , Solomon

d New d 1948 Islan s to North East Guinea . Loveri ge ( ) reports it from ’ New w d many localities in Guinea . Barbour s type as an a ult from

“ Fulkora d , Ysabel Islan , Solomon Islands . The thirteen specimens from Los Negros are fairly uniform in size and color ; also in scale 2 counts . Four specimens have a 2 scale ring around the body at the middle ; seven ( 23) and two Twelve have eight supralabial s;

infral abial s two 29 u n one All have seven , and have lamellae der the fourth toe ; seven ( 30) and two The scalation is similar M in the Philippine , orotai and Los Negros specimens . The Los Negros Specimens lack the dark spots and gray color found on the d M d bo y of the orotai and Philippine specimens . The orsal surface 2 9 1 95 1 N N O . 5 Sept . , PACIFIC ISLA DS HERPETOLOGY IV of the hind legs of the Los Negros specimens is brown in color with some white spots . The thirteen Los Negros specimens average less in body measurements and are not as robust in body build as specimens of this genus from Morotai and Philippine Islands

L YGO SO MA ( L E IO L O PISMA ) F US C UM L UC T UO SUM ( PET ERS D O RIA )

Mus . C iv . . Nat G e tero us l uctuosus D . H e p Peters oria , Ann Stor

. 4 1 78 . . 1 3 36 8 nova , Vol , p ,

- m h i Au 2 71 63 66 71 72 78 d d ( . R ei sc i ssel ) . 5 BYU , A miralty Islan s E g 722 1 -26 7228 - 30 L os 30 1 944 BYU , Negros , BYU 7240 -44

w as w d w Rostral t ice as broad high , ith a broa contact bet een the frontonasal and the nasal ; frontonasal one and one half times as

su ranasal s broad as high , nostril in the nasal ; no p ; frontal as long as the frontoparietal and in contact with the two anterior supraoculars; 4 supraocul ars ; 7 supraciliaries; interparietal present but small ; parietals in contact ; a pair of nuchals and temporals ; 7 supral abial s 4 before the subocular ; 6 infral abial s , submental large and in contact

d infralabial s 31 - 34 mid— d 2 9 with the first and secon , bo y Scale rows ; 33 BYU 722 8 lamellae under the fourth toe ; total length , Specimen ,

- 1 60 5 1 05 . . 5 5 0 . 8 1 ( ) mm , average body length mm , tail length mm

d w w d d d and Color in spirits ark bro n above , hitish on un ersi e of bo y the tail , otherwise there are no other color markings on the speci mens . Reimschiissel notes that these lizards are dark brown in color w w above and yello ish hite beneath . He also records finding this w d d w brown colored species , and specimens that ere ark colore ith w yello body stripes , associated together on the coral rocks . For the present I am inclined to follow Loveridge and consider

uscum lu tuo u the subspecies of f in this area to be c s m. The Los Negros Specimens under consideration agree very closely in body measure ments and scale counts wi th Loveridge ’ s description and key of the lu m ctuosu . d d n New subspecies Loveri ge considere one specime , from and M Z Britain archipelago , now in the useum of Comparative o ology , as belonging to this subspecies .

1 9 1 8 t d L s ma Liole isma uscu m Robert Sternfeld , , repor e ygo o ( p ) f New w d d from Britain and Gal an Islan , one of the A miralty group . He reports that the eight Galwan Island Specimens have 32 mid w and 28 30 d body scale ro s , to lamellae un er the fourth toe . Th e Great Bas in Naturalist - 2 N . 1 6 . N . VASCO M TA ER Vol XI , Nos

E MO IA MIVART I B O UL E NG E R

887 . B oul en er . L iz . . 292 l . . 1 1 g , Cat III , p , p XXIII , fig ,

- E R eimschii ssel Au 1 944 B YU 71 67 71 71 Ad miralty Island s ( . ) g B 71 -7206 L os N t 1 944 YU 86 egros Sep , 7234-7239

w w Rostral t ice as broad as high , in contact ith first upper labial , two small nasal scales and frontonasal ; frontonasal one and one half times as broad as long ; prefrontals widely separated by the frontal ; frontal as long as the undivided frontoparietal ; parietals and tem

two l oreal s w porals large , nuchals small ; four supraocular, bet een the nostril and preocular ; seven supraciliaries; lower eyelid with a d w two transparent isk ; ear opening oval , ith short anterior lobules ; su ral abial s p seven to eight, five before the large subocular ; seven to l i a infra ab al s a a . eight , subment l l rger than the ment l Scale rows at

dd d 33 36 4 — 33 7— 34 7- 35 2 the mi le of the bo y to ( , , , smooth and P l reana d . d smaller laterally . s only slightly enlarge Length of bo y n 1 2 5 0 w a d tail 0 mm . ( + Limbs ell developed ; fourth toe with

40 to 46 lamellae . d w d The color of preserved specimens is ark bro n orsally , bor w w w dered by t o whitish lines hich involve part of two ro s of scales . These two white lines have their origin in the supraciliaries and pass backward through the temporals and nuchals along thebody above the hind legs and on to the tail . Another pair of white lines extend i ral b al s . In from the sup a to the groin . some specimens there are two , to five lines radiating out from the axilla . The ventral part of the body is light in color .

Reimschiissel Mr. reports that live specimens of this species had white and yellowish stripes on the dark brown dorsal body wall and were white in color on the venter and tail . ’ d 1 948 Boul en er s T osoma mivarti Loveri ge , , considers g yg (part ") from Admiralty Islands as a synonym of Emoia baudinii

B Mr D . boudinzz d" . I have not followed Loveridge in this treatment of the Los Negros specimens since the scale rows around the middle

the and of the body, lamellae of the fourth toe , the body tail length , ’ and general color agrees more with Boul enger s description than that

dinii miv r i set forth for bau by Loveridge . Sternfeld lists a t from the d Admiralty Islands . He reports the bo y scale rows as 3 1 to 36 and 3 42 the lamellae of the fourth toe as 5 to . 71 96 7235 Specimens number BYU and are , through an ex in M change , the Stanford University Natural History useum . 2 9 1 95 1 N N O . I v 7 Sept . , PACI FIC IS LA DS HERPETOLOGY

E MO IA AT R O C O ST AT A ( LESSO N)

1 30 L Vo . 2 0 0 1 . . 5 0 l . . 3 8 esson , y Coquille II p , p IV , Fig , 1 944 m hiiss l . 7 d d ( . R ei sc e ) BYU 71 80 A miralty Islan s E Sept , L os Negros

two as d w Rostral times broa as high , in contact ith the first two and frontanasal supralabial , nasal frontonasal scales ; not as high as the frontal with which it forms a broad contact ; a small in ter parietal separated from the frontoparietal ; two l oreal s ; lower eye lid with a transparent disk ; ear Opeing as large as the palpebral disk ' mental larger than the submental ; first infralabial wedge shape be w and d w t een the mental secon infralabial , not in contact ith the w nd 39 w . a submental Seven lo er seven upper labials ; scale ro s , d dd about the same in size , aroun the body at the mi le ; scales smooth ; w d d w 37 preanal scales enlarged . Limbs ell evelope ; fourth toe ith smooth lamellae below . d d Color greyish above , with small black ots irregularly place w over the body ; under surface of body and tail hitish . Total length 3 of Specimen is 1 82 mm . ( 6 4 Only one specimen of this

Species collected . Sternfeld lists two Specimens from Ilim Island of the Admiralty group . The body scale rows are reported as 38 and the lamellae of

3 — w d d d the fourth toe 6 38 . This species has a i e istribution accor ing

de to Nelly Rooij .

E MO IA C YANO G AST E R ( L ESSO N)

L . D u d u d sur L a C esson , Zool , in uperry , Voyage a tour Mon e oquille ,

. 2 t . 1 . 47 l 0 . . 3 1 83 . Vol , p , p , p III , fig ,

71 81 7233 d ms hii l 44 d ( . R ei c sse t 1 9 BYU , A miralty Islan s E ) Sep , L os Negros

d Snout long, pointe , rostal broader than high , frontonasal as

w h broad as high , frontal narro ly in contact with the frontonasal ; i ternasal s not longer than the frontal ; interparietal not present ; parie tals large and in contact behind the frontO parietal S ; nuchals and tem loreal s d porals small ; , secon about twice as long as the first ; four u l s praocu ars ; six superciliaries ; lower eyelid with transparent disc ; su ralabial s infralabial s six p , seven to eight ; , ; submental larger than

. d d w the mental Ear Opening small , guar e with one or t o Short lob d 24 ules ; body scales smooth , longer orsally than laterally , rows around middle of body ; two preanal scales enlarged ; total length of i 71 8 1 7 1 8 . 5 0 Spec men BYU , mm ( + the tail is more than two Th e Great Basin Naturali st 1 - 2 N N . . 8 VASCO M . TA ER Vol XI , Nos

d w d d and one half times as long as the bo y ; legs ell evelope , especially the hind ones which may be extended to reach the axilla of the front

2 - . 7 d 8 8 . ones ; lamellae un er the fourth toe , Color above brown with two greenish blue lines extending from d w d back of the eyes to the thighs ; iri escent ith small black dots , un er

- color a blue green . Sternfeld reports one specimen O f cyanogaster from the small island of Pak ; de Rooij records it from the Bismarck Archipelago and w Loveridge lists one specimen from Ne Britain . This species has very fine lines and is one of the most interesting species of the genus

Bl r d w Emoia iridescens . . Sternfeld lists g from Pak islan , hile Love

r ridge considers iridescens as a synonym of cyanogaste .

E MO IA CYANURA ( L ESSO N )

L 2 0 0 1 . u d u d L a C esson, in Duperry , Voyage auto r Mon e sur oquille ,

2 t . 1 . Vol . p , p

R mschiissel e 1 944 71 82 d d ( . ei ) BYU A miralty Islan s E S pt , L os Negros

Rostral about twice as broad as high ; nortril between three small d d w scales ; frontonasal broa er than long , forming a broa er suture ith the rostral than the frontal ; no internasal s present ; frontal not as long as the frontoparietal which is single ; interparietal not present ; parietals large ; nuchals a little broader than the temporals ; lower eyelid with a transparent disk , ear opening oval with two or three

su ral abial s short anterior lobules ; p seven , four before the large sub

infral abial s d ocular, seven ; mental two times as broa as long , scales

d a . 30 smooth , the orsal ones larger th n the lateral ones , rows around dd d d 69 the mi le of the bo y ; preanal scales Slightly enlarge , lamellae d 1 2 9 46 un er the fourth toe . Total length ( 4 Color black wi th three cream white iridescent streaks on the back ; the dorsal stripe covers the inner positions of the two dorsal scale rows while the two lateral stripes are On the outer two thirds of w w a scale ro . The ventral color is hite under the chin becoming d d nd bluish aroun the hin legs a the tail . Eight Specimens of this Species were reported from Olim Island

Reim hii of the Admiralty group by Sternfeld . sc ssel collected only a single specimen on the Island of Los Negros . The lamellae of the fourth toe on the Specimen before me are greater in number than is d usually reporte for this Species . The other characteristics seem to

d s anur justify consi ering it a cy a . o 9 29 1 95 1 N N . Sept . , PACI FIC ISLA DS HERPETOLOGY IV

E MO IA C AE RUL E O C AUD A d e VIS

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deVi s Ann. d . . 2 . 1 2 1 892 . I Queenslan Mus , No , p ,

- E im h i s l 4 BYU 71 83 721 9 20 d I d ( . R e sc i s e t 1 9 4 , A miralty slan s ) Sep , L O S Negros This Species is represented by three Specimens which agree with ’ d and w Loveridge s findings . The prefrontals are broa fused ith the w interparietal ; parietals large , temporals and nuchals small ; lo er

d w - eyeli ith a transparent disk ; ear Opening oval , same Size as the

d d w 3 1 -34 d dd palpebral isc . Bo y ith smooth scales aroun the mi le , the dorsal scales larger than the lateral ones ; fourth toe with 46 - 5 0 w smooth lamellae belo .

and c anura Color in life spirits similar to y , except the light stripes are not as iridescent in caeruleocauda and the under parts and

tail are not as blue green .

L ITERATURE CIT ED

u Barbo r, Thomas

1 9 1 2 . A Contribution to the Zoogeography of the East Indian

M — 2 03 d . 1 Mem. us. . . 44 . Islan s of Comp Vol , pp ,

l - s. I p VIII .

M D a . Burt Charles , and y

1 932 . Herpetological Results of the Whitney South Sea Ex dition e M 3 . 461 . . 6 I . us. . . . p , V Bull Am Nat Hist Vol , pp

7 1 - 3 5 9 . 8 , figs

Loveridge , Arthur 4 1 9 8 . New Guinean Reptiles and Amphibians in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and United States National Mu M 2 . . 1 . 0 1 us . . 0 0 1 seum Bull Comp Harvard College , Vol . ,

2 0 - 4 . 3 5 30 . No , pp .

Rooij Nelly de

1 9 - 1 5 . The Reptiles of the Indo Australian Archipelago I , La certilia i Em dosou ria 384 , Chelon a , y , Leiden , pp . XIV + ,

- 1 2 . 3 figs 1 . S d ternfel , Robert

1 9 1 8 Zur Tiergeographie Papuasiens und der Pacifischen Th e Great Bas in Naturalist 1 - 2 0 N N V l . 1 o . VASCO M TA ER XI , Nos

w A h nd e ke i 36 b a S nc nbert . Insel elt . , Natur Ges Vol

- 3 75 436 . pp . pl XXXI M Tanner, Vasco M 1 950 Pacific Islands Herpetology NO . III orotai Island

1 - 4 1 - 30 . Nos . . . Great Basin Naturalist , Vol X , , pp , figs

1 - 1 3 NEW SPECIES OF D OLICHOPOD ID AE

FROM CALIFORNIA AND UTAH (D IPTERA) .

A T O F . C . H RMS N L a C h Salt ke ity , Uta

This report includes descriptions of five apparently undescribed

Species of D olichopodidae from California and one species from Utah .

H Y O T US SI L VI C O L US . S . C R S Harmston , n p

d d w 2 . M . ALE Length , mm Face greenish , lightly uste ith gray pollen , its lower portion extremely narrow, barely separating the

as eyes . Front green , metallic . Palpi white , very prominent , long as

Of dd conS iciou s second j oint mi le tarsi , each with a p black hair near w w ti r . the p on anterior su face Lo er orbital cilia hite , about eight of d the upper cilia on each Si e black . Antennae black ; third j oint small ,

d d . . about as long as wide , roun e at tip Arista apical w w Thorax and abdomen green , metallic , lightly dusted ith bro n

- d . ish gray pollen . Bristles of thorax and ab omen black Legs wholly

w and . black . Fore coxae ith black hairs bristles on anterior surface

Al l w — femora ith a row of delicate , black , hair like bristles on lower , d t inner edge . Posterior tibiae not enlarge , with several prominen

r w bristles on posterior su face , but ithout conspicuous hairs . Halteres

. wi yellow Calypters yellow, th black cilia . b e w Wings gray, yline ; fourth vein notic ably convergent to ard

- arrell third vein beyond the cross vein , its last portion p with third vein and ending well in front of the apex of wing ; cross - vein situated

hi w - d at basil t rd of ing, one thir the length of apical segment of fifth vein . m . d FEMALE Si ilar to the male in coloration of the bo y and legs . Face as Wide as the distance between the tips of third and fourth

'

. th m le . longitudinal veins Palpi black , much larger than those of e a D 2 7 1 7 escribed from males and females from California , col lec d M A te r. . . d I r. d 29 by P H rnaud , , uring the perio June to Aug 1 8 1 94 8 . 1 6 ust , Six males and females , which include holotype male and allotyp e female , were taken at Pinecrest , Tuolumne Coun t 2 1 and M w m y; males one female were taken at Belle eado s , Tuolu ne

County . Holotype male and allotype female to be deposited in the Th e Great Basin Naturali st F N - 1 2 . C . V l . 2 o . 1 HARMSTO XI , Nos insect collection of the California Academy of Sciences ; paratypes

d . . M to be eposited in the U S National useum , University of Cali

m Mr w for ia and in the collection of . Arnaud and the riter .

D hr s tu ilvi lus ali rni us : o s . C . c c ifferentia C y s co n sp. resembles fo

D u z ee i Van , but differs in possessing large white palpi and in hav ng

li rni u . ca c s the cilia of calypters black In fo the palpi are small , black and the cilia of calypters are pale .

ME D E T E RUS AR NAUD I a . S H rmston , n p

M : 3 . . ALE Length , mm ; length of wing, mm Face and front thickly covered with silvery— gray pollen ; width of face - equal to the distance between the tips of third and fourth longitudinal veins . c the Probos is and palpi black , latter with prominent pale bristles

ri . d d d on ante or surfaces Antennae black ; thir j oint roun e at tip ,

- - about as long as wide . Arista sub apical . Post orbital cilia white i w s x . except for the upper bristles , hich are black

a nd d w su reou s Thorax scutellum ull green ith p reflections , densely covered with gray pollen ; bristles on dorsum of thorax and w the four prominent scutellar bristles , black ; three prominent hite bd bristles are inserted in a row above the base of fore coxae . A omen d d d green , the groun color almost completely obscure by the ense d covering of gray pollen , hairs of ab omen pale . Hypopygium black ; d m d posterior appen ages black , about as long as the maximu wi th d w of posterior femora , their apices pointe , ith a black , thorn like , d w Oblique spine near the tip on outer si e , inner appendages yello , nearly twice the length of the posterior appendages .

w - d Fore coxae yello ish brown , their anterior surface clothe with w M dd pale hairs , the bristles at tip yello . i le and hind coxae black , w each ith a prominent white bristle on outer surface , their anterior w surfaces with pale hairs . Femora , tibiae and tarsi yello , the last w t o j oints of all tarsi and the tips of the other j oints infuscated . Pos terior femora with a row of prominent yellow bristles on the upper

basitarsu s w a . basal h lf Posterior narro ed at the base , where it bears

t d . a small , too h like protuberance on inner e ge Length of anterior tarsal j oints as 1 2 - 1 1 - 9 - 5 - 4 ; of middle tarsi as 22 - 9 - 5 - 4 ; of posterior

- 22 - 1 1 — — d l er 9 6 5 . an c t s tarsi as Halteres yp white , the latter pale cilia .

w w - Wings hyaline , ithout maculations , the veins bro nish yellow ; third and fourth veins parallel and rather close together at tips ;

Th e Great Bas in Naturalist ‘ — 1 4 . . N . 2 . 1 F C HARMSTO Vol XI , Nos

- e H o segment extending leaf like over the bas of the halteres . yp pyg entendin w d a ium black , bulbous g for ar to the posterior m rgin of the d w fifth segment ; outer lamellae black , broa at base , ith a lateral ,

- w d dd leaf like process on each Side,narro e at the mi le , the apical

— d nd w a d . half finger like , curve upward fringe ith short black hairs

' w nd a . Legs black , ith conspicuous black hairs bristles Fore w i coxae ith short , stiff black br stles on anterior surfaces . Fourth and

d - fifth segments of all tarsi compresse dorso ventrally . Calypters and w their cilia black ; halters ith black knob , the stem brownish .

d and Wings uniformly smoky gray in color ; second , thir fourth longitudinal veins j et black and very conspicuously broadened ; last section Of fifth vein and the cross - vein of equal length ; anal angle . e venly rounded . D escribed from 1 1 males and 1 4 females taken in California by nd 1 0 w M r . a M . W . W Wirth . Nine males females ere taken at oss

M M 2 1 1 948 and two fe Beach , San ateo County , arch , ; one male M 3 1 948 males taken at Pebble Beach , San ateo County , January , ;

' at Carmel M 4 1 948 one male Beach , onterey County , January , and w 1 94 7 t o 1 9 . females at Bodega Bay, Sonoma County , October , Holo

and M M type male allotype female , both from oss Beach , San ateo M 2 1 1 948 d d d County, arch , eposite in the California Aca emy of

r d the wri er i n e M . an t Sc e ec s; paratypes in the collection of Wirth .

A hro lu wir hi s s t . s . d D IFFEREN TIA . p y n p is readily istinguish able from the known members O f the genus by having greatly d d d d . broa ene secon , third and fourth longitu inal wing veins The uniformly dark wings and black knobs of the halteres offer other identifying marks .

NE URIG O NA T O RRID A ms . s . Har ton, n p

w M . . . ALE Length , mm ; length of ing, mm Face Silvery w d w pollinose , the lo er portion narrowe ith its sides parallel . Front w silvery pollinose . Palpi yello . Antennae yellow ; third joint brown on apical half ; arista black , dorsal . Postorbital cilia pale .

D m reeninsh- w d orsu of thorax and the pleurae g black , ith ense w covering of gray pollen . Venter and first t o segments of abdomen d yellow, the remainder of ab omen metallic , green with cupreous

. d w reflections Hypopygium yellow, rounde at apex , ithout con i sp cuou s external appendages . 2 9 1 95 1 N E w D O L I C H O P O D I D A E 1 Sept . , SPECIES OF

Coxae and legs yellow ; middle coxae lightly infuscated on ou ter

I l airs and w surface . bristles on anterior surface of all coxae , yello ;

w consid bristle on outer surface of posterior coxae bro n . Fore tibiae d sec r bl e d d . t an e a thickene , equal in iameter to the fore femora Firs

- ond joints of fore tarsi of equal length , each approximately one half d w w d d the length of fore tibia ; thir j oint yello , some hat broa ene , one d its half . the length of fourth joint ; forth j oint noticeably flattene , w d apical half black , slightly more than t ice the length of thir joint ;

d - d fifth j oint black , flattene , about one thir the length of fourth j oint , w w d and the inner cla normal , the outer cla greatly flattene truncate

1 6 - 1 6 - 3 - 7- 3 dd at tip . Length of anterior tarsal j oints as ; of the mi le

- - — - - - - - and tarsi as 32 1 4 7 5 5 ; of posterior tarsi as 2 0 1 8 8 6 5 . Halters

w . calypters yellow, the latter ith pale cilia

Wings grayish hyaline ; fourth vein arcuate from a point slight

l d - w is w w y beyon the cross vein , from hich point it bo ed to ard the

SO the w third vein , that tips of third and fourth venin are ell in front of the apex of wi ng ; distal segment of fifth vein Slightly longer than

- the cross vein , their comparative lengths as D d d 1 escribe from one male taken at In io, California , April ,

94 Mr w d d e . 1 8 by . R . Col man This specimen was for ar e to me for

r de identification by M . W . W . Wirth . The holotype male will be posited in the Californi a Academy of Sciences .

D N u w readi IFFERE TIA . The peculiar struct re of the fore tarsi ill

d N ri rr d s . ly istinguish eu gona to i a n . p from other members of the genus .

Y T M AL IF NI S N O R O N O R C UM . s . C Harmston, n p

M w d . mm ALE Length , . Face approximately the same i th as w two- d d anterior femur ; lo er thir s ensely silvery pollinose , upper i d th r lightly pollinose , the blackish ground color perceptible . Front

. d d blue , metallic Antennae black ; secon j oint overlapping thir j oint on innner surface for about one - third its length ; third j oint approx i

t basitarsu s mately the leng h of posterior , roughly three times as long as i Ari . and w de sta apical , as long as third j oint . Lateral inferior postorbital cilia pale , the upper cilia black . d w w Thorax ark green , metallic , ith scarcely a trace of hite

. d w d m w pollen Ab omen concolorous ith thorax , yet the orsu ith m d bronze reflections . Hypopygiu mostly embed ed ; outer appen

- dages small , elongate oval , approximately the same length as last dd w segment of mi le tarsi , clothed ith minute pale cilia . Stems of Th e Great Bas in Naturalist

- 1 6 F . C . N 1 2 NO S . HARM STO Vol . XI ,

w w w w halters brown , the knobs white ; calypters hite ith narro bro n margin , their cilia white .

and Coxae , femora , posterior four tibiae all tarsi black ; anterior

- w tibiae and the extreme base of the middle tibiae brownish yello .

‘ For w w n M dd e coxae ith hite hairs a d bristles on anterior surface . i le femora with a row of about Six evenly - Spaced bristles on the lower d edge . Posterior tibiae g ra ually but conspicuously thickened on

’ basitarsu s notoiceabl w apical half . Posterior y bent , ithout a sinuate

is bristle on lower surface . It possible that this species possesses a

basitarsu s w sinuate bristle on the lower surface of posterior , hich may have been broken Off the single specimen at hand . Joints of fore tarsi as 1 5 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 4 ; of middle tarsi as 1 5 — 6- 5 — 4 - 4 ; of posterior

- tarsi as 8 8 ( other j oints missing) .

Wings grayish hyaline ; the apical One- fourth conspicuously in fu scated w , appearing smoky ; fourth evin in apex of ing ; posterior

- Ol cated dd norrowed w cross vein at mi le of wing ; wing to ard the base , the anal angle not at all prominent . D n M d escribed from one male taken two miles east of Ca by , o oc

2 1 94 in r 1 7 . . Us e . County, California , July , by R L g Holotype mal to be deposited in the University of California insect collection .

D S r l rni identi N nto mon ca i o cum . s . d IFFERE TIA . y f n p is rea ily d w fie by the coloration of its wings , it being the only kno n member of the genus possessing wings with prominent infuscation on apical

- one fourth .

UT AH NA . s . ARGYRA Harmston , n p

M . ALE Length , mm . ; length of wing, mm . Face silvery d w d d pollinose , mo erately ide , equaling the wi th of thir antennal d d joint . Front lightly uste with silvery pollen , yet the greenish d d groun color rather evi ent on upper portion . Papi black , heavily

d . and w An duste with silvery pollen Lower cilia the hiskers white .

' tennae bl ack; first j oint with coarse black hairs on upper surface ; d its third j oint long, obtusely pointe , length equaling the length of

- the posterior cross vein . Arista apical , very prominent and equaling the length of third antennal j oint .

D metallic with orsum of thorax green , , coppery reflections . w d Pleurae green ith violet reflections , usted with Silvery pollen .

Scutellum metallic green , with four prominent marginal bristles and many hairs on the dorsum . Abdomen dark green , metallic , with 2 9 1 95 1 N E W D O L I C H O P O D I D A E 1 7 S . ept , SPECIES OF

. w bronze reflections ; the second and third segment each ith a large , nd dull yellowish area on lateral portions . Hairs a bristles of the

nd - d . a ab omen black Hypopygium the small finger like , outer lamel

lae black . w Coxae black , the apices of fore pair slightly yello ish ; anterior nd w w a . surfaces of coxae ith black hairs bristles Femora yello , the w posterior pair blackened on apical fourth . Fore femora ith long d slender black hairs on outer surface , their length equaling the wi th w and of femora . Tibiae yello , the posterior pair blackened slightly d w and thickened on apical thir . Fore tarsi yello , the fourth fifth segments black ; middle tarsi black from tip of second segment ; pos

eri r 2 0 — 6 - 5 - 4 - 4 t o tarsi black . Length of fore tarsal segment as ; of

d - - - - - 2 - - - mid le tarsi as 24 9 7 4 4 ; of posterior tarsi as 1 5 1 8 5 3 . Halteres w i yello ; calypters yellow w th black tip , their cilia pale . w Wings grayish hyaline , the veins bro n ; last section of fourth vein bent forward at its middle ; last section of fifth vein one and

— - one half times the length of cross vein . D d M escribe from one male taken by the author at onticello , 7 1 46 9 . Utah , July , Type to be deposited in the California Academy

of Sciences .

D Ar r n ri N . utah . A ni s . IFFERE TIA gy a a n . p closely resembles g c r a D uz ee o Van in general appearance and coloration . While the two species differ in the structure of the external hypopygial lamellae they are most easily separated by the chaetotaxy of middle femora .

Ni ricoxa row - g possesses a of five long, evenly spaced , black bristles

d ri on lower edge of mi dle femora . These b stles are longer than the w h hn t e u s . idth of femora ; in case of ta a n . p the lower edges of mid dle femora are devoid of conspicuous bri stles

ON EIGHT NEVV SOUTHERN MILLIPED S

L RAL PH V . CHAMBER IN Emeritus Professor of Biology University of Utah L h Salt ake City , Uta

The new millipeds described in the present paper were detec ted in d d the course of a stu y of a collection ma e by Hugh Hanson , now and of the Arizona State College at Tempe , chiefly in June

1 947 Pseudotremi han July of . With the exception of the type of a s ni w o , which was taken at Pineville , Ky, the specimens ere all taken n r Mts. near Gatlinbu g, Ten , in the Smoky I wish here to express

Mr my thanks to . Hanson for the privilege of examining his interest his aw d d ing collection and for patience in aiting a elaye report on it .

Family PARAI U L I D AE

URO BL ANI UL US E XUL C h new amberlin, S pecies i General color dark brown , w thout definite annuli or other d w d markings , but each tergite becoming arker to ard its cau al margin ;

. i last tergite and anal valves nearly black Head dark above , w th a w pair of light spots bet een antennae ; paler on lower part of face .

Antennae nearly black . Legs colorless . Stipes of mandibles in the male only moderately produced at distal corner .

- d d ; Collum ‘ with anterolateral corner widely roun e a single " b straight sulcus just a ove margining sulcus on each side .

a . Tergites smooth and shining above , only minutely punct te d Segmental sulcus sharply impresse , not excurved at level of the repugnatorial pore which is well removed from it w Form of cauda as sho n in fig . 1 Th e 2 features of the gonopods are shown in figs . and 3 . D i ameter of male holotype , mm .

: n : 22 1 948 LOCA LITY Ten Gatlinburg Cove , July ,

1 3 1 947 A paratype taken at the same place on June , , is lighter in color than above given for the holotype and Shows a series of black spots along the Sides over the repugnatorial glands and some

- cross striping above .

l s umans Cham This species , and the c o ely related f ( b . ) occurring In canadensis enerot e the same region , differ from , the g yp , super Th e Great B as in Natura list

20 - . N . 1 2 RALPH v CHAM BERLI Vol XI , Nos .

F i Urobl aniul l d m th e d . us exu . s . w g , n p Anal tergite vie e fro si e

F i . T h e . d h a . g same Anterior gonopo s , cep alic s pect

. d d . Fig S Posterior gonopo s , cau al as pect ’

F i . E Urobl mulus imin a w. a d us . s . g , n p An l tergite , lateral Vie

. W T h e . A d d a . Fig same nterior gonopo s , cau l as pect ficially in the less strongly uncate cauda.In the gonopods they differ from that Species in the longer coxites of the anterior pair and in i — the much longer , more sp ne like process from the mesal margin of the principal branch of the posterior pair .

Th e Great B as in Naturali st

- 22 . N 2 . 1 RALPH v CHAM BERLI Vol XI , Nos .

' ' eyes and extending down between antennae where it encloses a pair of rather large . light spots

’

The stipes of mandibles are shown in fig . 6

cl T arvior d d ui From the osely related . p rea ily isting shed in

d its d b having the cau a more strongly uncate , this near mid le eing bent down in the vertical direction as shown in fig . 7 .

8 9 . Gonopods as represented in figs . and In the anterior pair it will be noted that the coxites are more Slender and more prolonged than in parvior This is a slender form in which the male is about diamenter , the female mm

LOCALITY : Tenn : Gatlinburg

h manibl a i lus setosior . s . e w 6 . T en u F ig . , n p Stripes of rig t , l teral vie

w. 7 . T h e . a a F ig . same Anal tergite , l ter l vie h T h e a . A d . 8 . F ig . s me nterior gonopo s , cep alic aspect

d . 9 . T h e . d Fig . same Posterior gonopo s , cau al aspect 2 9 1 95 1 O N N E W U N 2 3 Sept . , EIGHT SO THER MILLIPEDS

2 7 1 94 7 - The male holotype was taken July , in the oak chestnut w “ d” 2 1 947 area . Three females ere taken in grassy bal on July ,

T E NI UL US P A RVI O R h new C amberlin , s pecies

setosior d Color pattern nearly as in . From that species rea ily d u its and isting ishable by smaller Size the form of the cauda , this being straight over most of its length and bent down only toward d nd w 1 0 the istal e as sho n in fig . . d d . 1 1 2 Gonopo s as represente in figs 1 and . D 1 iameter, to mm . L : . OCALITY : Tenn . Gatlinburg

w i and About t enty spec mens , partly immature mostly females , 2 1 1 94 7 “ d” taken June , in grassy bal , also three specimens , including “ ” 1 8 1 947 - the male holotype , taken June , in spruce fir .

’

F i . 1 0 . T eniulus armor . s . w g p , n p Anal tergite , lateral Vie

F i . 1 1 . T h e s A d h g ame . nterior gonopo s , cep alic as pect .

F i . 1 2 . L d h g eft posterior gonopo , cep alic as pect .

SH O SH O NIUL US C h new Genus amberlin,

D iffering from the related Uroblaniulus and Teniulus in the large bent tel opodites of the anterior gonopods and especially in the posterior gonopods which apparently lack seteferou s lobes and the w anterior branches of hich meet at the mesal line . Th e Great Bas in Naturali st 2 - 2 4 . N 1 RALPH v CHAM B ERLI Vol . XI , Nos .

G E N E R O T Y P E : Sail us a tlantus Chamberlin d Shoshoniulus idahoanus Saiulus atlantas In ad ition to , , would seem to conform to this genus .

Family C O NO T YL I D AE

T RI C HO PE T AL UM MO NT I S C h new amberlin, Species

d . Of a ilute yellowish color, the legs colorless 9 Ocelli black , forming a lunate patch ; typically in number ,

d two w SI X I n and arrange in series , ith the upper row three in the

s lower . Antennae with first four j oints lender , the fifth abruptly bl avately much thickened ; third and fifth j oints longest . ( See fig . The distinctive features of the male gonopods and of the ninth 1 4 legs are shown in figs . and 1 5

Length , about mm .

: LOCALITY : Tenn . Gatlinburg

A male taken in grassy area July 1 8 1 947 and a male in Spruce

1 1 1 947 . fir area July ,

T richo e alum mantis . s . . Fig . 1 3. p f , n p Antenna

w. h . d a 1 4. T e F ig . same A gonopo , anterol teral Vie

h . 1 5 . T he . Fig . same A nint leg of male , anterior as pect w 1 6 B orar a monticolene . s . h d Fig . j , n p Rig t gonopo , preaxial vie 2 9 1 95 1 O N E I G H T N E W U N 2 5 Sept . , SO THER MI LLIPEDS

lunatum T . In arrangement of ocelli similar to Harger, the

enerot e d g yp , but in the structure of the gonopods quite istinct from w that and others so far kno n .

Family C L E I D O G O NI D AE

AN NI C h new PSE UD O T RE MIA H SO amberlin, Species

w d and Color horn brown , paler on lo er part of si es in an areo late spot mesad of each shoulder in each tergite and in a stripe along w w dar roz onites . median sulcus ; p more greyish Legs yello , ith tarsi

w . ker , bro nish w Body less fusiform than usual , being of nearly uniform idth from sixth to twentieth segment . 2 1 d d Ocelli about in number, arrange in five efinite series par

d w d . wi e . . allel th vertex of head ; g , from above o nwar

m d w . Collu margine anteriorly, thickened belo each lateral angle Shoulders Of the following segments prominent in the more an

- terior d . ones , gradually ecreasing to the twenty sixth segment Lat eral striae conspicuous on all segments except the last few where

s . they are Obsolete . Tergites of first three segments essentially mooth

few w and - Beginning on fourth tergite a longitudinal , narro keel like tubercles mesad of each shoulder, these tubercles becoming more d and d numerous in going cau ad , in the mid le region forming several l ri anterl or w i Irregu ar transverse se es , the of h ch extends mesad to

d submesal the middle line or , on more cau al segments , to the seti

er g ou s tubercle on each side . Tubercles present on all tergites to

w - 2 7 2 9 th the t enty sixth , the to tergites more simply longitudinally rugose over the posterior portion . 2 9 . 3 Length , mm ; width , mm .

K . : z . 1 0 1 94 7 LOCALITY y Pineville One female taken July , .

D carterensis d iffering from Bollman , in having the orsal tuber

d - d d cles elongate , ri ge like and of variable Size instead of roun e tu bercl es i D imu . s lans of nearly un form size iffering from Loomis , a similarly large Species I n the somewhat more numerous and more d regularly arranged ocelli , in the more strongly compressed , ri ge and like tubercles , apparently in coloration .

PSE UD O TR E MIA F R AC T A C h new amberlin , S pecies

D orsum and antennae light brown or grayish brown ; mesad of each shoulder the usual light mottled area . Legs pale . Th e Great B asin Naturali st 1 - 2 2 6 . N . . RALPH v CHAM BERLI Vol XI , Nos

d d 1 0 d Eyes pigmente ; compose of about ocelli , these arrange in w d e . . three series parallel ith the top of hea , g , Tuberculation very strong ; on a typical segment those on the d d e posterior border are elevate bea s of circular or oval outlin , those on the anterior part are elongated and moderately compressed from d d si e to Side ; tubercles present on all tergites from the second cauda , but those O f the first ones few and confined to posteri or area of ter gite . d Wi th , mm .

: : 24 LOCALITY Tennessee Gatlinburg Cove , A female taken June ,

1 924 .

Characterized especially by the form and distinctness of the d m and orsal tubercles , the nu ber of ocelli the pigmentation .

Family XY ST O D E sMI D AE

BO RARI A MO NT IC O L E NS C h m new a berlin, Species

B runni r h w b o C amb . A smaller species than . hich occurs in the d d same general area . From that species it iffers in the etails of the d . 1 6 gonopo s (Fig . ) In these the principal blade is longer , more . d and d and n slen er, but mo erately evenly curved i stead of being

d ru i r ni rather abruptly bent mesa as it is in b nn o and ge culaza . On d refemoral d and the other han , the p spine is proportionately broa er shorter . w v The type is bro n abo e , with a band along posterior margin i and of terg tes yellowish , with a yellow Spot also on most of the keels r Pleu ae , venter, legs and antennae yellow . d Wi th , mm .

O T N : : L CA IO Tennessee Great Smoky Mts. National Park . One male RECORD S OF AMERICAN MILLIPED S AND CENTIPED S D D 1 9 5 0 COLLECTED BY D R. . EL EN BECK IN

A L N RAL PH V . CH MBER I E miritus Professor of Biology University of Ut ah L C h Salt ake ity , Uta

In the course of field work carried out in various parts O f the D D d 1 95 0 r. . United States in , El en Beck , Brigham Young University , d and centi eds Provo, Utah , incidentally collecte the millipeds p listed w in the present paper . Included in the list , ho ever , are a few forms l O f taken during earlier years . The col ection is interest not only in new d embracing representatives of the four Species herein iagnosed , but also in adding important distributional data on previously known forms

D IPLOPOD A Order POLYD ESMID A

Family PO L Y D E SM I D AE P O L YD E SMUS CO MPL ANATUS L inne

New : Ma 7 1 95 0 Jersey Nutley, y , , males and females

A species introduced from Europe .

PSE UD O P O L YD E SMUS SERRATUS ( S ay)

M : e 4 1 949 two m : aryland Bethesda , Nov mber , , Speci ens ; Vermont 0 1 9 1 5 0 . Barre , June , , one female

D IXID E SMUS PH ANUS h new C amberlin, species

D conlatu A species most closely related to . s ( Chamberlin) and D l vi l i s co ens . s . y Chamberlin In Size , it much smaller than the for 2 1 m . 2 and 8 . mer , its length being as against mm or more , some

What larger than the latter . From both those species the present one differs in the details of

e . . set the gonopods of the male , g in having a terminal tooth at right r and angles to the axis , in the a rangement of the teeth setae on the d w d terminal ivision , in the larger ectal process hich exten s farther d d and cau a and overlaps the axillary Spine , in having the tooth on l d the mesa e ge proximad of the level of the cushion abortive . The axillary seta or spine i s characteristically geniculate near its base and arises much closer to the cushion than in the other species . See u t 1 f r her Fig . Th e Great B as in Naturali st 28 — . N . 1 2 RALPH v CHAM BERLI Vol XI , Nos .

i F D mu . s . L a s . 1 . ixid es s hanus d g p , n p eft gonopo of m le , ectal a pect

F i . 2 . Auturus becki . S . h d ud a . g , n p Rig t gonopo of male , ca al s pect F i Na nol r i a . 3 . n ene co t colens . s . o d g , n p Gon po s of male , anterior s pect

d w : . LOCALITY Flori a , Suwannee River Five specimens ere taken on w ’ 1 5 1 95 0 . April , Type and paratypes in riter s collection , University of Utah

Family XY ST O D E SM I D AE APH E L O R IA C O RIACEA ( Koch )

: 1 3 1 95 0 and New York Ithaca , June , , male female

E PE L O RIA L E IAC ANT H A Chamberlin l : Ft . Georgia Benning , one male, which is arger in size than the 1 6 1 95 0 types , taken April ,

H ARPAPH E Sp

: M M m uncer California uir Woods National onu ent , one female of 1 0 1 95 0 tain species , August ,

ZINARIA CAL A Ch amberlin

d : w 1 5 1 95 0 Flori a Su annee River, one male , April , .

Family EU RYD E SM I D AE SEMIO NE L L US PL AC ID US ( Wood )

i : . 1 6 1 95 0 Georg a Ft Benning, four specimens , April ,

Th e Great B asin Naturali st 1 - 2 30 . N . . RALPH v CHAM BERLI Vol XI , Nos

D I PL O IUL US C AE RUL E O C INC T US ( Wood )

: Ma 7 1 95 0 : New Jersey Nutley , several , y , ; Vermont Quechee , one 9 9 1 5 0 . female , June , d This species , abun ant in the east , is an essentially synanthropic form which occurs commonly also in England and other parts of w estern Europe .

O PH YI UL US PIL O SUS ( Newport )

: 26 1 95 0 Virginia Charlottesville , several specimens , April , ; Ver

: 1 0 d 9 95 . mont Quechee (near Ran olph ) , one Specimen , June ,

Family NE M ASO M I D A E

NO PO IUL US MINUT US ( Brand t )

: 1 5 1 949 . Utah Salem , several specimens , April , Provo , one speci 1 1 0 8 95 . men , October ,

A synanthropic species introduced from Europe .

Family PA RAI U L I D AE T AI UL US T I G ANUS ( C hamberlin)

: 1 949 v d . 6 Utah Spring ille , several , collecte by V J . Tipton , April , , d Canyon Glen at Provo Canyon , several Specimens taken by D . El en Ma 22 19 47 Beck , y ,

Order LYSIOPET AL ID A

Family C A L L I P O D I D AE S PIRO ST R E PH O N L ACT ARIUM ( Say )

: 1 9 1 940 . New York Ithaca , one , June , In addition immature Specimens of this or a related form were d d taken at Lake Placi , Flori a

Order SPIROBOL ID A

Family SP I RO B O L I D AE S PIRO BO L US SP INI G E RUS Wood

d : - d d Flori a Archbol Biological Station at Lake Placi , several speci M 1 6 1 95 0 1 3 1 95 0 mens , arch , , at Ocala,one female , April , . 2 9 1 95 1 N A N D C E N T I P E D S 3 1 Sept . , AMERICA MI LLIPEDS

Order CAMBAL ID A

Family C A M B A L I D AE

L E E C O RT I C O L E NS C h m new NANNO N a berlin , S pecies d w Body conspicuously annulate , rings of ark bro n to nearly black alternating with pale rings ; last tergite dark brown with caudal

d d w d . bor er pale , this bor er variable in i th In Specimens in full color d d the seriate ark spots along the si es are small or obscure , but these w d and . Spots Show distinctly in paler indivi uals . Legs antennae yello d d d w in The hea pale across vertex , the color soli ; a ark line bet een ner angles of eyes and the a rea below this a lighter dusky color down d w to the pale clypeus , the usky area enclosing belo level of antennae two d and w w arker , usually elongate spots above belo hich are paler d areas . Bo y entirely lacking the violaceous pigment giving name to N l vi a ea . . o c 2 Ocelli mostly 1 8 to 0 in number . Body having the usual beaded or moniliform appearance ; mod eratel e d m so y constrict d behin collu in the female , more strongly in the male . Last tergite long . Appearing distinct f rom previously described forms in the de f d o e . . tails the male gonopo s ; g , in the proportions of the anterior the d d w w d sternite , form of the istal en s of the anterior coxae hich i en proximad more gradually than in violacea and have their distal ends d d d nd d . a . 3 more eci e ly truncate For these other etails see Fig .

54 - 5 5 Number of segments , mostly 2 U 0 . Length , p to mm

: M d LOCALITY California , arsh Creek Springs ( near Concor ) at north M D t . 1 4 1 95 0 . base of iablo , several Specimens of both sexes , August , w ’ Type and paratypes in riter s collection , University of Utah

CHILOPOD A Order LIT HOBIID A Family LITHOBIIDAE

L ITHO BIUS F O RF I C AT US ( L inne )

: McG ill 5 1 95 0 e Nevada , one male and two females , August , ; N

: r two 22 1 95 0 : braska No th Platte , males , June , ; Vermont Quechee two 9 1 95 0 d nd ( near Randolph ) , males , June , , Rutlan , one male a two 1 0 1 950 two and females , June , , Barre , males one female , June 1 0 1 95 0 New : and 1 1 1 9 5 0 , ; York Albany , a male female , June , ; Th e Great Bas in Natura li st

32 - . N . 1 2 RALPH v CHAMB ERLI Vol XI , Nos .

ew N : two Ma 7 1 95 0 M : d Jersey Nutley , males , y , ; aryland Bethes a , and 4 1 9 49 . a male female , November ,

L IT HO BIUS AT KINSO NI Bollman

: . 1 6 1 95 0 Georgia Ft Benning, a female , April ,

NE O L IT H O B IUS E T H O PUS C h amberlin

d : and l 1 4 1 95 0 Flori a Gainsville , a male female , Apri , Archbold d 7 1 95 0 w Biological Station at Lake Placi , one male , April , , Su annee two 1 1 9 5 5 0 . River ( near Oldtown ) , females , April ,

E L IT H B I M RD AX L h N O O US O ( . Koc )

2 0 1 9 0 : 5 . Nebraska Omaha , a male and female , June ,

A MA h NE O L IT H O B IUS T R NS R I NUS ( L . Koc )

LOuisiana : New and Camp Plauche (near Orleans ) , four males one 24 944 1 . female , January ,

NE O L IT H O B I US UND E RWO O D I ( Bollman )

B and c 24 1 943 : . . Georgia Ft enning, a male female , O tober ,

NE O L IT H O B IUS VO RAX ( Meinert )

: d Florida Archbol Biological Station at Lake Placid , one female,

M 1 1 1 950 . arch ,

' NE O L IT H O B IUS XENO PUS ( Bollman ) 2 1 1 943 . : . Georgia Ft Benning , one female , November , d d 1 888 This species , originally escribe in from a single male d w In M no . taken at acon , Georgia , has not been since recor ed until

D r. w addition to the specimen taken by Beck , there ere found , in the dd course of the present study , nine a itional specimens in the Uni w d versity of Utah collection that ere taken at Gainsville , Flori a in

1 942 . ( Ivie , collector)

G ARI B IUS G E O R G I AE Ch amberlin 2 0 1 943 : . Georgia Ft Benning , one female , November ,

PAO B I US VAG RANS C h amberlin

: 9 1 95 0 Vermont Quechee (near Randolph) , one female , June ,

T AIYUBI US H ARRIE T AE C h amberlin

d : McG ill 5 1 940 Neva a , one male , August , . w Previously kno n from Colorado . 2 9 1 95 1 N A N D C E N T I P E D S 33 Sept . , AMERICA MI LLIPEDS

Family G O SI E I I D AE

G O SI BIUS SAC C H ARO G E US Ch amberlin

New Louisiana : Camp Plauche (near Orleans ) , a male and female , 24 1 944 January , Previously known only from Texas

Order SCOLOPEND RID A

Family CRY P T O P I D AE

C RYPT O PS H YAL I NUS ( Say )

tw i 2 0 1 943 . : . o Georgia Ft Benning, imperfect Spec mens , November ,

O T O C R YPT O P S SE XSP I NO SUS ( Say )

New : i 1 3 1 95 0 York Ithaca , one spec men , June , ; North Carolina w 22 1 95 0 d Greensboro, several partly gro n , April , ; Flori a : Gains two 1 4 1 95 0 ville , specimens , April , ; Archbold Biological Station at two M 5 Lake Placid , adults and one female with many young , arch ,

1 950 i : . two u ; Californ a Yosemite National Park , specimens , Aug st 1 7 1 8 1 95 0 M d M m 1 0 , , ; uir Woo s National onu ent , several , August , 0 1 95 .

T HE AT O P S PO STICUS ( Say )

: d Florida Archbol Biological Station at Lake Placid , eight specimens

7 M - i 5 7 1 95 0 1 4 1 95 0 . taken Apr l and arch , ; Gainsville, one , April ,

Family SCOLOPENDRIDAE

SCO L O PEND RA VIRID IS Say

: i M 7 Florida Archbold Biolog cal Station at Lake Placid , one , arch 1 95 0

SCO L O PENDRA PO L YMO RPHA Wood

a : M Ma 1 2 Ut h Arches National onument , two variant specimens , y , 4 1 9 9 .

SCO L O PENDRA PAC H YG NAT H A Pocock

: d two M 1 1 Florida Archbold Biological Station at Lake Placi , , arch 1 95 0 Previously known only from Mexico (Zacatecas ) Th e Great B as in Natura lis t 34 - . N . 1 2 RALPH v CHAM BERLI Vol XI , Nos .

Odrer G EOPH IL ID A

Family C H I L E N O P H I L I D AE

ARC T O G E O P H IL US XE NO PO RUS ( C h amberlin )

: Natl onal California Yosemite Park , one Specimen , probably this

1 7 1 95 0 . Species , taken August ,

AR C T O G E O PH IL US UMB RAT I C US ( McNeil l )

c 22 1 9 : 5 0 . North Carolina Greensboro , one spe imen , April ,

PA H YME R I UM N C . L h C FERRUGI EUM ( . Koc ) w 2 0 : t o 1 95 0 . Nebraska Omaha , Specimens , June ,

Family GEOPHILIDAE AR E NO PH I L US B I PUNC T I C E PS ( Wood )

: two 1 9 1 95 0 : Georgia Athens , , April , ; Virginia Charlottesville , one

2 6 1 95 0 : April ; Louisiana Camp Plauche (near New Orleans ) , four

24 1 944 : Specimens , January , ; Nebraska North Platte , one specimen, 2 22 1 95 0 0 1 95 0 . June , , Omaha , one , June ,

GEO PHIL US MO R D AX Meinert

d : M 1 3 1 95 0 r d Flori a Kissimmee River , one , arch , , A chbol Biologi M at d 5 1 95 0 . cal Station Lake Placi , one , arch ,

O L BE C KI C h new GE PHI US amberlin, Species

’ Color of preserved specimens in general orange yellow, the head and antennae darker orange or somewhat chestnut . Legs clear yel low .

d and d d . Cephalic plate broa , with anterior cau al en s truncate d dd Prebasal plate a little expose at the mi le . No definite clypeal M foveolae . edian division of labrum large , bearing six stout , strongly sclerotized teeth which are distally blunt or subtruncate (at least in ectinae the Specimen dissected) ; lateral pieces with long p . First w maxillae each ith two long membraneous lappets . d Basal plate broadly trapeziform , wi er posteriorly than the w head . Claws of prehensors hen closed reaching nearly to the end of w d the first antennal j oint ; cla s with an obscure no ule at base within , the outer j oints unarmed . Chitinous lines fine , incomplete . D orsal plates deeply bisulcate . 2 9 1 95 1 N A N D C E N T I P E D S 35 Sept . , AMERICA MI LLIPEDS

First Spiracle largest , slightly elliptic , the others circular . Anterior sternites with a shallow mediam depression crossed by a median longitudinal furrows which does not extend upon either d d d anterior or posterior bor er . Ventral pores not etecte .

er ite edifierou s d its d T g of last p segment broa er than long, cau al

margin mesally straight and as long as the anterior . w w d Last ventral plate also ider than long, narro ing mo erately dd caudid d and from the mi le , but the cau al margin long nearly d straight ; lateral margins convex . Coxal pores about a ozen on each d d . side , arrange along and beneath the bor er of the sternite d w Anal legs of mo erate length , bearing cla s .

subdensel and Genital segment y hairy , the hairs Short erect

anal pores present .

- 3 6 1 6 . Pairs of legs in the female ,

‘

5 0 . Length , about mm d d : . LOCALITY California , Cabrillo Beach near San Pe ro Three a ult nd two 22 1 9 0 a 5 . females young specimens taken August , Specimens d d w ’ foun un er rocks and kelp at ocean ater s edge . Type and para ’ in wr types iter s collection University of Utah .

ni ol n G . c a us This Species resembles rather closely Chamberlin ,

Id . d known only from San Nicolas , , but istinct in the presence of d anal pores , in having the last tergite caudally truncate instea of d d strongly convex , in the presence of the no ule or enticle at the base of the claws of the prehensors

Family L I N O T AE N I I D AE

L INOT AE NI A C H IO NO PH IL A ( Wood )

: two 1 7 1 95 0 California Yosemite National Park , Specimens , August ,

L I NO T AE NIA L AEVIPES ( Wood ) M : 1 0 1 95 0 . California ill Valley , one , August ,

Family SC H E N D Y L I D AE S C H E ND YL A NEMO RENSIS ( Kock )

: 22 1 949 . Utah Lehi , one female , April , A species probably introduced from Europe but now widespread d and d in cultivated areas of the Unite States Cana a , especially in the and eastern central states .

Th e Great Bas in Naturali st 1 - 2 38 J . . . CARL DRAKE Vol XI , Nos

yellowish brown with terminal segment dark fuscous . Antennae

d w w . long, slender , ark bro n ith basal segment paler, Shortly pilose with a few slightly longer hairs on last three segments ; segment I d w d two and mo erately stout , a little bo e , stouter than ; III IV long,

— — I 22 1 5 32 32 . Slender , equal in thickness ; formula , ; II , ; III , ; IV ,

' X : coverin rest d THORA Pronotum very large , g of thorax , pitte , w d 5 5 : S w d d d d d i er than long ( lo ly broa ly roun e behin , mo erately d w w . clothed ith very short yello ish pubescence Legs long, Slen er , clothed with short hairs , the basal part of femora above , entire coxae and trochanters and all of femora beneath pale . Hind femora scar

dd i Wi . cely thicker than mi le pa r, thout spines

‘ r N : t P c e l on ei ithan ABDOME Leng h , mm , ubes enc slightly g

n r connexi al and o o otum . v , p n Posterior part of each segment last w tergite testaceous ; connexiva beneath testaceous . Female ith last - d wi tergite scarcely longer than prece ing segment , th moderately long hairs on hind margin ; last ventrite distinctly longer than the pre d ce ing segment .

MALE : Last tergite nearly one - half longer than the preceding segment ; last ventrite also longer than the preceding segment . Geni

densl d w tal segments very large , above y clothe ith rather Short

w with ' l ateral d d d bro n hairs , si es roun e ; first genital segment beneath deeply widely roundly excavated leaving only a short base ; second

w d w w . segment large , i e , ithout lateral spines . Venter ithout tubercle

M x : a e . d o TYPE (male) , Oax ca , , intercepte on Br meliaceous d plant , by fe eral quarantine plant inspectors , New York City , New

M 2 7 1 937 All t e nd arat e d . a 3 s York , arch , o yp (female ) , p yp , Ciu ad

M d T illandsia d Victoria , exico , intercepte on long moss ( ) , by fe eral d M 20 1 945 . d plant inspectors at Lore o , Texas , arch , Winge from w T . M . unkno n ype in US . National useum M albonotata This species is about the same size as . Champ , but lacks the large ventrite spine and has much larger and longer w pronotum , hich conceals the entire thorax in the apterous form as M V M . u tr n hid l i l I Kin r M d . o aiana a s i a . a o c st an c st in Bueno , g y D rake .

MI VE L I A T A T E IA NA C RO . S . Drake , n p

U S : M d APTERO FORM o erately large , elongate , testaceous or w w d d bro nish ith secon to sixth visible tergites dark fuscous . Hea testaceous or brownish with two broad testaceous stripes on each d w si e of media line uniting posteriorly . Tergites ith some bluish 2 9 1 95 1 N E W N - 39 Sept . , EOTROPICAL WATER STRIDERS

d d and w areas . Si es of hea pronotum behind eyes ith silvery pubes cence .

- : 1 9 0 2 1 0 . . SI ZE Length , mm ; width , mm M d : . HEAD Width across eyes , mm e ian line distinct, but Rostum d . not conspicuous , sometimes in istinct posteriorly pale — l en w . s testaceous ith apical segment black fuscous Antennae long , der - w , brown fuscous ith base testaceous , shortly pilose with very w w fe slightly longer hairs ; segment I moderately stout , a little bo ed , two mostly testaceous ; II much Slenderer , a little thicker than next ;

— 30 I 2 0 1 4 2 7 . III and IV slender ; formula . ; II , ; III , ; IV ,

T H O R Ax : m Pronotum rather large , covering most of mesonotu , more than twice as Wide as long ( 5 0 : pitted with pits arranged two w u w largely in transverse ro s ; mesonot m pale testaceous , ith

— exposed pa rt approximately one half as long as pronotum . Legs d w w long , slen er , clothed ith short pale hairs , testaceous ith apical half O f femora and entire dorsal surface of tibiae brown to dark w two d and d bro n ; tarsi fuscous , segment one and of both mid le hin d d legs practically equal in length . Hin femora unarme in male , slightly stouter than middle pair . D N : . d ABDOME Length , mm orsal surface of both ab omen u h few as and pronot m wit a scattered long fine hairs , not nearly

M r ri i o to cens s . w hairy as in . p Connexiva testaceous ith the outer and w w d margin sutures bet een segments fuscous , i er in male than d in female , strongly reflexe apically in female . Last three tergites w d flavous ith slight bluish bloom . Ab omen beneath testaceous to d w d ark fuscous ith some bluish plumbeous , clothe with pubescence and ventrite w d some short hairs ; last in female narro e posteriorly , w d long , less than t ice the length of prece ing segment .

MALE : Last ventrite about one - fourth longer than preceding as w d segment , not strongly narro e posteriorly as in female ; first d d d genital segment very large , beneath very wi ely eeply roun ly excavated behind leaving only a Short smooth base ; second segment w d d w d d very i e , istinctly asymmetrical , strongly i ely pro uced lateral l d and d d w y on left si e , on other si e behin with a transverse , some hat

y rotuberence . m c lindrical p Venter without tubercle . Femora u d d w arme . Secon genital segment ithout lateral spines

MACROPTERO U S FORM : Pronotum brownish with a narrow trans verse band near front margin and a broad stripe extending on median d d line from anterior margin posteriorly to beyond the isc , wi er than w d two w long, deeply pitted ith pits arrange largely in transverse ro s , Th e Great Basin Naturalist 0 - 4 . 2 . 1 CARL J DRAKE Vol XI , Nos .

r n er l d t a sv s y convex on isc : humeral angles prominent . Hemelytra w w and two covering apex of abdomen, bro n ith small basal area or d d dd w w three in istinct spots beyon the mi le pale , ithout silvery hite spots in cells ; veins distinct , not prominent . Length , mm . , mm

: all t e a ter us emale 1 7 a TYPE ( apterous male ) , o yp ( p o f ) and p M nd D . terou s a . one macropterous paratypes , aricao , Porto Rico , H wh h d d D r . o as Tate . Name in honor of Tate , collecte numerous w - d ater stri ers for me in Porto Rico . The asymmetrical male genitalia is very striking and peculiar to this species . The hairs on the antennae are not nearly as long nor as numerous and the vesture on dorsal surface not as shaggy ‘ as in

rtori ensis . M . po c The male genital segments of the latter species are small . The lack of silvery white markings in the cells of the heme

M tal eiana lytra also serve to Separate . from other species of similar nd size and appearance in Insular a Central America .

R I E N I MI C RO VE L I A P O T O R C S S D . S . rake , n p

U : M d w w APTERO S FORM o erately large , testaceous to bro nish ith silvery hairs on side of head and fore part of pronotum behind eyes . Abdomen above largely fuscous with last three tergites flavous or bluish flavous and a quadrate Spot on each side of second and third d wi visible tergites ; beneath ark fuscous th a bluish bloom , the venter becoming brownish tesaceou s apically ; sometimes venter largely

1 9 0 — . 2 1 0 mm . testaceous ; underside of connexiva testaceous Length ,

w d . i th , mm d w : d . HEAD Wi th across eyes , mm Testaceous or ark bro n with two broad testaceous stripes on each side of median line coal

' i i ri rl in M d d st nct oste o . esc g behind eyes . e ian line not very p y Ros d trum testaceous with last segment piceous . Antennae mo erately d b w w long, Slen er , ro n ith basal part of first segment testaceous , short l w nt y pilose ith long hairs on last three segments ; segme I stout , d d and d slightly bowed ; II slen er, quite slen er at base ; III IV slen er ;

— 1 I 2 23 I 1 4 2 I I 0 . . formula , ; II , ; , ; IV, Head testaceous beneath

T H O RAx : m d d Pronotu large , pro uce posteriorly , covering a little w d more than half of mesonotum , more than t ice as wi e as long

the hind margin feebly concave . Entire dorsal surface of and s arsl d w thorax abdomen p y covere with long bro nish hairs . Legs d d w d mo erately long , ark bro n or fuscous , clothe with Short hairs ,

and be the coxae , trochanters , base of femora above most of femora n . i dd u n eath testaceous H nd femora a little stouter than mi le pair, 2 9 1 95 1 N E W N - 4 1 Sept . , EOTROPICAL WATER STRIDERS

O f dd and d w d armed . Tibiae mi le hin legs ith rather long ark hairs dd and d on outer surface . First tarsal segment of mi le hin legs feebly longer than second . w nd N : e . a ABDOME L ngth , mm Connexiva a little ider f d d . e more arche in female , not reflexe posteriorly Last tergite of M male with several long hairs on hind margin . ale genital segments w m moderately large , bro nish , hairy above ; first seg ent beneath rath d w d d d er broa , smooth , i ely eeply roundly excavated behin leaving d only a Short smooth base ; secon segment small , Without lateral

W . spines . Venter ithout tubercle

w d . M U : . ACROPTERO S FORM Length , mm ; i th , mm Pro notum dark velvety rufo - fuscous with a transverse band near an

eri r and d - w d w t o margin a me ian basal stripe orange yello , clothe ith d w m . short , yello ish pubescence ; hu eral angles prominent Ab omen ab distinctly narrowed posteriorly . Hemelytra covering apex of d d n - w w omen , ark brow fuscous ith Silvery hite markings in cells

two d d sub ( long basal stripes , three or four me ian spots and me ian w e W apical Spot silvery hite ) . Other charact rs as in ingless form .

: macro erou s and all t e fe TYPE ( p male ) o yp (macropterous ,

4 : M 1 936 . D . . male ) , ayaguez , Porto Rico , April , , H Tate Paratypes R M 1 2 6 w L i z P . 3 1 a a . specimens , taken ith type ; Specimen , , , arch 93 M D R. 1 93 . . 2 1 0 1 M P . a 6 ; specimen , aricao , , y , H Tate ; speci P R . M 2 1 3 . 7 M a 8 9 . mens , ayaguez , , y , , Pedro Lopez D M albonotata istinguishable from . Champion by the long hairs on antennae and shorter last antennal segment ; male genital seg ments much smaller, the venter without tubercle . The long antennal hairs and abdomen (narrowed posteriorly) also separate it from

M r i n i Ki r 114 . e u v e i s s M c nst . ate n h . t a a s . as d p y n . p very ifferent

- second genital segment in the male . All four of the above Species

k M tatei na have Similar mar ings on the pronotum . . a is the only one w w of the four ithout silvery hite marks on the hemelytra .

MI C RO VE L IA UB ANA S . C Drake , n . p

U : M w tes APTERO S FORM oderately large , testaceous or bro nish

‘ taceou s with some fuscous areas and a few bluish patches on ab domen ; sided of head behind eyes and pronotum in front with Silvery pubescence or short silvery hairs ; a quadrate spot on each side of and r and second , third fou th visible tergites usually last three ter d w w gites bluish ; bo y beneath testaceous or bro nish ith bluish bloom , d d d the Si es of ab omen arker .

: 1 0 — - 8 2 1 0 . 0 80 09 0 mm . SI ZE Length , mm , width , Th e Great Basin Naturalist N 1 - 2 42 J . . os . CARL DRAKE Vol XI ,

D w w d : d . HEAD Wi th across eyes , mm ark bro n ith a broa or brownish stripe on each side of median line coalescing behind eyes . Rostrum testaceous with last segment piceous . Antennae long,

' d brown or w w slen er , fuscous bro n , shortly pilose; ithout long hairs ;

— 2 I 1 4 1 1 1 6 6 . formula , ; II , ; III , ; IV,

T H O R Ax : m Pronotu testaceous , with a narrow part in front of row d and w d d transverse of pits raise usually darkened to ar s the si es , d d pro uce posteriorly covering more than half of mesonotum , twice

‘ as wide as long the posterior margin feebly concave ; mes

onotum d as m . testaceous , the expose part nearly half long as pronotu d d o r w Legs rather long , slen er , ark brown fuscous ith coxae , troch anters d , base of femora above ( most of orsal surface on anterior i d femora ) and enti re ventral surface of femora testaceous . H n fem d d e . ora scarcely thicker than mi dl pair , unarme in both sexes w N : . AB DOME Length , mm Color some hat variable, often with a few basal segments darkened ; connexiva testaceous with outer

' w w d in margin and sutures bet een segment fuscous , i er female than hi i l D d be nd m dd e . male , not reflexe orsal surface of both thorax and abdomen wi thout long hairs.

e w and ventrite dis MALE : Vent r ithout tubercle . Last tergite

n d w . ti ctly longer than the prece ing segment . Femora ithout spines

d . d w w dor Genital segments mo erately broa , bro n , ith short hairs on sal surface , beneath testaceous ; first segment beneath broadly deeply w idely excavated so as to leave only a small smooth basal part . R M U : . d . ACROPTERO S FO M Length , mm ; wi th , mm Pronotum dark rufo - fuscous with a transverse band near front mar

and - w d w gin a short median stripe in front orang e yello , clothe ith i and d short yellow sh pubescence some silvery pubescence , the me ian d d l d ri ge fairly istinct ; humera angles mo erately prominent . Heme lytra brown - fuscous with silvery white spots in the cells ( two longi tudinal dd and v basal stripes , three spots nearly mi le a subapical o ate w d spot silvery hite ; veins istinct , not conspicuous .

: allot e and 22 TYPE ( apterous male) , yp (apterous female ) arat es w d and vvin l ess 24 p yp ( inge g Specimens ) , Havana , Cuba , Feb . , 4 1 9 1 . . . : 5 t , S C Bruner PARATYPES specimens , Baracoa , Cuba , Sep , M 1 90 1 US . . m . , Nat useu

- S d M rt ri ensis This pretty little pecies is closely allie to . po o c D rake , but lacks the extremely long hairs on the last three antennal and w segments the dorsal surface is also ithout long hairs . The

M ian broad asymmetrical second genital of male segment of . taie a D d at n f S rake istinguishes it o ce rom both of the above pecies . STRID ULAT ORY ORGANS IN SALD ID AE (HEMIPTERA )

D and F . C . t By C . J . rake Ho tes

In the course of clearing and mounting different parts of the

d Saldidae d was bo y of various species of for morphological stu y , it d d d note un er the compoun microscope , that the anterior end , on each d connex ival b a Side , of the secon visible segment of the male ears ‘ “ ” — - series of either peg like or spine like organs . These peculiar

d . d structures appear to be stri ulatory in function Hitherto , stri ula

tory structures seem to have been entirely overlooked in the family .

- d Sound pro ucing organs have not been found in female Specimens . The present paper presents a preliminary account of the stridu latory organs in shore bugs of the family Saldidae ; it also Calls at tention to peculiar modifications of the hemelytral vein and meta d w pleuron for hol ing the ings rigid in a resting position . ,

d M h r d r . . roesc ne The authors are in ebte to s E H . F for making d the rawings . hi or holo ical d p g examinations have been ma e of more . than 1 00

saldids w d d w d Stridu species of from i ely separate regions of the orl . l atory pegs or spines have been found in the males of all species

d w : Saldula D u z ee Salda stu ied in the follo ing genera Van , Fabricius ,

Calacanthia . C hiloxanthus R C hartoscirta Hal Reuter, euter , Stal , o ’ salaa l ose l us Lam racanthia Micracanthi Reuter, y Reuter , p Reuter , a Teloleuca Pentacora and Saldoida Reuter, Reuter Reuter Osborn . As only a single example of the old world genus Omania Horvath was d w d as d . rth ru available for stu y , it not issecte The rare genus O ophy s k w Horvath is un no n to the authors . In two Species examined of the L e to odidae d shore bug family p p , no stri ulatory structures were n fou d . T wo m l i other singular structures also see peculiar to sa d ds .

Near the base , on the underside , of each hemelytron , in both males and d is d females , the me ian vein sud enly enlarged and then deeply d . 1 e and d . an 2 . a obliquely notche ( fig , f fig ) at the middle of the abruptly thickened part . This notch was found to be present in both . hemelytra of the genera studied as listed under the foregoing para

. I n dd of graph a ition , the pleura the metathorax bear a small raised d w e roughene area in line ith the respective h melytral notch . This “ ” raised bump and the notch working together serve to hold the hemelytra in a more rigid and stable position when the insect is not in flight . Th e Great B as in Naturalist N D — 2 . A . 1 4 . . . . 4 C J DRAKE F C HOTTES Vol XI , Nos

{i f/ M M »

l did ae : a nn xi 1 . d u S a co e val Fig . Stri latory organs of male , left seg C hilox anthus ilosus ( ) b and b 1 connex ival ment of p Fallen ; , left and d e Micrancanthia humilis ( 0 h segment enlarge p g of Say ) ; , rig t connexival s C hi loxanthus ste l lata ( C ) (1 egment of urtis ; , left con nex ival S a ld ula bal li D 6 d d of h emel tron segment of rake ; , Un er Si e , y h w a h mid - P entacora si noreti S o ing l rge subbasal notc in vein ; f , g ( Guerin ) showing subbasal hemelytron' notch on undersid e of mid

vein near the base .

Th e Great B asin Naturali st

4 - 6 . . A N D . c . . 1 2 C J DRAKE F HOTTES Vol XI , Nos .

2 b L c nnexi al S ald ula and rei D Fig . eft o v segment of rake

1 nd of d two w . b a The pegs (fig , ) may be arrange in one or ro s

wa and dd row for part of the y, then an a itional for part , or even

d . the remainder of the istance Generally speaking , the pegs are alternately arranged in the rows as alternateness in parallel rOWS places them closer together than oppositeness . a w d O Occ sionally, ho ever, some of the pegs may be foun pposite w and and each other in the ro s , slight variation in size arrangement

d O f . occur within a species , even on Opposite si es the same specimen

row As a rule , the pegs nearer the outer margin of the are shorter, nd w a blunter than those ithin . Sometimes the inner most pegs are

w d few - follo e by a stiff spine like hairs . As a rule the inner most d w d spines or pegs are more tilte in ar ly , but remain in a horizontal position . As the spines are more numerous than pegs , they exhibit 1 nd and . a a 0 greater variation in size especially numbers , (fig . , ) w . d ithin a species It is often ifficult to count the spines , on account and d of numbers arrangement . Un er the oil emersion lens , the sur of w face the spines appears smooth , hereas the surface of the pegs is d d ’ n . 1 b a d longitu inally striate ( fig , NOTES ON SOME CICIND ELID AE OF T HE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND S WITH A 1 D ESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES . ( )

T ANN VASC O M . ER Professor of Zoology and Entomology Brigh am Young Univ ersity

These notes are based chiefly upon specimens which have been w w lw d d d . collecte in summer fiel ork , uring the past t enty years any d ays have been spent in Utah and neighboring states collecting ih

— d d sects and cold bloo ed vertebrates uring these years . We have also received a number of interesting species of tiger — beetles from former w d d students ho have collecte on many of the South Pacific Islan s . as d w With this collection a basis , I am please to make the follo ing additions to my list of the Cicindelids from Utah which was published 2 f 40 i r 2 9 d . th s a e in 1 9 . At that time I reporte species for Utah In p p w Who six species are added to this state list . I ish to thank all those have contributed specimens to our Coleoptera collection .

AM L Y H E I L A T AH E NS I T B C U S . S . anner , n p

Form elongate - oval ; head as wide as the adj oining prothorax w w w h . d a hich becomes narro er posteriorly , being mm in i th at d nd terior and 4 mm . at posterior ; hea a prothorax glabrous and shin n a few w y, except for punctures ith black setae above the clypeal u w two d w d suture ; labr m ith blunt me ian teeth , margin ith nine eep punctures each bearing a long golden colored seta ; each elytron with

d w and three istinct carinae , the interval bet een the first carina the

i w d two d few suture s as i e as the next intervals combine . There are a scattered punctures with decumbent setae on the intervals ; carinae

‘ end about one fifth from the apex ; apex very sparsely punctured ; the eleven segments O f the antenna are a dull brownish in color with scattered black setae ; the antenna extends back to the middle of the

elytra . Legs black except the base of the femur and trochanter which w d d w d are bro nish , slen er , and thickly covere ith black setae ; un er w f w Side of body ith a e scattered setae . Length of head and body 22 mm .

TYPE : A perfect male specimen .

1 n n N 1 2 6 om h m n mo o Co t ut o o . t e a t t of oo o and Ento am ( ) rib i fr dep r e Z l gy l gy, Brigh

oun Un s t o o Uta . Y g iver i y, Pr v . h 2 nn Th o o t a of Uta — C n a Th Pan- P a a . e C c . e ac Entom l ( ) V sco M. T er le p er h i i delid e ific o o - 2 7 8 7 . NO . 2 to 1 9 9 . 8 st . Vol . VI c gi , , O ber , , pp Th e Great Basin Naturali st 48 N N - S . . 1 2 VA CO M TA ER Vol XI , Nos .

: D d 1 5 TYPE LOCALITY iamon Valley , miles north of St . George , d . 1 9 5 1 Washington County , Utah Collecte in April , by one of Pro ’ e d d fess r Arthur Bruhn s entomology stu ents , Richar Schmutz . Pro fessor D Bruhn of the ixie College at St . George has collected many interesting insects in that area .

N : 2 7 1 95 1 had COMPARISO S On July , I the opportunity of com caring the type of utahensis with male and female specimens of A ’ chwar i d s z W . Horn in the California Aca emy of Science s Entomol

‘ o ical ut hen is - g Collection . In a s the thorax is one fourth narrower

h r sc wa z i . d than in male specimens of The hea is also narrower, in

utahensis schwarz i fact , is smaller throughout than specimens with which I compared it . The punctation on the upper part of the head

h r in sc wa z i is more dense and deep . The color of the coxal areas and

sc hwarz i dd schwar i the mouthparts in is re ish . z is a more robust

Species .

w D r dw D d nd I ish to thank . E in C . Van yke for his kin ness a w opinion on the status of this proposed ne species of Amblycheila . h d In 1 92 9 I reported that Mr . Warren Knaus ad informe me

-P nd Mr h Mr. . a . D ad d that George Englehardt Jacob oll collecte , in 1 9 1 7 two d d Ambl cheila , ea specimens of an y in a pool in Ash Creek and be near Bellevue , Washington County , Utah , that there were

i hw r i how l eved to be specimens of sc a z . Just carefully these speci mens were studied and compared with schwarz i specimens is not w w kno n to me . It is my surmise , ho ever , that they are similar to the specimen I am designating as uta hensis x The two localities from which these specimens were collected is separated by a distance of two schwarz i w about sixty miles . The specimens of , hich I recently d d d are stu ie , in the California Aca emy of Sciences , from Skidoo, M 1 4 . 1 931 o . . a I C . Inyo, , California , collected by J R Slevin on y , f they are correctly determined and are schwarz i then the specimen . described as utahensis in this report is distinct enough to be recog nized as a new species .

C IC INDEL A FO RMO SA sub sp L UXURIO SA C sy .

24 . s a h C ad d u 1 7 1 9 ( . ) Sout east of olor o Springs , Colora o , A gust , A G Ve t l “ ” A single male specimen “ collected in a blow out south and east D was r 1 92 5 of Colorado Springs by r . Vestal given to the w iter in w ’ d I have compared it ith Col . Casey s type and believe it is istinct d enough in fineness of markings , size , and color to be recognize as a

— - r i . sub species of fo mosa . It s a richly colored sub species 29 1 9 5 1 N O N N 49 Sept . , OTES SOME CICI DELI DAE

C INI ND E L A L IMBAL I S Kl ug

d m d h 1 931 . ( . Islan Park , Fre ont County , I a o , August , Vasco M Tanner ) A single specimen of this species was taken in the forest along w the high ay . It is a male and much smaller than a female from wi w Chicago, Illinois , th hich I have compared it

A G AL I C s CICINDEL A L I MB AL I S sub sp . U UR S y

a a L a d C ah W rner R nger Station , Sal Mountains , Gran ounty , Ut , N d 1 934 . . T ) C July, ( Vasco M anner ; Bryce anyon ational Park , Garfiel

V . T he T u h A 1 933 . ( ) Co nty, Uta , ugust , asco M Tanner ; pass , able Cliff

u a d C h . u 1 936 . ( V Mo nt in, Garfiel ounty , Uta Elevation feet , J ne , asco

d C u ah 1 938 . ( ) . A uarious M . Tanner q Plateau , Garfiel o nty, Ut , June , Wil

n . mer W . Ta ner ) 2 and w These specimens , 9 ere taken at an elevation of 0 1 ’ C0 . 000 feet . I have compared them with Casey s type specimen w new in the National Museum . I am in agreement ith Nicolayand Weiss 1 932 that auguralis is a sub - species of limbalis and not of

r purpu ea .

D O I C A C s . CICINDEL A REPAND A sub sp . HU S N y

d a m C d h 1 931 . ( . Islan P rk , Fre ont ounty, I a o , August , Vasco M Tanner ) I w ’ This is a Single male specimen . have compared ith Casey s and type . It agrees almost perfectly in structure color with the type

d - which is a female specimen . I am consi ering it a sub species of repanda since it has more features of this species than of du odecim d uttata m . g . I think it is istinct enough to be removed from synony y

N IL A I s L A C ICINDEL A L O G BR S ubsp . O S RI L eng

’ L T a h C u ah u ogan Canyon, ony s Ranger St tion , Cac e o nty, Ut , J ne m n h a T r ol L 1 926 . ( C ) 1 930 larence Cotta ; Ui ta Mount ins , y ake , July , w w . L . w and h d C . h ( . Truman S allo , C Hay ar Jo n Fec ser ) This high mountain form of longilabris is common in the Uintah lVl in ounta s of Utah . The specimens reported here have been com

oslari pared With specimens of in the Casey Collection , United States M u and d National use m the California Aca emy of Sciences . They are distinct enough from longilabris varities to be considered as a

- separate sub Species .

L A b eh . CICINDE A CARTHAGEN su sp. PACIFICA S p

L as C o. N d u 5 1 905 ( T om d Vegas , Clark , eva a ; J ne , S pal ing ) Five specimens are in the collection which were collected by Tom Spalding on the grassy area north and west of the town of Las

Vegas . Th e Great Basin Naturali st ’ ' 5 0 M - . NN V I ol . X 1 2 VASCO TA ER , Nos .

L subs . N CICINDE A SPERATA p RUBICU DA ( E . H . Harris )

C o. h 1 28 V 9 ( . T a Caineville , Wayne , Uta , asco M nner ) ;

d C o. ah A 1 939 a ( . C h Escalante , Garfiel , Ut , ugust , H rry P andler ) ; A h d C o . h A 1 5 0 . rc es National Monument , Gran , Uta , ugust , 9 ( D oral d Allred )

is d v s erata This a brilliant istincti e form of the p complex . Sev enteen specimens are in the collection .

C D L L CI IN E A EPIDA D ej .

D d h Au u 1 949 ( D orald A d elta , Millar County, Uta , g st , llre )

This is the first record we have of this Species occurance in Utah

M r . d now Allred reports that he collecte the four specimens , in the d d D collection , at night on the san unes north of elta .

C D L L IMBI E A s b CI IN E A G R u sp . NYMPHA C sy.

C o. ah 1 95 1 ( D . . Kanab , Kane , Ut , May , E Beck )

d D r I have compare the single specimen taken by . Beck with several specimens of this sub - species in the California Academy of ’ w w Mr dd d . e Science s Collection , hich ere collecte by Norman Cri l at A w w eme Manatoba . ne d , This recor for Utah greatly extends the d — was d d istribution of this sub species . It collected on the san unes to w the est and north of Kanab .

F D C ICIND EL ID AE F RO M T H E PAC I IC ISL AN S .

The following Pacific Island Cicindelids were recently added to d the Brigham Young University collection . These have been stu ied by the writer and compared with materials in the United States

National Museum and the California Academy of Sciences .

T R I C O ND YL A APT ERA O livier

m d u d T u and Solo on Islan s , G a alcanal , enaru River area , J ne July , - mschiissel . F 1 944 ( D . d ) and ( R ei ) , El en Beck Ernest ifty five Specimens are in th is collection . d a d L O S 1 944 ( A mir lty Islan s , Negros , September, , Ernest Reims - T h th . chiissel ) . irty Six s pecimens are in is collection

d and D r . Beck reports that he collecte this species on the leaves

was . ground cover of the jungle forest . It fairly common

T RI C O ND YL A APTERA subsp .

h a d L n C a a Ma 1 945 ( P ilippine Isl n s , uzo , amp ne r Manil , y, , Ernest imschiissel L d T h 1 945 R e ) ; eyte Islan ; acloban, Marc , , ( Ernest Reims chiissel ) . 29 1 95 1 N O N N . 5 1 Sept , OTES SOME CICI DELIDAE

B AR h s C O L L YR IS AL IT S I S Eric .

h d L u 1 945 ( P ilippine Islan s , zon , Camp near Manila , May , , Ernest R eimschiissel )

C O L L YRIS S I MIL IO R W . Horn

h d L C Ma 1 945 ( P ilippine Islan s , uzon , amp near Manila , y, , Ernest Reimschiissel )

C O L L YR I S AC R O L I A C h a ud

h a d L u C 1 945 ( P ilippine Isl n s , zon , amp near Manila , May , , Ernest R eimschiissel )

C O L L YRIS sp .

h d L d a h 1 945 P ilippine Islan s , eyte Islan , Tacloban, M rc , , ( Ernest

Reimschiissel ) .

T HE R ATE S L ABI AT US Fabricius

d u d and 1 944 ( D . d Solomon Islan s , G a alcanal , June August , , El en n Reimschiissel A d a d L es N t Beck ) , ( Er est ) ; mir lty Islan s , egros , Sep ,

1 944 ( R eimschiissel ) . , Ernest

- T H E RAT E S BASAL IS variety SIMPL O F L AVESCENS W . Horn

d da u 1 944 ( D . d ) ( Solomon Islan s , Gua lcanal , J ne , , El en Beck , Ernest Reimschiissel ) dm d L os N 1 944 ( ; A iralty Islan s , egros , September , , Ernest Reimschiissel )

A N - L A CICINDEL A D E C E MG UT T AT A sub sp . S NGUI EO MACU AT Blanchard

a d d a 1 944 R eimschiissel ) Solomon Isl n s , Gua alc nal , July , , ( Ernest ,

( ) ( . d ) Doyle Taylor , D El en Beck

- Sixty eight Specimens are in the collection .

CICIND EL A DISCRET A S chaum

nd d a m d Au 1 944 Solomon Isla s , Gua alc nal , five S peci ens collecte g , ,

( D . Elden Beck ) ERRATUM PAGE We regret that a portion of a key in Professor La River ’ s recent w paper as left out . We are pleased to include this missing portion of the key .

’ La River s statement concerning this matter follows :

“ ’ D u e to the author s absence from the country while his recent “ paper The Staphylinoid and D ascilloid aquatic Coleoptera of the ” 1 0 1 - 70 was Nevada Area ( Great Basin Naturalist , ) being h set ad . in type , he no opportunity to examine a galley proof Sub sequently it was noticed that the second page of the original manu Of h draenid and script , containing the final part the key to y genera the initial portion of the key to the species of Limnebius ( one O f those had v d genera ) , been inad ertently omitte

‘ w and The follo ing keys represent this missing portion , are to be placed in the key to hydraenid adults on the first page of the cited “ ’ ” “ w 2 s in w Limnebi paper, bet een the two the couplets follo ing ( ” ” — us ) on the right hand side of the page . Ira La Rivers .

h ro 2 . u h Maxillary palpi very long , m c longer t an antennae ; p m coarsel c u d w h u a notu y, closely p nctate , Si es it o t a tr ns parent bord er ( H yd raena ) — M axill ary pal pi shorter th an antennae ; pronotum variously d w h d and w w th sculpture , often it eep fossae grooves , al ays i a trans parent border in at least basal half O C H T H E BI US

L ARVAE 1 A h w h w . ntennae usually S orter , it no prominent inner s ell ings ; setae on clypeus not placed at anterior margin and two med ian ones d istant from each oth er ; lacinia mobilis w a d d d d a i narro er , inner lobe of m xillae not istinctly ivi e p cally ; cerei nearly contiguou s proximally and d ivergent O C H T H E B I US — A u ua w h sw ntennae s lly longer, it prominent inner ellings ; setae on: clypeus pl aced at anterior margin and equid i st ant ; l acinia mobilis broad er ; inner maxillary lobe d istinctly d i vid e apically ; cerei widely separated proximally and nearly paraql el h d m w h w 2 . T ir antennal seg ent it out inner s ellings , segment two with a single antennal append age ; pair of pectinate setae at anterior margin of labrum ; inner maxillary lobe slightly d ivid ed apically ; l abium broadened d istally ( H yd raena ) T h ird antennal segment with an inner swelling ; second segment with two slend er antennal append ages ; no pecti nate set ae at anterior l abral margin; inner maxillary lobe d d d a ad d d a strongly ivi e ; l bium not noticeably bro ene ist lly , although mental sides round ed ( L imnebius )

( L imnebius L each 1 81 5 )

1 Surface more-or-less polished ( piceus ( Horn) 1 872 )

pm2 1902 VOL UM E XI NUM BERS 3-4

‘ The G rea asm aturalist

December 29, 1 951

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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aci c Is ands er et o No . v Guadal canal lom n P fi l H p ol gy , , , So o

Is ands . A check ist of s ec es Il ust ation l l p i , l r , M Tann r Vas co . e

New County Records of Salientia and Summary of known di s r ut on of Caudata i n k ho a t ib i O la m , H r h Bra and F . udson A t ur N. gg W .

Tw New Ants om Western N vada eno tera o fr e (Hym p , Ma i m Formi dae Il ust at ons on . S th ci ) , l r i , r R i

Th Ceramb coid S a uat c C o te a of the evada Area e y emi q i ole p r N , Ira La Rivers

New Di stribution Re cords of Utah Siphonaptera with the Des cription of a new species of Megarthroglossus Jordan sch ld 1 91 5 I ustrations ernon J Ti ton and Roth i , ll , V . p

M ed " and Donald . Allr

new A c n Lithobi l d Centi eds Oh Five meri a p ,

Cha be in " Ral ph V . m rl

Index to Volume XI

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D M D : GUA ALCANAL, SOLO ON ISLAN S A CHECK LIST OF SPECIES ( 1 ) T VASCO M . ANNER Professor of Zoology and Entomology Brigh am Young University P h rovo , Uta

INTROD UCTION i This paper, the fifth in the series , deals w th the amphibians M and reptiles , collected by United States ilitary personnel while d d they were statione on several of the Solomon Islan s . d These islands , which were un er the British Protectorate at the

- O f 1 94 1 800 out break the Japanese War in , extend for about miles

d -m in a southeast irection fro the Bismarck Archipelago . They lie 5 ° 24’ 1 0 ° 1 0’ d south of the equator, between and south longitu e and 1 54 ° 38' 1 6 1 ° 2 0' d and east longitu e, which is well within the tropical zone . d In this study , eleven large islands are consi ered as composing

w two . The the Solomon Archipelago, hich form chains northern row

an Bou ainvill e of islands consists of Buka d g , just south of New Brit M is . ain . Next Choiseul , followed by Isabel and alaita The southern group, which practically parallels the northern row, consists of Vella i and Lavella , Kolombangara , New Georg a , Russell , Guadalcanal San

Cristobal .

v Bougain ille is the largest island of the group . It has a surface M area of square miles , the highest mountain peak , ount Bally,

nd ctiv ~ ol canoes a a e v . feet also Guadalcanal , square d miles , is the largest islan in the southern row with a peak over 1 feet high ( see map fig . )

No 1 2 om th a tm nt of oo o and Entomo o am 1 Cont uti on . 7 e ( ) rib fr Dep r e Z l gy l gy, Brigh Young Univers ity. Natu a st Th e Great B asin r li 3 - 4 NN Vol . XI , Nos . VASCO M . TA ER D e 2 9 1 95 1 c. N o . 55 , PACIFIC ISLANDS HERPETOLOGY v

b The climate is tropical , the average temperature being a out D M uring the rainy season , from January to arch , it is very hot 2 1 0 . and humid . The rainfall along the coast is about inches annually

The weather from April to November is fairly cool . The native population is between ninety and one hundred thous

and M . elanesian people They cultivate yams , taros , and coconuts

d d im renetrabl e for food and tra e . The larger islands are covere with p two j ungles . The native pig is one of native land mammals on the

w - d islands . One hundred t enty seven lan birds have been reported from this archipelago and no doubt a number of additional species will be discovered when the interior of the islands is carefully ex

l r p o ed . Many species of interesting insects are found on the Solomon who Islands . Several of the service men collected reptiles also made insect collections . One of the largest general collections was made

was . by Captain Beck . He stationed on the Tenaru River for a year D uring this time he also made some studies of the island vegetation i e and topography . The following is a statement of his mpr ssions of this part of Guadalcanal .

Today I made my first trip to the foothills . To the area where I went there was an abrupt climb from the fairly level coastal plain to the contrasting region of grassland and forest . In this particular pa rt of the foothills are large grass patches surrounded by the jungle and the forest . The grass forest areas both have same elevation , angle of exposure of the sun , drainage and soil conditions , yet the d d two types of vegetation are sharply separate . I iscovered that when sun one tries to stay out in the open grass areas , when the is beating w do n , the heat is almost beyond human endurance . On several occasions I tried to remain out in the grass collecting insects but the heat was so Oppressive I became dizzy and for several minutes

d- after retiring to the jungle I had a severe hea ache . This intense heat on a clear day may account f or the absence of bird life in the grasslands . With the exception of an occasional w w d see d s allo flying above the grass one oes not a bir . The mammal nonexistant life so common to grasslands , in the States , is in the grass areas on this island . One does not escape the heat by dropping into the grass , which is four to five feet high . The heat seems to be more suffocating . In contrast I found in the forest j ungle that there is w a combination of shade and Openness to allo for air movement . “ w d It is possible , ith reference to bir s , that the lack of fruits may Th e Great Basin Naturali st 3- 4 . XI . 5 6 N N . VASCO M TA ER Vol , Nos

d in part account for the absence of birds in the grasslan s , but I really believe it is a heat factor . The forest jungle has quite an array of w im d . as bird life , large or small , loud or quiet , colorful or rab I ” pressed by the variety O f songs .

Mr d - rt . . Robe C Pen leton who spent twenty two months in the I and d 1 949 C Solomon slands has publishe his findings , , gives a lear

r w picture of the plant fo mations of Guadalcanal . The follo ing ex

r d ce pts are from his stu y . “ Guadalcanal is well within the true tropic belt and the work of many plant geographers indicates that a rain forest type of vege i w tat on d . shoul be expected Ho ever, this island differs in having the major portion of the north coast covered with coarse grass while a true rain forest vegetation occurs only in the south portion and on the mountains . “ The main mountain ranges on the island are approximately h parallel and occupy a central position . T ey average about feet M PO omana in elevation in the central portion of the island and t . p siu reaches a maximum height of feet . Their position across the prevailing trade winds is the factor considered responsible for the grassland - formation on the n orth coast and on the west tip of ri the Flo da group beyond . “ Comprehensive ground studies were made only on the north coastal plain , because travel to other portions was extremely difficult nd d I a d . t the press of military uties prohibite any long trips . was possible to study the vegetation from the Bel asuna River to Cape d M Esperance and to penetrate the hinterlan along the alimbu , Poha , 8 1 2 and Tenaru Rivers to a depth of to miles . Air trips were ar of 1 3th ranged through the courtesy the pilots of the Air Force . On these "ights the entire island was covered and a far better idea of and the physiognomy extent of plant cover types was obtained . “ From the air the contrast in plant cover on Guadalcanal as d " compared with that on other Solomon Islan s is striking . A ight along the north coast of the island from east to west reveals that the eastern third of the plain is densely covered with rain forest but the w — d d d estern two thir s is covere pre ominately by grass . The rivers , d running through the grasslan support strips of forest , which con nect the forests of the mountains with the narrow strand forest which forms a green border on the coast . “ Guadalcanal is one of the southern islands of the Solomon Group and is characterized by having a rain forest on the south side

Th e Great Basin Naturalist

5 8 - . N N 3 . 4 VASCO M TA ER Vol XI , Nos .

- d is entirely New Gui nea Australian in origin . Asi e from the New Guinea - Australian affinities are found such genera as G ymnodac

Z lus G ekko Pseudo ekko T hl s and H dro his y , , g , yp op , y p which are rep r resented by many species in the no thern Islands . There are still many unsolved problems relevant to the distri bution of the herpetological fauna of the South Pacific Islands . Each w d w d obsticl es year, ho ever, progress is being ma e in earing own the which stand in the way to a clear understanding of the origin and distribution of the amphibians and reptiles

ACKNOWLED GMENTS D Without the painstaking efforts of Captain E . Beck , Ernest i hi l D Re msc isse . d , oyle Taylor, R C . Pen leton , J . Chattin , H . Hawk n ins . d a d w , L A ams , other servicemen the materials upon hich this

report is based would not have been collected . To them I express

D r my thanks . . W . C . Brown has been very cooperative in loaning the writer rare literature and checking the determination of some D r . D . . species . oris Cochran , Curator of Herpetology at U S National

Museum kindly loaned the writer many Solomon Island species . S d thew and d r . D . Karl P chmi t loaned riter some literature checke

the determination O f two Specimens . Prof . Charles Wharton of ‘ d d Emory University, Georgia , kin ly submitte some interesting

D r . . species to me for study . . J R Heath of San Jose Teachers Col

M t d and D r . . D r . . b lege , Geo yers of S anfor University, R Ste bins of d wr m the University of California , at Berkeley , loane the iter a nu ber

of Solomon Islands specimens . d wa d To all whohave assiste , in any y, as mentione above , I express my thanks and appreciation .

AMPHIBIANS Family B U FONIDAE BUF O MARINUS ( L innaeus )

L a a 1 0th E d . 1 . 21 1 1 75 9 ( ) inn eus , System Naturae , , Vol , p , Rana

- Ma 1 944 6960 6969 701 5 1 7 d a ( . ) BYU , , Gua lcanal , D E Beck y, - - M a 1 945 4 A G avutu . ( . C . d ) 8 BYU 1 1 020 ( 48 A ) ( 9 ) Isl R Pen leton y ,

- - N 3 A 6A d a ( . . d ) D ec . 22 1 943 o. Gua lcanal , R C Pen leton , - 20 A uad a ( . C . d ) 1 2 1 944 No . G lcanal , R Pen leton May , - - - 24 A 6A 39A a . ( . C . d ) . 2 1 1 944 No . 3 B nik Is , R Pen leton Sept , Russell Isls

The specimens of marinas from the Solomon Islands are repre t d 1 1 02 0 48A 49A sen ed by three a ult males ( BYU , , and ) , females D e 2 N O 59 c. 9 1 95 1 N . , PACIFIC ISLA DS HERPETOLOGY v

0 - A 2 0 - A 696 4 . (BYU , , and ) , and several juveniles The females are d sex d Similar to a ults of the same , which I have examine , from Sai nd M M a . pan Island of the ariana Islands Carmen , Nuevo Leon , exico d d d The males , the first a ults I have seen , iffer consi erably from the females in their vestiture . They have numerous spines over the

back and legs in contrast to the few found in the females . The large tubercl ers or warts of the females have usually one spine and very few w w and in bet een , hile the male warts have a cluster of spines

many small ones scattered between these warts .

D r . Beck made the following observations on the color of a live “ i female : The dorsal ground color s greyish green . The large glands d d are tawny with re dish tint . Laterally the bo y is yellow with a w tinge of green , hich color extends anteriorly along the upper man T d e d ibl he and . s . belly is white grey streake The eyes have a black i ” t m an um is . iris and a Silver to pale yellow cornea . The y p grey d d Mr . Pendleton collected this toa in the pools and itches of the cocus groves . This introduced Species is apparently wide spread in the South

Pacific Islands where it is used as a help in controlling insects .

Family HYLIDAE HYL A T H E SAURE NS I S Peters

M n a n 421 1 7 . o atsh . d . . . 8 7 Peters , Ak Wiss Berli , p , M 4 6972 701 9 7266 d ( D . ) a 1 9 4 BYU , , Gua alcanal E Beck , y, August ,

- 7048 52 71 60 d ( D . ) u 1 944 BYU , Gua alcanal E Beck , J ly, August ,

- - 7452 65 7750 63 d a ana D . h 1 945 BYU , Gua lc l ( E Beck ) , Marc , - 4 71 39 42 7868 d a ( D . 1 94 BYU , Gua alcan l E Beck ) , June , 0 6 1 04- ad 7 6 7 5 . BYU , Gu alcanal ( E - . 28 A d ( . . d ) Nov . 26 1 944 No Mono Islan R C Pen leton , , 1 -A 2A . d ( . C . d D ec . 20 1 943 No , Gua alcanal R Pen leton ) , - - . 7 1 5 A d d h No Gua alcanal ( R . C . Pen leton ) , Marc , April , 1 944

M Reim chii el any tadpoles taken by Beck and s ss .

A study of the fifty - four specimens listed above are found to vary considerably in color and general morphology . Some of the l preserved adu ts , as well as juveniles , have white markings along the and d median dorsal and lateral parts of the body hea , others are u fairly niform in grey color while some are grey with dark blotches . The one Specimen from Mono Island Shows the dark blotches on a grey background . It also has a longer more pointed head thanthe Guadalcanal specimens and the web does not extend up the fourth toes as far as in the Guadalcanal specimens . Th e Great Bas in Natur ali st 60 - . NN 3 4 VASCO M TA ER Vol . XI , Nos .

Captain Beck reports that some individuals of this tree frog, when “ w : d alive, are colored as follo s The large red bronzed eyes with ark pupil contrasts vividly with the yellow- green pattern on the dark w m velvet bro n of the dorsu . The yellow pattern is almost an iri in descent tone certain light reflections . In some Specimens there are yellow — green lateral and medial stripes and two dots of this color

is between the eyes . There also a yellow strip at the anal region and one on each side of the head with a tiny dot at the extreme anterior part . Ventrally, the rear legs , the anal regions , forelegs , pectoral

and d - girdle , e ge of the mouth is a pale blue green color . The rest of the body is white . 4-7 d Some of the largest specimens are mm . in bo y length with oblique vomerine teeth placed between the choanae ; tympanum three - quarters the eye diameter ; and with outer finger one - third webbed .

n M r d Both Captain Beck a d . Pen leton report this Species as

2 8 — A common on leaves of the forest floor plants . Specimen no . was 00 taken on the leaf of Plantain ; altitude 3 feet .

Barbour Burt Loveridge and W . C .

d d macro l ul ea solomonis Brown , manuscript , have consi ere p, , and

r n i as synomyns of thesau e s s . The material before me seems to sup port this conclusion .

Family RAN IDAE C E RAT O BAT R AC H US G UE NT H E RI Boulen-ger 4 B oul en er . . . L d . 21 2 1 88 . g , Proc Zool Soc on on, p ,

- - 701 8 71 43 4 d a ( D . ) A u 1 944 BYU , Gua alcan l E Beck , June , ug st , - 71 47 7449 5 1 u d a a ( D . ) 1 945 BYU , G a lcan l E Beck , January, - 8934 47 A d ( . C . d ) 1 945 BYU ( ) , Russell Islan R Pen leton , April , 8936 ( 43 - A )

- N v 1 944 1 1 01 9 25 A F d a d ( . . d o ) o . BYU ( ) lori Islan R C Pen let n , , - d 1 45 N . 26 27A 31 A d d ( . C . 9 os , Flori a Islan R Pen leton, January , - 1 945 Nos . SBA 41 A 43 46A a ( . C . d ) , , B nik , R Pen leton , April , Russell Islands

This distinctive monotypic endemi c frog has teeth on both the upper and lower j aws ; vomerine teeth in two groups just back of the line between the choanae ; tongue notched ; pupil large and horizon d d be tal ; hea triangular, large , wi est at spines on upper j aw just l neath the tympanum , which is larger and vertical . Interorbita

'

d r. of nd . o Space broad a concave Fol s spines at tip snout , over each and m eye , at the angle of the mouth above the tympanu , on the fore

d, arm and the heel . Tips of fingers and toes only slightly enlarge N 61 29 1 95 1 No . Dec . , PACIFIC ISLA DS HERPETOLOGY v

d fifth toe shorter than the third and toes with ru imentary web . Length from snout to vent of the largest specimen in the col lection is 69 mm . The color of a live specimen as observed by Captain Beck is as “ follows : The dorsal surface of the head and abdomen is unicolor

O u s d w d , orsal surface of the legs maculate ith ark and light tones of w d d bro n . The me ial dorsal part of the bo y is a Slightly darker color w than the rest . The bro n color is earthy in appearance . Ventrally the color has a tint of red in the brown with a denser punctation of

w row d d yello ish steppling . There is a of tiny ots along the e ge of

w d d — the lower ja . The orsal e ge of the eye has a pale blue green and band . The iris is bronze the pupil black

RANA PAPUA NOVAE BRIT ANNI AE Werner 4 1 7 . 1 5 5 1 89 Werner, Zool . Anz . , Vol . p , .

- 705 3 5 5 d ( D . ) 1 944 BYU Gua alcanal E Beck , July , - 7475 1 6 d ( D . 1 944 BYU Gua alcanal E Beck ) , December ,

d n v e Three Gua alcanal Specimens have been assigned to R . p . o a

r w b itanniae by W . C . Bro n (manuscript ) . They are all white bellied w w ri 1 94 m . 8 with backs hich are light bro n Love dge , , co ments on this “ form as follows : Actually the white — bellied Rana n ovaebritanniae is d d— d kre ti its perfectly istinct from the mottle bellie ff , and uni d R a ua w . formly hite undersi e appears to separate it also from p . p p ” Lesson .

w : The live color of this frog as observed by D r. Beck is as follo s The dorsum is olive - brown ; around the tympanum and before the

d - n w d eyes is ark brow , hile that of the lateral area of the ab omen is n d greyish brow , the edge of the lower jaw is slightly mottle . The d and orsal surface of the legs are light dark brown in color . The undersurface of the body is a pale whitish - blue color with a tendency to produce an opalescent sheen . The iris ring of the eye is yellow

w red i — bronze hile the remainder is . The pupil s a deep blue black ” color .

D I SC O D E L E S G UPPYI ( B oul enger)

l r 2 1 B ou en e . 0 0 . . L d . . 2 1 1 1 884 g , Proc Soc on , p ,

- 891 2 ( . 32 A ) d d ( . d h 1 3 1 945 BYU No Flori a Islan R C Pen leton ) , Marc ,

u i Recently, Brown (manuscript ) has proposed that g ppy be placed in the genus D iscodel es which is one of the nine subgenera w Boul en er d R ana . 1 928 into hich g divide the genus Kinghorn , , gives

i i a concise characterization of th s speci es . The Spec men discussed i n Th e Great B asin Naturali st 2 - 6 . N 3 4 VASCO M TA NER Vol . XI, Nos .

24 w this report is a small one , mm . from snout to vent , ith hind leg 4 1 mm . in length . The vomerine teeth are in an oblique series be “ nd d d hind the choanae . The tips of the toes a fingers ilate into discs , the upper surfaces of which are separated from the lower by a crescentic or horseshoe - shaped groove ; web not penetrating far w ” bet een the outer metatarsals .

PL AT YMANT IS PAPUE NSIS WEBERI Schmid t 2 2 93 . h d F d . N . t 0 0 1 . 7 at . 1 8 . 1 8 . 1 Sc mi t , iel Mus His , Vol , p 44 89 1 6 ( 23A ) uad ( . C . d 5 1 9 BYU G alcanal R Pen leton) , June , 891 7 ( 22 A )

w 2 n 2 4 These t o specimens 3 a d mm . in length from snout to ’ D r d s vent agree well with . Schmidt s e cription of Specimens from d Tulagi and Isabel Islan s . The short oblique series of vomerine teeth d w close to the choanae , snout pointe ith the nostrils much closer to m d its tip than the eye , the circular tympanu , upper eye li s regular,

d w and d m w toes and fingers with small isks , toes without ebs , orsu ith five to six rows of ridges characterize the two specimens from the

Tenaru River of Guadalcanal . The color is grey with black blotches on the upper surface of the d legs and over the ri ges of the back . Ventral surface is white except d on the chin where there are some ark blotches . These two specimens were taken in “ trash ” in the Little Tenaru

Mr . Ri ver by . Pendleton

B ATR AC H YL O D E S VE NT E BRAL I S B oul enger

B oul en er . . . L d . . 337 1 887 g , Proc Zool Soc on p ,

B YU 891 5 34A a ( . . d a 1 945 ( ) Banik R C Pen leton ) J nuary, Russell Island s d d a a 1 945 Russell Islan s ( R . C . Pen leton ) J nu ry, d d C d A 1 6 1 945 Flori a Islan s ( R . . Pen leton ) pril ,

0 e N vomerine teeth ; tongue broadly attached , anteriorly elongat , i n d m mm . an . posteriorly oval not notched Ty panum round , diameter ; pupil horizontal ; snout Short and obtu se ; finger disks lar ger than those of the toes ; toes only slightly webbed . d Color brown and grey matched orsally, skin smooth ; ventral surface white except for peppering on legs and chin , small tubercles 89 1 5 No. on gular area . Length from snout to vent of specimen is 2 1 mm . M r. Pendleton collected the Banika Specimens at an altitude

of 2 00 feet in a sunny opening in the rain forest . 2 9 1 95 1 N N o . 63 D e . c , PACIFIC ISLA DS HERPETOLOGY v

SERPENTES Family TYPHLOPIDAE

TYPHL O PS AL UE NS IS B oul eng er L d n 1 . 2 0 0 . . 3 1 8 l n er . 3 6 87 . B ou e g , Proc Soc of on o , p ,

a R eims BYU 71 02 Guad alcanal ne r ( E . chii ssel ) d F d A 5 1 4 Hen erson iel ugust , 9 4 L 7245 u d ( t . R eib es ) 29 1 94 BYU G a alcanal near August , 4

D C ( D . oma ove area , E Beck ) A ( . . h Nat . . . ) F ua Hist Mus Tetere rea J R Heat ebr ry , 1 944 Stanford Univer Guad alcanal

Sity No. 1 1 31 u d n , 1 . ( L w d ) 7 1 U iversity of G a alcanal mi o ell A ams June , 944

d Nal imb us . Nos . C alif . inlan , R 4 4075 1 , 075 2 i a B ou a n ( . L . , a U , S Nation l Torokin , g W Necker ) d A ( . . m Nos , Museu , Ville Islan , B Gurney ) 1 2021 2 -2 1 Solomon Island s

N T u ( . . U . S . ational lagi , Solomon K R Stevenson ) N s d o . Museum, Islan s 81 893- 94

. Mu nni N u d D ( . e nk . . ) U S ational G a alcanal , oma Q A C NO . Museum, ove 1 22327 Solomon Island s

. . ( . . L ) U S National Malaita , Solomon S M ambert u No d M seum , Islan s 76824

Mid— body scale rows twenty - two ; urosteges twenty — two to twenty - three ; nasal cleft extends to the posterior portion of the first d w upper labial ; eyes istinct , sho ing through the large ocular scales which extend down between the second and third upper labial ; snout i d d w r . roun e in a lateral vie ; nost ils lateral Length largest Spec men ,

7 . 40752 2 5 7 . University of California , No . , mm ; body diameter mm d w Color ark bro n on the back and sides , under surface , consist w w ing of three ro s of scales , yello ish .

TYPHL O PS BECKI Tanner

’ - N . 9 . 1 5 1 4 1 948 . 6 . and 5 Tanner, Great Basin aturalist , Vol , pp , Figs

7448 u d T u ( . ) N 30 1 944 BYU G a alcanal , enar D E Beck ovember , d s River, Solomon Islan ( E . Ramay )

M d w two d idbo y scale rows t enty, transverse body scales hun red and six ; urosteges fourteen ; head oval when viewed from above ; i snout project ng mm . beyond the mental ; rostral with parallel sides ; nasal cleft extending to the anterior part of the second upper labial ; prefrontal larger than the frontal ; supraocul ars about half

and the Size of the parietals in contact with the nasals , prefrontal , and frontal , parietals , ocular preocular ; upper labials four ; eye w w shielded by the ocular, hich comes in contact ith the second and Th e Great Basin Naturali st - 64 . N N . . 3 4 VASCO M TA ER Vol XI, Nos third labials ; the preocular contacts the first and second labials: Body w d and length one hundred t elve mm . ; tail five mm . ; iameter four eight tenths mm w d Color above dark bro n , ventral light brown hea pale grey, eyes grey with black pupils , terminal Spine of the tail small and blunt . TYPHL O PS INF RAL AB I AL I S Waite

- Mus . . 63 25 1 1 . h Austr. 35 . 9 8 Waite , Rec Sout I , pp , Fig ,

Naz aruk 21 1 4 7040 u d ( . 9 4 BYU G a alcanal Geo ) June , Nalimb us River ( L owell Ad ams ) D Solomon Island s ( E . Beck )

l"40 d d uth inferior , rostral and nasals proj ecting orsally beyon the mental , nasal cleft extends to the posterior half of the first upper

su ranasal s w . labial . No p . Preocular not in contact ith the ocular

An ocular, posterior ocular, subocular, and supralabial on an area l i l . su ra ab a s normally covered by the ocular Eye indistinct ; p four,

nfral bi l M d d w - i a a s . three i bo y scale ro s twenty eight , transverse body

- scales four hundred sixty six , urosteges sixteen ; anal five . Body

- d . length three hun red forty four mm ; tail eight mm . body diameter

‘ just posterior to the anus six mm .

The eight to ten ventral ‘scales are clear yellowish white while the eighteen to twenty side and back ones have brownish central d d spots surroun e by light borders . This gives a distinctly uniform

Spotted or checkered appearance .

PHL O P AD AMS I a . TY S T nner n sp . d a Nal imbiu . a 6 1 944 Univer of Calif Gua alc n l June ,

. 4075 3 I sl and s ( L owell d m No River, Solomon A a s )

: M d - astroste es d TYPE i body Scales twenty six , g g four hundre fifty — one ; urosteges seventeen ; anal five ; supral abial s four ; infra labials three ; nasal cleft extending to the rostral and the anterior upper surface of the second supralabial ; preocular and postocular fused into one scale which touches the posterior part of the nasal and the anterior part of the ocular ; parietals large and in contact

- d d . behind the frontal . Length of body one hun re forty eight mm ;

- diame ter three and one half mm . Color light brown with dark brown Spots in center of scales on back and sides ; ventral scales yellowish .

Adamsi may be distingui shed from infralabialis as follows : Body scale rows 2 6 ; nasal cleft extending to nostril and the second

Th e Great Bas in Naturalist 66 . N N - . NOS . 3 4 VASCO M TA ER Vol XI ,

Family COLU B RIDAE BOIGA IRRE G UL ARI S ( Merrem) B ch t U b rs e s e e L ace . . 239 1 Merrem, , , p IV , p , 802

6962 d a , , ( D . ) Ma 22 BYU Gua alc nal Solomon E Beck y , 1 944 7041 Island s 7231 u d , ( . h ) 4 BYU G a alcanal , Solomon J C attin September 1 8 , 1 9 4 7227 d D Islan s ( E . Beck ) 7248 u d , ( . ) m 4 BYU G a alcanal , Solomon D E Beck Septe ber 1 8 , 1 9 4 7970 Island s

d d internasal s Rostral broa er than eep , shorter than the prae frontals ; supral abial s eight to ten ; infral abial s twelve to thirteen ;

w w - astroste es midbody scale ro s t enty one ; g g , average of six speci 22 9 1 05 mens , ; urosteges , average of five specimens , plus ; the total 72 3 043 length of the largest specimen No . 1 is 1 mm . the tail length 242 being mm .

AHAE T UL L A C AL LI G AST E R ( Gunther)

h . . 3 XX t ( . 1 5 3 867 . Gunt er, Ann Nat His , ) , p ,

7039 uad ( D . . ) u 1 0 1 944 BYU G alcanal , Solomon E Beck J ly , 71 1 8 d ( . h Au 1 0 1 944 BYU Islan s J Jo nson ) gust , G uad al canal * S ol omon w . a , ( H H kins ) Island s

Midbody scale rows thirteen ; gastrosteges one hundred seventy eight and one hundred eighty - one ; urosteges one hundred nineteen and one hundred forty ; anal divided ; supral abial s eight ; infral abial s nine ; preocul ars one ; postocul ars two ; loreal one ; temporals two; 71 1 1 1 0 2 NO . 8 1 7 5 376 length , , ( ) mm . “ Color in life as recorded by Beck . The dorsum of the anterior one fifth of the body is bright rust color . The remainder of the body i d s . an Olive green The lateral patterns are very in istinct , but when the ' snake expands its body the color Shows up to a greater extent The neck region laterally is orange red when the scales are Spread

d . apart . The e ges of some of the scales are orange in color There d are also black lateral ban s in the neck regions , this color seems to d d ” be ue to the coloration of the bo y membrane .

w T he The eyes are mottled bronze and bro n . upper part of the d and iris is mainly bronze . The pupil is roun black

DENISO NIA P AR ( B oul enger)

L d . 21 0 4 B oul en er . 2 0 0 1 . . 1 88 . g , Proc Soc on on , p ,

71 1 7 ad a n ( D . ) 1 944 BYU , Gu lca al , Solomon E Beck August , 2 4 T 7 7 Isl and s ( R . . Brice )

7329 d a ( . ) 1 944 BYU Gua lcanal , Solomon D E Beck December, Island s D 29 1 95 1 N ec . 67 NO . , PACI FIC ISLA DS HERPETOLOGY v

Midbody scale rows fifteen ; gastrosteges one hundred sixty five to one hundred sixty — six ; urosteges fifty - three ; anal s two ; supra

infralabial s re ul r w labials seven ; seven ; p oc a s one ; postocul ars t o . 71 1 7 is 744 63 . 0 1 1 4 The total length of specimen No ( ) mm . is This a fairly common species on Guadalcanal .

L AT I C AUD A C O L UBRINA Schneid er

h d A . 2 h . . 38 1 799 . Sc nei er, Hist . mp , I p ,

7061 u d ( D . 30 1 944 BYU G a alcanal , E Beck ) July , Solomon Island s 7328 d O 2 8 1 944 BYU Russell Islan , ( Maj or R . T . Brice ) ctober , Solomon Island s

Midbody scale rows twenty — three ; gastrosteges two hundred seventeen to two hundred twenty — one ; urosteges forty - one to forty three ; anal two; supral abial s seven ; infralabial s ni ne ; preoculars one ; postocul ars two; temporals one and two . The total length of m 2 7 2 73 8 i 3 3 89 44 . speci en No . s ( ) mm The color in life as recorded by Captain Beck is as follows : The yellow on the anterior dorsum of the head and the first ring back of the black head patch as well as the lateral hue of the upper jaw is

d d . istinctive . The tip of the flattene tail is pale cream color The black bands are broadened dorsally and narrowed ventrally except a d w the t il ban s hich are broadened laterally . There is a pale yellow Spot on the center of the dorsal black head shield “ a The eye is small , the iris is mottled pale greyish , the area d ” outside of the iris is ark brown .

HYDRO PHIS C YANO C I NC T US D aud in D d . . . 383 1 803 . au in , Hist Nat Rept . VII , p , 7861 d h 1 945 a d D . a BYU Gua alcanal , Solomon Isl n s ( E Beck ) M rc ,

Rostral broader than deep with margi nal grooves ; nasal Shorter

as as w raefrontal s than the frontal , twice long the suture bet een the p ; praefrontal s in contact with the second supralabial ; one preocular ; two ostocul ars p ; temporals three and one ; eight upper labials , second infral abial s largest , third , fourth and fifth entering the eye ; ten and nine ; both pair of chin shields in contact ; body scale rows twenty

ri - d - Seven ante or thirty seven at midbo y, thirty three posterior near anus ; anal s two pairs ; gastrosteges three hundred thirty - four ; uros

- n - teges forty three ; scales smooth a d sub imbricate . Color of preserved specimen black above wi th forty - seven light bands extending from the dark back to the ventral surface . A single Th e Great Basin Naturali st 68 — . N N 3 . 4 VASCO M TA ER Vol XI , Nos .

d row of larger black gastrostege scales separates the light ban s . The d head and chin are light colore . The tail for the length of twenty

is . 1 02 8 92 7 1 0 1 two scales black Total length is ( ) mm . This seems to be a new record for Guadalcanal and the Solomon D i w d . Roo e c anocinctus New . Islan s j , ho ever , reports y for Guinea

1 92 9 and d 1 932 r d C hers Kinghorn , , Schmi t, , repo te specimens of y drus granulatus from Malaita and Isabel Islands which constitute c d rare re or s for the Solomon Islands .

SQUAMATA SAURIA Family GEKKON IDAE

G YMNO D AC T YL US PE L AG I C US ( Girard )

d . . Phil ad . 1 85 7 . 1 97 Girar , Proc Ac , p

- - 6966 6987 88 ad a ( D . ) A u BYU , Gu alcan l E Beck July ug st , 2 1 u Ma - 70 1 7 01 71 55 ad ( D . c ) un BYU , , G alcanal E Be k y J e , 7290 -91 7467 u d a R eimschiissel a BYU , G a alcan l ( E . ) J nuary , 7472 A comparison of the Specimens listed above with those reported M w and by the writer from orotai Sho a similarity in size , coloration ,

‘ D e d scalation . Rooij oes not list this species from Halmahera or

Morotai . The following observations on the habits and color in life of “ specimens collected by Captain Beck are as follows : Specimens of d d insector this lizar were collected on tree trunks , screen oor of the y, s under logs and debris on the forest floor . The kin is delicate which necessitates handling the Specimens with care in order that it will r d l not be broken . The ventral su face is violaceous while the orsa . d surface is brown with pale yellow tiny spots scattere about . This species is secretative and hard to capture unless exposed by the turn ” ing over of logs and rocks .

G E HY R A O CEANIC A ( L esson) 1 8 0 . . 3 . 42 . L esson, Voyage Coquille , Zool II , Pt I , , p

6967 7062 -63 u d a ( R eimschnssel ) u 1 944 BYU , G a alcan l Beck J ly, - 705 9 71 32 34 uad a a ( D . ) u u 1 944 BYU , G lc nal E Beck J ne , J ly ,

7473 7748 7749 uad a ( D . ) u a h 1 945 BYU , , G alcan l E Beck Jan ary, M rc ,

- 7746 47 ( L t . . 0 . u 1 944 BYU Segi Point , C J ne , New Georgi a Berg ) Isl and

The life color of this lizard was reported by Captain Beck as “ follows : In the screen house the color was Silvery to grey with very indistinct pale lemon yell owspots on the dorsum of the neck 69 2 9 1 95 1 N No . Dec . , PACI FIC ISLA DS HERPETOLOGY v

and shoulder region and laterally on the abdomen . In the laboratory be the whole animal assumed a darker hue . The above markings d w come more definite . A istinct bro n speckling was apparent on the dorsum of the whole body . The dorsum of the head is a pale , pastel and d green . Th e markings above the hind leg region the ab omen are a pale violet color .

The whole undersurface of the body is cream colored , except

and the feet of the fore hind legs , the posterior surface of the hind legs and the undersurface of the tail which are a salmon pink color . The eyes are a bright color with a vertical black irregularly

. shaped pupil . The tongue is a bright flesh pink d This lizard is common in and about the camp buildings . It fee s upon insects found on the screens and walls of the tents .

D L E P I D O D AC T YL US L UG UB RI S ( . B . ) 04 1 836 . 3 . ri nd B ib ron E r . . D ume l a , p Gen III , , p

- 7004 5 7008 d ( . ) 1 944 BYU , Gua alcanal D E Beck June , - 701 0 7046 705 6 5 7 u d D . ) 1 944 BYU , , G a alcanal , E Beck July, C h ( J . attin )

- 7064 65 71 1 5 u d ( D . ) 1 944 BYU , G a alcanal E Beck August , Ma 1 944 725 3 d a ( D . ) BYU Gua lcanal E Beck y, The guadalcanal specimens agree with those from Morotai in

l and scansors morphological characters , the amellae of the fourth

w : N 7004 — 9 4 7005 - 6 5 7008 — 5 4 toe are as follo s os . ; ; ;

- - u r l i l 1 0 2 70 1 0 1 0 9; 705 6 6 4 . The s p a ab a s are to 1 in num i l i l d wn ber ; nfra ab a s 1 0 to 1 2 . Groun color grey to bro with scat tered small blackish areas on the back and sides ; venter white to pinkish .

L E PI D O D AC T YL US G UP P YI B oul eng er

B oul en er . 2 0 0 1 . . L d . 1 884 . 21 0 . g , Proc Soc on , , p

7047 d n d D . ) 1 944 BYU Gua alca al , Solomon Islan s , E Beck July, w i Rostral wide extending bet een the nostril cavities , not h gh ,

su ral abial s su ral abial s w not any higher than the p ; p t elve , infra w d labials eleven ; mental small edge shaped , one third as wi e as the Submental s w d d rostral . irregular five ro s of roun enlarge scales , head broad and shorter than in lugubris; eleven lamellae under the medi an finger and thirteen under the median toe ; digits with small d 3 7 4 1 32 . web at base and moderately dilate . Length ( ) mm The following Observations on the color in life of this specimen ’ 2 1 4 2 1 1 944 : are taken from Captain Beck s field notes number , July , “ This gekko may or may not be a different Specimen than I have Th e Great Basin Naturalist 70 3 - 4 NN . VASCO M . TA ER Vol . XI , Nos

d taken before . It oes have a different color pattern than the regular run of gekkos I have observed or collected . “ D orsally it is grey : the color being due to light splashes and pin point speckling of grey . The tail has three light color bands .

d - These are five istinct black dots at the ventro lateral contact . There

- t are three dorso la eral black dots , the first at the neck region , the

- do e last one approximately above the first vento lateral t . Th re are

- w w lateral pouch like s ellings in the region , these s ollen regions are n cream colored a d splashed with light brown markings . The eyes d w w ri t are bronze flecked ith bro n . Extending poste orly a the ventro posterior margin of the eye is a black line . It reaches about half way

d fl eckin s to the ear . Ventrally the bo y is pale with g of brown . When the Specimen was placed in 70 per cent alcohol the whole body be came much lighter in color .

L E PI D O D AC T YL US W O O D F O R D II B oul enger

l n r o 4 B ou e e . . 1 887 . 33 . g , Proc . Zo l Soc , p

- 71 45 46 d ( D . 1 944 BYU Gua alcanal E Beck ) June ,

" 4- 2 - u D 44 725 7 92 93 d ( . 1 9 BYU G a alcanal E Beck ) August , 8894 d D 1 944 BYU Gua alcanal ( E . Beck ) September,

4 7 . Specimens are all small ; about mm total length , tail minus d “ in some Specimens . With istinct zigzag black cross bands on the web w su ral abial s grey color of the back ; digits without , t elve p , ten infral abial s; a faint black streak extending from the nostril through the eye to the neck . These Specimens were considered as immature forms of G ehyra oceanica by Captain Beck .

r d O f D . Walter C . Brown is making a careful stu y the Species of L epidodoctylu s and has recently informed me that he suspects

L r r lu ub is . wood o dii m . L . f may be a synony of g

- PSE UD O G E KKO SHEBAB Brown and T anner

a Nos -4 1 94 w T T h e a N . 9 3 8 Bro n anner, Gre t B sin aturalist , Vol , , , - 41 45 . 1 and 2 . pp . , figs 7002 u d ( h C h Ma 31 1 944 BYU , Type G a alcanal Jo n attin ) y , Specimen L ung a River Area ( D E . Beck )

This Species , represented by a unique specimen , is far removed d from the genotype area which is Batan Province , Luzon .Islan ,

Philippine Islands . It is also interesting to note that the genotype

r i or u d species comp es c p s is base on a single female specimen . The

Specimen has probably been destroyed since D r . Taylor deposited it N 29 1 95 1 NO . 71 D ec . , PACIFIC IS LA DS HERPETOLOGY v in the Philippine Bureau of Science collection in 1 9 1 5 Shebae differs from compresicorpus mainly in the number of su ral abial s 1 0 d 1 9 2 0 infral abial s 9 p , as compare to or , , as compared 1 6 the d d to , presence of enlarged chin shiel s , and the undivide con dition of the terminal lamella . Unfortunately , only one Specimen of d d this species was collecte . Captain Beck reporte that he thought this species was common around the camp . It may be easily con w f fused ith other species o gekkos in that area . The type specimen of shebae is deposited in the Herpetological Collections of the Brig ham Young University .

Family VARAN IDAE VARANUS INDIC US ( D aud in)

4 1 2 . D d . . 6 80 au in, Rept III , p ,

71 36 d n ( D . ) . 1 6 1 944 BYU Gua alca al E Beck June , This is the only representative of this family in the Solomon

Islands . The long snout with the nostril near the tip , the fairly large head and supraocular scales , the arrangement of the almost d w d square ab ominal scales in ro s , the strong limbs with long igits and w t w d sharp cla s , the compressed ail ith the dorsal scales keele are 9 1 5 the most noticeable characteristics of this species . The Size is

in length . Comments on the color and food of this specimen are taken from ’ “ Captain Beck s notes as follows : This animal which is black with a Speckled yellow pattern was found in a heavily wooded thicket w r d near the swampy region . The natives ere clea ing the woo ed w d spot when the lizard as seen . These lizar s are common but are swift in escape . When captured alive they make painful scratches w on the captor , with their claws , hich are long and sharp . This lizard is very much of an arboreal animal . d Checking the stomach , I foun the remains of the common d i land crab , bird feathers , and the tail of a stripe sk nk .

Family SCINCIDAE

C O RUC I A ZEBRATA Gray

. . L d . 1 885 . 21 8 l . 8 . Zool Soc on , p , p

ad ( h ) 30 1 944 Gu alcanal Ant ony Ross June , D Guad alcanal ( E . Beck )

( . h n) 30 1 944 J Jo nso June , ( E . Ramey ) w ( H . Ha kins ) Th e Great B asin Natur alist 2 - 7 . N N . 3 4 VASCO M TA ER Vol XI , Nos .

two- d d Rostral small , between the nostrils , thir s as wi e as high ,

and w d w frontonasal large , hard some hat polishe , as ide as high , wo 1 8 . t e su ral abial s mm ; large temporals ; ight p , the seventh as long nd infr l abial s a a 1 5 . as the fourth , fifth sixth ; seven , the fifth mm 71 2 0 the long on Specimen ; mental small , submental much larger ; eyelids scaly ; nostril in a single nasal which is in contact with the and rostral , first supralabial , anterior loreal frontonasal ; tympanum d w d 40 large ; bo y scales about t ice as large orsally as ventrally , d dd d d w d aroun the mi le of the bo y ; igits ell develope with large , and w 22 sharp claws , the fourth toe half as long as the leg ith lamel

and . lae ; tail long prehensile , total length of specimen No

1 67 31 8 . and . (255 355 ) mm . Specimen No ( ) mm

The life color of this species was observed by Captain Beck . “ The following has been extracted from his field notes : The color

' pattern i s dorsally a series of grey - green cross patches with dark brown scales Scattered through these areas . Narrower cross lines

— of blue grey separate the larger areas . In one Specimen these lines

- are pale yellow green . The larger areas are brownish green . This color arrangement also extends on the dorsal surface of the legs , tail d d d and feet . The orsal scales of the hea have a ten ency to be splashed

- - with yellow instead of blue , blue grey, or yellow green “ Ventrally the feet are a mustard yellow with the color ' ex ab tending out part way on the toes . The ventral part of the tail ,

- d d domen , and thorax is a grey blue as on the orsum of the bo y . There is an indistinct patterning of the ventral area proper by faint grey

- green lines . The scales of the chin are yellow green . “ The eyes are greenish with a black pupil . Captain Beck kept one of these Specimens in captivity for about “ d w two weeks . I find it is quite ocile in captivity . Only hen it has been molested has it given any signs of protecting itself . Upon being d teased it leans to one si e , backs away using its tail where ever it can e attach itself, then Op ns its powerful mouth . Standing high on its d d Short front legs , hol ing its mouth Open it is rea y to firmly bite onto any object getting close enough to be clamped on to . Closing the mouth it occasionally thrusts its Short stu bby pink colored non ” forked tongue out . This lizard which is endemic to the Solomon Islands feeds upon l eaves of trees at night and Sleeps in the cavities of the trees during two the day . The specimens before me are perfect ones .

Th e Great B asin Naturalist

74 - . N N 3 4 VASCO M TA ER Vol . XI , Nos .

- 7069 70 d c a ( D . u u 1 944 BYU Gua al an l E Beck ) A g st ,

7087 7089 d a . h BYU , Gua alcan l ( I Jo nson )

( H . Hawkins ) 71 09 -1 0 71 52 u d R imschiissel A 44 ( . e 1 9 BYU , G a alcanal E ) ugust , 7249 -5 0 725 mschiiss l A u 4 7 uad a ( . R ei e ) 1 9 4 BYU , G lcanal E ug st , 7305 2 889 ad a ( . ) 1 944 BYU , Gu lcanal D E Beck September,

Rostral one third wider than high ; snout pointed ; no supra nasals ; frontal elongate with a narrow contact with frontonasal ; nos tril in a Single nasal ; eyelid scaly ; ear opening large ; four supra

l i l ix infral abial s M su ra ab a s S . oculars ; Six p , ental scales large ; sub mental and three pairs of chin shields large ; lamellae 1 8 under the fourth toe ; body scales smooth twenty - two to twenty - three rows

dd 73 33 40 . around the body at the mi le . Length ( ) mm This is a

80 . small Species . The Specimens listed above are about 65 to mm in total length . The color of preserved Specimens is a dark brown ground color d d and with small white areas along the si es of the bo y , over the tail two less over the back . An irregular light band of about scales in due width along the sides . The white Spots are to the distal portion w d d of one to three scales being hite . The un ersi e is a cream to white and d in color on the throat , belly , portion of the un erside of the tail . i s w w w There , ho ever , some suffusion of bro n scales among the hite d ones onthe un erside of the fail .

L YGO SO MA ( L YGO SO MA ) SO L O MO NI S B oul enger

l n er . 2 0 0 1 . . L d . 334 1 887 B ou e g , Proc Soc on on, p ,

- 6976 6989 93 ad a ( D . ) 1 944 BYU , Gu alc nal E Beck May ,

- 701 4 7022 27 d a ( D . ) 1 944 BYU , Gua alc nal E Beck June , - - mschiiss l u 44 7067 8 7071 2 d a ( . R ei e ) 1 9 BYU , Gua lcanal E J ly ,

- - 7083 6 7095 6 ad ( . hn ) 1 944 BYU , Gu alcanal J Jo son August , w ( H . Ha kins )

71 5 1 725 1 7300 uad ( D . ) 1 944 BYU , , G alcanal E Beck August , R eimschii ss l ( E . e )

- - 7302 4 7307 8 d a ( . h ) 1 944 BYU , Gua alcan l J Jo nson August , w ( H . Ha kins )

7474 8895 d a a ( D . ) 1 945 BYU , Gua lcan l E Beck January,

w as d Rostral t ice wi e as high , in contact with the first supra internasal s labial , nasal and frontonasal ; not present ; prefrontals d and separate by the frontal , which is in contact with the first second supraocul ars ; parietals large and bordered by two to Six pairs of

w . nuchals . Lo er eyelid scaly Ear Opening large without lobules , su ral abial s infral abial s Six a and p seven , ; ment l large , submental three rows of chin shields ; twenty - Six to twenty - eight scale rows

" around the body ; Sixteen lamellae under the fourth toe ; legs and 75 2 9 1 95 1 N No . D ec . , PACIFIC ISLA DS HERPETOLOGY, v

1 1 3 49 64 . digits short . Length ( ) mm Color of live specimens according to Captain Beck ’ s notes is as “ follows : D ark brown with light brown speckling under surface d w d of bo y , light tan bet een fore legs and light rust for a Short istance ” behind the rear legs .

L YGO SO MA ( L YGO SO MA ) C O NC I NNAT UM B oul enger

887 . 1 . L d . 335 1 B oul en er . 2 0 0 . g , Proc Soc on on , p ,

- 944 6977 79 u d ( D . ) u 1 BYU , G a alcanal E Beck J ly, - R eimschiissel 7073 4 T enaru River area ( E . )

- 709 1 2 d ( . h ) 1 944 BYU , Gua alcanal I Jo nson September, 4 - 71 9 5 0 ( H . H awkins ) w ua 1 945 71 5 9 7298 u d a ( . ) BYU , , G a lcanal H Ha kins Jan ry, ( h 7466 I . Jo nson )

Rostral about twice as wide as high ; no supranasal ; frontanasal broader than high ; nostril in a single nasal ; four supraocul ars; six

- su ral abial s t o n infral abial s to seven p and Six seve , fifth supralabial and w larger entering the orbit ; ear opening oval and large , lo er

- two eye lid scaly ; body scales smooth , forty around the body at the

4th w - two - middle ; lamellae under toe , t enty to twenty four ; length 4 62 1 4 ( 82 ) mm .

Color a dark brown with zig - zag dark spots or blotches on the back ; sides with white spots in the brown ground color ; under surface light with some brown Spots on the tail ; black spots edged with white t m anium ul d between the y p and sho er , the dorsal scales with a me allic heen t sc . This Species is common under log s where the soil is moist , but not too wet .

L YGO SO MA ( L E I O L E PISMA ) ANO L IS ( B oul enger)

8 . B oul en er . . . t 5 . 1 61 1 83 g , Ann Mag Nat His , ( ) XII , p ,

mschii ssel 1 942 6964 7075 ad ( . R ei ) BYU , Gu alcanal E August ,

7252 7264 d a ( D . ) Au 1 944 BYU , Gua alcan l E Beck gust ,

7268 7765 d ( D . . F eb 1 945 BYU , Gua alcanal E Beck ) Jan d Rostral wi e and broad , nostril in one nasal scale ; frontonasal

“ su raocul ars large, prefrontals in contact , five p , large almost in contact

di . M on the me an line entum , submentum and three pairs of chin

i d d d — d sh el s large ; me ian orsal pair of scales large , thirty three aroun i dd d d d d the m le of the bo y ; igits with proximal lamellae expan e , w distal ones contracted , fourth toe ith seven to nine contracted and 1 0 3 5 mm fourteen to eighteen expanded lamellae ; length 8 ( 5 5 ) . d d Color black and si es light to cream , belly white , hea with some black Th e Great Basin Naturalist 7 - 6 . N N 3 4 VASCO M TA ER Vol . XI , Nos .

L YGO SO MA ( L E I O L E P I SMA ) NO C T UA L esson L “ ” Vo . 2 0 0 1 . 2 . 48 1 830 . esson y Coquille , p ,

7000 7009 7060 d ( D . u 1 944 BYU , , Gua alcanal E Beck ) J ne , T enaru River

7093 71 1 3 7294 d an ( . h 1 944 BYU , , Gua alc al I Jo nson ) July, 7667 7 67 8890 - 1 u d w A 8 a ( . ) u 1 944 BYU , , G alcanal H Ha kins ug st , 8893 d a R eimschii ssel t 1 944 BYU Gua alc nal ( E . ) Sep ,

Rostral twice as broad as high ; frontonasal and frontal in contact and two long ; supraocular four, large , the first in contact with the frontal ; nostril in one nasal scale ; seven supralabial s and six infra labials ; lower eye lid with transparent disc; ear Opening medium with out lobules ; mental and submental small ; twenty - four to twen

- w ty eight scales around the middle of the body . Eighteen to t enty

d toe ~ avera e two lamellae un er the fourth , g length of five specimens 83 3 ( 9 44 ) mm .

d and w Color, a orsal lateral white line bordered by dark bro n

rows of scales ; under surface white ; tail with some cross bars . There is some variation in these specimens especially in the head scales and d color . A large series from the Solomon Islands Shoul be carefully d d M d d d stu ie . The orotai and A miralty Islan s specimens are arker in color

E MO IA C YANURA ( L esson) d u d d ur L a C 2 0 0 1 . D , L esson , in uperry, Voyage antour Mon e oquille

1 30 . 2 t . 1 . 47 8 Vol p , p ,

- Ma 1 6 1 944 71 d a a ( D . ) BYU 6969 Gua lc nal E Beck y , - 44 6980 86 7003 u d a a ( D . ) e 2 , 1 9 BYU , G a lcan l E Beck Jun - 7043 45 7082 d a ( D . ) u , 1 944 BYU , Gua alcan l E Beck J ly - m c u 1 944 71 1 2 71 1 4 71 25 uad a a ( . R ei s hiissel ) A , BYU , G alc n l E gust - 44 71 31 725 5 725 8 60 uad ( . h ) A 1 9 BYU , , G alcanal J Jo nson ugust , w ( H . Ha kins ) 4 725 6 7301 7306 d ( . ) 1 9 4 BYU , , Gua alcanal D E Beck September,

Rostral twi ce as wide as high ; nostril between three small scales , the nasal supranasal and postnasal ; frontonasal in broad contact with d su raciliaries w the rostral , broa er than long ; four p ; lo er eyelid with w a transparent disk ; ear Opening oval , ith several Short anterior

l i l . lobules ; seven supral abial s; six infra ab a s; mental large Scale

w — 2 rows around the middle of the body t enty seven to thirty , 1 4 4 6 lamellae on the underside of the fourth d w toe are two kinds , the proximal ones are broa and smooth , hile d and d xi the distal ones are Slightly comprise sharp edge , the pro mal ones vary from Sixty - one to seventy - five and the distal ones from 77 2 1 95 1 N H E RP E T O L O C Y NO . e . 9 D c , PACIFIC IS LA DS , v

d six to seven in number . The average bo y and tail length is from

1 2 0 to 1 38 mm . The dorsal color is dark brown to black with three yellow to white stripes w Captain Beck , while searching for coconut shells hich con d d tained water where mosquitoes may be bree ing, foun several Shells w which contained lizard eggs . Some of these eggs ere placed in a

d . pill box and in two days , two eggs had hatche These lizards and some of the unhatched eggs and Shells were preserved . They are

72 5 5 . listed under No . One shell which is in perfect Shape , from d e which a lizard hatched and escaped from a hole 4 mm . in iam ter diamenter 7 . 1 1 . in the Side of the egg, is mm in length and mm in ; d two nd 7 . . one other shell is 1 4 mm . in length a mm in iameter The w d two d young lizards ere preserve ays after hatching , one of them

2 38 mm 5 8 22 36 . has a length of 5 9 ( 1 ) . and the other ( ) mm It would appear that the young lizards are about one half the adult length at the time of hatching .

and . E MO IA NIGRUM ( H . J ) 42 1 and ac uinot Vo . au S ud . . 1 8 . 1 . Hombron J q , y Pole Rept , p

D ~ M 44 6965 691 9 7001 d ( . ) a 1 9 BYU , , Gua alcanal E Beck y, h a ( J . C ttin ) - 7081 7094 7097 99 ad ( . h ) 1 944 BYU , , Gu alcanal I Jo nson August , w A 1 944 ( . H Ha kins ) ugust , 71 - 729 u d R m 44 71 00 06 8 5 ( . ei schiissel 1 9 BYU , , G a alcanal E ) July ,

7296 7766 888 8 d ( D . ) 1 944 BYU , , Gua alcanal E Beck September,

two- d d Rostral thir s as high as wi e , supranasal small ; nostril

w and su raocul ars bet een prenasal , postnasal , supranasal ; four p ; frontonasal in contact with the rostral ; prefrontals and frontal com bined length equal to length of frontopariental s and interpariental ; w lid six su ral abial s transparent disc in lo er eye ; to seven p , the fifth infral abial s one larger and beneath the eye ; six ; mental , submental

d . and first pair of chin shiel s about equal in length Scales smooth ,

- r - dorsals largest, thirty one to thi ty seven around the middle of the

- — ix body ; lamellae thirty one to thirty S on under surface of fourth toe . 236 8 7 1 49 Average length of eight specimens is ( ) mm . Color dark brown above and light pink to cream below in adul ts d w In young Specimens the back is gol en to light bro n in color . ’ “ The following is from Beck s notes ; Chattin and I caught these h Specimens in a coconut grove . T ey were first observed in a grassy area and then caught as they tried to escape under scales of a coco ” w was nut tree hich in the process of decay . Th e Great B as in Naturalist 78 N N - . 3 4 VASCO M TA ER Vol . XI , Nos .

CHECK LIST OF SOLOMON ISLAND S AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES Synoptic studies of the amphibians and reptiles of the Solomon

d Boul en er 1 884 - 90 1 92 1 Islands have been ma e by g , ; Barbour, ; King 1 92 8 1 932 and d 932 d 1 . horn , ; Burt , ; Schmi t , Asi e from the above d and d are many recent , scattere comments escriptions of species of d d the fauna of this archipelago . In making this stu y , I have foun w d w that the follo ing list has been of great help . It is presente ith no w claim to completeness , but ith the hope that it may be of some value to future students of the amphibians and reptiles of this area

AMPHIBIA

Family B U FONIDAE

GENUS and SPECIES L O CAL IT Y ISL AND S

O L . R e . 1 768 BUF aurenti , Syn p ,

p . 25 L “ d 1 . MARINUS ( innaeus ) Gua alcanal

Family HYLIDAE

1 68 L L . . 7 HY A aurenti , Syn Rept ,

p . 32 A R E I u d a u 2 . T H E S U NS S Peters G a alcan l , Mono , Bo gainville , r B l r F w u mac o . Ne p g auro , Isabel , Georgia , R ssell , l lutea B r. u a a. g T lagi , M lait solomonis Vogt

P AL MATO RAP P I A Ahl , S . B . G es rf Natu . Fr .

n . 1 1 3 1 927 Berli , p , SO L O MO NI S d u a 3 . ( Sternfel ) B k

Family RAN IDAE

C E RAT O B AT RAC H US B oul eng er L d 2 0 0 1 . . Proc . Soc on on ,

1 2 4. p . 2 , 1 88

4 UE NT H E RI B l r. uad a a u F d . G g G alc n l , R ssell , lori a , Bou ainvil l e h u Kul amb an ara g , C oise l , g , o R onon o h d a Mon , g , S ortlan , Vell

L avella .

C O RNUF E R T sch udi Mem. . , Soc

Nat . N h Sc . euc atel , II , 1 p . 28 , 839 . A D a C h R on n UG AT U r . o o 5 . C O RR S . u n Boug inville , oiseul , g , Mono . 2 9 1 9 5 1 N NO . 79 D e . c , PACIFIC ISLA DS HERPETOLOGY, v

w NE C KE R I and . 6 . Bro n Myers Bougainville

7 UPPYI B l r. F d d . . G ( ) g lori a , Gua alcanal , Isabel

A L . . 1 0 E d . R NA innaeus , Syst Nat 2 1 0 1 75 p . , 8 . A NO VAE BRIT AN 8 . P PUA AB d a NI Werner Gua alcanal , Boug inville

KRE F F T I B l r. . 9 . g Mono , Bougainville

D ISC O D E L E S B oul en er . g , Ann

Nat . 9 . ( ) Mag Hist I ,

1 . p . 238 , 1 9 8 i F NI F O RMI S B l r. u u h u 1 0 . B UF O g Bo ga nville , a ro , C oise l , Mono ,

o isthod on B l r. d R onon o . p g Ren ova , g

C . d T u 1 1 . G UPP YI Bl r. F d . B ou ain g i e W Isabel , Flori a , reas ry , g K mb an ar w ul a a . Bro n, manuscript ville , g

PL AT YMANT I S un h C at . G t er , Batr M 1 5 us . 90 93 8 8 Sal . Brit . , ,

L M I B l r . S O O N . 1 2 . O S g Isabel AP E N IS T u d an 1 3 . P U S WEBERI lagi , Gua alc al Schmid t 4 MYE R SI w u 1 . Bro n Bo gainville

H YPS IRANA h . Aus King orn, Rec

Mu . 1 30 . s V tral . X I , p ,

1 928 . A 1 . H E F F E RN NI h s 5 King orn I abel .

R A YL D E B ul n r B AT C H O S o e ge , 2 1 . 0 0 . L d Proc Soc . on on,

p . 337 , 1 887 .

1 6 . T L B l r F d a VER EBRA IS g Russell , lori a , Is bel ch aperina friedemcz z Stern fel d

REPTILIA Squamata Serpentes Family TYPHLOPIDAE

L O h d . h . TYPH PS Sc nei er, Hist Amp ,

339 1 801 . II , p . , Al u AL E N I S B l r. 1 7 . U S ul g , San Cristobal , Isabel , T agi ,

T . hilococos W u d R onon o p erner G a alcanal , Malaita , g

1 8 . u d BECKI Tanner G a alcanal . L A N 1 9 . O I V C E US RE D U C US C d San ristobal , Gua alcanal Barbour MIN I I MAN E 20 . C U G SU T U a S S n Cristobal . Barbour AL AB A 2 1 . I NF R I L IS d . Waite Malaita , Gua alcanal AM 22 . AD SI T anner G uad alcanal . New 2 3 . BERGI Peters Georgia . M NIS u S O L O O . 24 . Parker Bo gainville Th e Great Basin Naturali st N N 3- 4 . T 80 . . VASCO M A ER Vol XI , Nos

Family BOIDAE

YG RUS h . . E N Wagler, Syst Amp p

1 66 , 1 830 . N T h d d a 25 . C ARI A US Sc nei er Santa Ana , San Cristobal , Gua l canaL

AL Montrouz ier an a . 26 . AUSTR IS ( ) San Cristobal , S t Ana nd m d B I B RO NI I . a . . 27 . H J Solo on Islan s h 28 . ASPER ( Gunt er) Bougainville ’ E re lophzs asper Gunther

Family COLU B RIDAE

C H E RSYD RUS . . Cuvier , Reg Anim 75 1 81 7 II , p . ,

NUL AT US h d . 29 . G RA Sc nei er Malaita , Isabel

O Ste ne er . . B IGA j g , Proc Biol Soc

V . 1 1 902 . h . 5 Was X , p ,

30 . I RRE G UL ARI S ( d a d a Merrem) Bougainville, Flori , Gua alc nal , C oluber irre ularis R onon o Narovo g Isabel , Mono , g , , m B d Merre en ovo . D ipsad amorphius irreg ular

is B lg r. B oig a irreg ul aris Stejneger

A B h Nat AH AE T UL L L esc r. ink , mml S a . 78 Rostock , ,

1 807 .

31 . C AL L I G AST E R ( h ) ad a a u Gunt er Gu lcan l , Ugi , Bo gainville , D end ro his cal li aster C h d S an p g oiseul , Fauro , Flori a , Gizo, h C R d a Gunt er ristobal , en ov ’ D n r h al m e d op is s o oms Malaita . h Gunt er .

MIC RO PE C H IS B oul en er g , Brit

Mus . Cat . Snakes , III , 4 p . 3 7 , 1 896 . 2 E L APO I D E B oul en er F d a 3 . S ( g ) lori H oplocephalus el apoid es

Blgr.

O . . DENIS NIA Krefft , Proc Zool d 69 L . 321 1 8 Soc . on on, p , B l ad 33 . r PAR ( g ) Gu alcanal , Isabel , Faro H oplocephalus par B lg r H oplocephalus mel anurus

Bl gr. ’ D enisoma mel anurus B lg r New 4 W O O D F O RD I I B l r. d 3 . ( a g ) Georgia , Ren ov H oplocephalus woodfor' dm

Blgr. ’ D enisoma woodfordu B lg r

L AT IC AUD A L . aurenti , Syn Rept 1 76 p . 1 09 , 8 . N h d a 35 . O L a ad C UBRI A Sc nei er Boug inville , Buka , Is bel , Gu al ’

H d rus colubrznus h . y canal , San Cristobal , C oiseul

Th e Great Bas in Natura li st

82 - . N N 3 . 4 VASCO M TA ER Vol XI , Nos .

LE PI D O D AC T YL US F itz in en . g , Syst

. 98 1 843 . Rept p . , L UB I D 4 . UG R S um. and B ib r. ua l n 6 ( ) G d a ca al .

47 . G UP P YI B l r. u d a a h t g G a alc n l , Faro , Isabel , W i ney 4 WO O D F O RD I I B l r 8 . . F u d g aro , G a alcanal

- 4 O L . . . 3 GEKK aurenti , Syn Rept p ,

1 768 .

4 VIT AT US H outtu n u d a a B 9 . T ou ain y G a alcan l , Sant Ana , g N ew . ville , Ugi , Georgia

P SE UD O G E KKO T a B ur. . ylor, Sci 922 No. 1 7 1 03 1 u . P bl , p . , H E B AE w and T ad a a 5 0 . S Bro n anner Gu lcan l

Family VARANIDAE

AN m T . . VAR US Merre , ent Syst 0 5 1 82 . h . . 8 Amp p ,

ND C ( D d ) ad . 5 1 . I I US au in Gu alcanal T upinambus indicus D aud in

Family SCIN CIDAE

O UC I A . . C R Gray, Proc Zool Soc

7 1 885 . L nd n . 21 o o , p , a uad Ana 5 2 . T a . ZEBRA A Gr y G alcanal , Ugi , Sant , Isabel

TR I B O L O NO T US D umeril and Bib E r V 346 ron, p . Gen . , p . ,

1 839 . P O NC E L E T I h a d 53 . King orn Solomon Isl n s

D I P RUS u Verh . Naturf PE O Ro x , 9 41 . 1 2 Ges . Basel , , p ,

1 930 .

4 B L ANC H AR D I ( u ) C h u . 5 . B rt oise l T ribolonotus bl anch ard i Burt MID T I u a u d 5 5 . SC H ( ) B rt Be gle , G a alcanal , Bougainville T ribol onotus schmid ti B urt

D A a Ann. Nat . t ASI Gr y, His , II , 1 p . 33 , 1 839 . MA A D P 5 6 . S R G I NUM E RVIRI a New Is bel , Georgia , Malaita , D I S u d a Barbour G a lcanal , Bougainville .

R I O PA Ann. Nat . s . Gray, Hi t II ,

2 1 39 . p . 33 , 8 A A un u 5 7 . AL B O F ASC I O L T ( G th d G a alcanal , Faro , Malaita , er ) San C ri stobal ' L yg osoma s triato- fascz atum

O gilby.

L O O dw and YG S MA Har ick Gray,

u . Zool . Jo rn III ,

p . 228 , 1 85 7 . 83 D 2 9 1 95 1 N N O . e . c , PACIFIC ISLA DS HERPETOLOGY, v

MO R PHUS ad . ( S PH E NO ) Isabel , Gu alcanal C R ANE I Schmid t R PH US Kul amb an ara d ( S P H E NO MO ) g , Gua alcanal B I G NE L L I Schmid t

( S PH E NO MO RPH US ) Bougainville . T AYL O R I Burt

L O O A a ad . ( YG S M ) M laita , Faro , Isabel , Gu alcanal

S O L O MO NIS B l gr.

L Y C a . ( GO SO MA ) San ristob l , Ugi , Faro W O O D F O RD I B lg r L O O d F New ( YG S MA ) Gua alcanal , aro , Georgia ,

N NA a T . C O . CIN TUM Blgr Mal ita , ulagi , Isabel r l S phenomo phus concinnatum B g r. L yg osoma ( O tosaurus ) wolfi Sternfeld ( L E I O L E PI SMA O L u d Ana h d ) AN IS G a alcanal , Santa , S ortlan ,

( B l r. ) a C u g Sant r z , Malaita , San Cristobal , ‘ i ima anoli B l r L s . . p g Ugi , Treasury L m yg oso a anolis B l g r. ’ L eiole isma anol zs B l r p g . L E I L w O E PISMA O T u d a Ne . ) N C UA G a alcan l , Georgia Lesson

E MO IA C at . L a d . Gray, iz r s Coll 4 Mus . . 95 5 . 1 8 . Brit , p ,

66 . C YANO G A ST E R ( L u d a C esson ) G a alcan l , San ristobal , Santa S cincus c ano as ter L es Ana y g , Ugi , Isabel , Buki son L yg osoma cyanog aster

B l g r.

67 . ( L u d CYANURA esson ) G a alcanal , Ugi , San Cristobal , a M laita . I G RUM H ombrom and d New N Gua alcanal , Georgia , Ugi , J acquI not San C ristobal i er and E umeces n g H . J

L yg osoma nig rum B l gr. MANNI Brown San Cristobal WH IT NE YI Burt Shortland

F L AVI G UL AR I S Schmidt Isabel . WE R NE RI ( Vogt ) KUl amb ang ara L yg osoma C yanurum Vogt ’ I/yg osoma W ernem T riviale S ch uz SANF O RD I Schmidt F auro

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1 949 n C or ufe . A New Frog of the Ge us n r from the Solomon I d a slands , with Notes On the En emic N ture of the Fijian

- Mu . 1 4 1 . s . . 8 . 1 1 0 Frog Fauna Am . Novit No , pp M n . . Brow , Walter C and Tanner, Vasco

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of a New Species From the Solomon Islands . Great Ba

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and Reptiles Amphibians From Bougainville , Solomon Is ’

d M hi . us . d st . . . lan s . Bull . Roy Nat de Belgique Vol XV

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M 0 - 5 8 . 1 6 . ichigan No . , pp

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di rh ndl . . Ve a d N urf . e au s. . at pores p , Ges Basel , XLI , pp

2 9 - 1 1 35 . Pl . .III . 1 34 9 . Contribution A La Connaissance de la Faune Erpel oto i u l erh n l g q e des I es Salomon . V a a ugen der Naturforsch d G esell schoft XLX en en in Basel , Vol .

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9 . d Mu s . . . . . Fiel Nat Hist Zool Series , Vol XVIII ( ) pp

1 75 - 1 90

R The Templeton Crocker Expedition to Western Poly 33 1 5 . nesian and M 1 9 . . elanesian Islands , No Notes on Reptiles and Amphibians with the description ' of a

d . 4 . . . . new species of Sea Snake Proc Calif Aca , Sci ( )

1 3- 1 2 1 . 8 88 Vol . , pp

d Sternfel , Robert

Pa u asiens der In 1 92 1 . Zur Tiergeographie p und pazifischen

36 . f . h n l nckenb . Natur . Ab a d . Se selwelt. Ges Vol , pp

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New Species of Typhlops . Great Basin Nat . Vol . IX , pp .

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23 A d - 1 9 . I The mphibia of the n o Australian Archipelago , Lei den

Waite, E . R . p

1 905 . An Addition to the Lacertilian Fauna of the Solomon

1 3 - 1 6 u . . . Mu s. . Islands Rec A stralian Vol VI , pp 1 1 D d 9 8 . escription of a Blin Snake from the Solomon Islands

- Mu . 3 3 . s . 5 8 . Rec South Australian , I , pp NEW COUNTY RECORD S OF SALIENTIA AND A SUMMARY OF KNOWN D ISTRIBUTION OF CAUD ATA IN OKLAHOMA

1 T . D AR HUR N BRAGG AND W . F . HU SO N

For several years one of us has traveled over eastern Oklahoma w D ith the purpose of surveying the amphibian fauna . uring the S 1 95 1 pring of , the other took several trips to parts of this region as well as to portions of western and southwestern Oklahoma with d the object of filling gaps in the recor s of the earlier work . We here pool our collections which seem to represent new county records of Salientia and take the opportunity to summarize the known county d new d distribution of Cau ata whether based on recor s or not . We do this to get the many scattered records in the literature all in one place .

SALIENTIA h natus S a . and B ufo c og y Taken in Roger Mills , Pontotoc , Jo nston “ ” w h a in d u . th e t o s d C o nties In last , it been expecte prairie islan s for some time but these s pecimens are th e first reported from h eit er . B ra z h d t B terrestris charlesmithi gg . Was ington County ( a ults a

taken ) ; heard calling in Noble C ounty. a d d Microhyl a carolinensis olivacea H llowell . A ults collecte in Jack son h and h C a h n , Jo nson, Step ens ounties , e c co firming a former 3 d . A h d C calling recor lso ear calling in otton County .

eud acris ol arki d . h C n P s Bair Taken in Step ens ounty , co firming a calling record ; heard calling in Grady and Cotton C ounties ’ h h and . h P s streck en Wrig t Wrig t Step ens County.

’

triserzata ( d ) . h C : h th e d P S . Wie Step ens ounty t ese are first a ults O h taken so far west in kla oma .

hal a . d m h R ana. brachycep Cope A ults fro Step ens C ounty confirm d earlier sight and calling recor s . d u u R ana catesbeiana Sh aw. A lts taken in Jefferson Co nty confirm ing sight record s and in Choctaw County L C h w C u R ana cl amitans atr . octa o nty

S pea bombifrons Cope . d h and d A ults taken in Step ens Noble Counties , ta poles in Jefferson C ounty.

CAUD ATA

1 Amb stoma annul atum . d n . y Cope A air Cou ty

m 1 Su o t b th e t . of oo . th e k a o a o . Su . and th e Uni s t Mus um pp r ed y Dep Z l , O l h Bi l rv ver i y e ,

Un s t of k a oma No man. iver i y O l h , r

2 a th e one o te o m as B. t . amer canu Holb In a a This to d is rep r d f r erly i s . sep rate paper in s un th a o nam it is be g de cribed der e b ve e .

8 For one of t s we t ank Mr . Loui s ouc a wh o co ct a n he e h B h rd lle ed si gle specimen. Th e Great Basin Natur ali st

- B A A D w . N . . N . U . 3 4 A N R GG F H DSO Vol XI , Nos .

A l a tum h w h h D w L a F . a u w m c . C S a C erokee , octa , ela are , lore , Mc Curtain and Pushmatah a counties certainly h ave local populations . th It is consid ered probable in many other counties of e st ate . A O r n T h s s is m l ow h a . ocum G ave h . p ( ) i pecies very co mon in , e vily w d d a C h w L a oo e areas , es pecially near streams at le st in octa , ti C u a and u h a h a u mer, Mc rt in P s m ta co nties A l o H l b L and McC urtain ta i dium o . d . p ( ) Reporte in atimer counties w h m but e h ave not personally collected it in O kla o a . A h h d r u d n m texanum . T s . Matt es i salaman er is ve y ab n a t fro east h w the central O kla oma eastward . It is kno n s pecifically from fol w m own A d C h aw lo ing counties , mostly fro our collections ; air, oct , C d C h C C a O aw levelan , erokee , Atoka , otton , raig , H skell , sage , P nee , w O h T Payne , Potta atomie , kfuskee , Hug es , ulsa , Rogers , Mayes , W s u h h L e F agoner , Mu kogee , Seq oya , Mc Intos , Pittsburg , lore , P ushmath a and M u o C rtain . ’ A : ti mnu r r d T h i s th e n ama d w g m mo vo tium Bair . is o ly sal n er kno n th e w h u d th e on estern plains of O kla oma . It is very ab n ant over w h a th e wh d d h and estern lf of state ere it bree s in itc es , tanks , d um L metamor playas uring s pring and s mer rains . arvae often phose in July following a S pring breed ing period but in some places th th e um h some of e larvae are neotenic . In gyps ill country of w O h t e a h m d w h estern kla oma , h larv e are often lig t crea colore it - d nd d s O ah h a black fringe tail a gol en gill bar . In central kl oma t ey O n th e are more ften a mottled green a d quite d ark . In same gypsum w d mbi ron and ham d S ea bo s S . aters , ta poles of s pa efoots ( p f mondii h w a a h as ) S o a simil r vari tion in color . It not been fully established as to why th e color i s so consistantl y ligh t in some w T h e u aters . presence of gyps m is a sus pected c ause b ut may be d only coinci ental . T he u s w th e w : C s b pecies is kno n in follo ing counties imarron , T e a dw d C exas , B aver, H rper, Woo ar , Ellis , Roger Mills , uster , h d w a dd C ma h Beck am , Greer, Harmon , Kio a , Tillm n, Ca o , om nc e ,

C h u C d O h m wa . otton , Step ens , M rray, levelan , kla o a , Potta tomie and O Kay , sage . m’ n A . r tig um tig inum Green .

: Even though s upposed ly present through out eastern . O klah oma

( h n w us O h . Bis op, only one s pecimen is k o n to from kla oma h was u h u h T is taken in a forest of so t ern pine just so t of Tom , Mc C urtain county in th e very north ern ed ge of th e Austrori parian life zone of Blair w in Me u Amphiuma means trid actylum Cuvier . Kno n C rtain coun d F or t m . y, at present fro a single s pecimen only , recently reporte d s h v d d h a several years , stories of local resi ent a e in icate t t it is B hw quite common from Broken ow sout ard . D esmo nathus uscus briml e orum . w the L e g f y Stej Kno n in Flore , h ah and u n h Pus mat a , Mc C rtai counties along rocky streams in illy u co ntry . E ur e r r n h L d a yc a g iseog aste Moore a d Hug es . ocally abun ant bout and intermittant d h D a small streams s prings in A air , C erokee , el w and h . two a h are , Sequoya counties In regions , loc l areas ave been watched th rough th e month s of F ebruary th rough July in an h th d u attempt to learn somet ing of e bree ing activities . Yo ng larvae h ave been found from F ebruary through June and older ones from u h mid June into early J ly . From t is it seems likely th at ind ividuals d iffer in their time of breeding and th at most eggs are laid in fall w . h u A ecul arit the or early inter Eggs ave never been fo nd . p y of very young larvae is their h abit of lying on led ges over wh ich w h d h w w and wh d d ater one to four inc es in ept flo s Slo ly , en isturbe ,

Th e Great B asin Naturalist 3— w . U N . 4 BR . . 90 A . N . AGG AND F H DSO Vol XI , Nos

and h h ties ; very recently reported from T uls a county . Eggs atc ing l arvae h ave been collected in M ay and breed ing ad ults h ave been

A and . T h u d taken in pril , May , June is s ggests a bree ing season of

. h m h nd wh several mont s . Since several fe ales ave been fou ile d b m b two at ) clas pe y males ( usually by one , someti es y once it seems likely th e breed ing pattern is similar to th at of th e eastern m ( h for Bis op, r h L d Typhot iton nereus Bis op. arvae are very abun ant in s pring and a O w aw and d a runs gr velly streams in tta a , Mayes , Del are , A ir a d d ua wh h counties . Very l rge larviform in ivi ls ic are sometimes m d d o neote . foun suggest , but not prove , y L d n and T s el aeus . . p Stej arvae are abun a t in s prings in streams w C h an A m O d d . issuing fro caves in tta a , Mayes , erokee, air counties d h ad v O h to 1 95 1 h u h A ults ne er been taken in kla oma prior , alt o g we h d ave visite caves several times in search of them . Blair ( 1 95 1 ) h as just reported adults from a cave h abit at in Delaware county

LITERATURE CITED

1 943 . a Bishop , Sherman C . H ndbook of Salamanders ; Comstock I hi New . C o . t ca Publ , , York 1 95 1 S . . . . 1 95 1 Blair, A P Note on Oklahoma alamanders Copeia

1 78 . D 1 947 undee , Harold A . . Notes on Salamanders collected in Okla 1 947 1 1 - 1 20 7 . homa . Copeia d 1 9 1 n 5 . Pope , Clifford a Sarah Pope , A study of the salamander, Pleth don ouachizae and ul o the description of an allied form . B l - 1 52 Chicago Acad . Sci . . TWO NEW ANTS FROM WESTERN NEVADA

(Hymenoptera , Formicidae)

T MARIO N R . SMI H Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Agricultural Research Administration United States Department of Agriculture

Since the ant fauna of Nevada is virtually unknown the two new Species described herein are of more than ordinary interest .

D r Both were sent me by . Ira La Rivers of the University of Nevada who collected them in the general region of Pyramid Lake , Washoe d M rme u . Co nty, Neva a One is a very distinct form of honey ant ( y cocystus) which I have named pyramicus because of the pyramid in um Ver like structure of the ep ot . The other is a harvesting ant ( omessor er andei M ) which , though related to p g ( ayr ) , is definitely has lariversi its different . This new form been named in honor of

M rmecoc stus ramicus d d collector . Illustrations of y y py are inclu e

MYRME C O C YST US P YR AMIC US new SMITH , species

s . 1 2 ( Fig , ,

— WORKER Length mm .

M 8 - d andible toothe , the largest of the teeth being the first , d r mer icanus secon , fou th , sixth and last . Compound eye as in the

: tu i group Large , pro berant , and w th many facets , placed very close a roxi to the posterior corner of the head , its greatest diameter pp mately one and one - half times the length of the first funicular seg ment . Ocelli extremely small . In profile , the pronotum and much and of the mesonotum rather evenly strongly convex , the posterior fourth to the posterior third of the mesonotum distinctly impressed ; base of epinotum Sharply ascending from meso - epinotal suture to i r e inotum meet the flat, decl vous su face of the p in a rather broad , “ ” bluntly rounded angle or pyramid - like structur e ; declivous sur

r . face approximately tvvi ce the length of the basal su face In profile, e inotal the petiole high (higher than the p spiracle) , with a weakly r convex anterior surface and a flat posterior su face , the two surfaces anterO osteriorl meeting above to form a strongly compressed ( p y) , sharp superior border ; viewed posteriorly the petiole with dorsally converging Sides and the superior border with a distinct emargina tion . D orsal and anterior surface of head and mandibles bearing a u n mber of long, erect hairs , those on the anterior border of the cly r peus unu sually long . Lower su face of head with ammochaetae and Th e Great B asin Naturalist

- . 3 4 92 . . MARION R SMITH Vol XI , Nos

d lower surface of mandible with long hairs . Thorax almost estitute of erect hairs except for a small number (usually about six ) on the n pronotum a d a smaller number on the mesonotum . Petiole also practically devoid of hairs , occasionally an erect hair or two on the superior border . Coxa with erect hairs ; erect hairs also on the flexor

and . surfaces of the femur, tibia tarsus Posterior border of each of m the gastric seg ents with a row of hairs ; also a number of short, c Sparse, erect hairs elsewhere on the gastri segments ; apex and w and Pu ventral surface of gaster ith longer more numerous hairs . bescence d o Sparse, fine, closely appresse , not obscuring the gr und surface , thickest and most apparent of the gaster .

Body usually subopaque in general appearance , but in some lights certain parts are shining, this being especially true of the d dorsal surface of the hea . Color a sordid light or yellowish brown with the thorax and antennae lighter than the head and gaster

s . 1 2 3 ( Fig , , ) w M rmecoc stus ramicus new . . 1 . y y py , Species Fig Profile of orker

3 A v1 ew h d . 2 . . . Fig . Posterior view of petiole Fig nterior of ea u b ( Ill strations y Miss Add ie Egbert . )

Th e Great Bas in Naturali st 94 - N R . 3 4 MARIO SMITH Vol . XI , Nos .

The shape of the epinotum readily distinguishes it from any other d as form , but to supplement this there are other goo characters , such d and color, pilosity, dentition of the man ibles , size placement of the eyes , and shape of the petiole . Apparently pyramicus is a nocturnal ant which lives in very d d i ari regions . Its foo s most likely honeydew and the flesh of small arthropods . No repletes are yet known

VE RO ME SSO R L AR I VE RS I T new SMI H , Species

VVO R K E R— 5 Length mm . d m d w w Hea , exclusive of the an ibles , subrectangular, ith a eakly

d 1 2 - d convex , almost straight posterior bor er . Antenna segmente ; d d scape slender, curve at base , enlarge apically , the apex clearly surpassing the posterior border of the head ; base of the scape lacking a lobe or other enlargement as in some Species of Veromessor; funic

d — ulus enlarge apically but not forming a clearly defined club . Eye d large , convex , strongly protuberant , place approximatelyits great d d w est iameter from the base of the man ible , ithout the sharp antero

er andei . d ventral angle of p g Clypeus convex , lacking the me ian

“ d r nd M e a ei . d tooth on the anterior bor er as in p g an ible large , sub a and triangular, with two large apic l five or Six somewhat less dis

o a romesonotum . tinct teeth . Th r x , in profile , with a strongly convex p Approximately the posterior half of the mesonotum with a distinct

M - e inotal impression which is clearly longer than deep . eso p con ri E inotal st ction well defined . p spine subtriangular , short , acutely pointed , much less than half the length of the basal surface of the d d e inotum . an p Legs rather long slen er , without noticeably incras

sated femora and tibiae . The distinctly concave anterior surface of the petiolar node meeting the posterior surface of the node in a blun t ly rounded angle ; antero ventral surface of the petiole with a very P w d w d . poorly efined , vestigial tooth etiole vie e anteriorly some hat Post etiol e d violin shaped . p , from above , subcampanulate , broa est

posteriorly . Gaster, viewed dorsally , oval , without apparent humeral

angles .

t ru ulae . Frontal region of head with fine , longi udinal striae or g

ru ul ae Cheeks with coarse , longitudinal g , those around the antennal r foveae more or less concentric . Remainder of head with an obscu e ,

r nin d delicate shag ee g. Punctures on hea sparser and less visible

r ru ul ae than in pe gandei . Pronotum with transverse g in addition

reenin M d e inotum ul to the shag g. esopleuron and si e of p rug ose 2 9 1 95 1 T wo N E W T N N 95 Dec. , AN S FROM WESTER EVADA

ost etiol e . punctate . Petiole and p p delicately shagreened Ventral surface of each side of head and also ventral side of

r each mandible with remarkably long ammochaetae as in pe gandei .

w row d D d . Anterior bor er of clypeus ith a of long , curve hairs orsal surface of body with rather numerous , erect , yellowish hairs of variable length , many of these unusually long . Hairs on antennal

w d . scape short , some hat appresse

ost etiol e w Head , thorax , petiole and p p bro n , gaster darker ; eyes and mandibular teeth black .

: d D M d M TYPE LOCALITY Neva a ominion ine , Pyrami ining D M w istrict , ullen Gap ( five miles est of Pyramid Lake ) , Washoe M 8 95 1 d o a 1 . C unty , Nevada , y , , nesting in san , Ira La Rivers 38 D escribed from a holotype and paratype workers . The holo type and 2 5 paratypes have been placed in the collection of the

M u d . . M 2 . 65 66 United States National use m un er U S N . No . . The

d D r u . remaining paratypes have been ret rne to La Rivers . n Paratypes vary in size a d color . The range in length i s from

to mm . The color of some specimens , especially of the small w w w w est orkers ( hich may be callo s ) , is light bro n . A small infus cated spot is present on the vertex of some individuals and absent on the vertex of others .

This new form has been careful ly compared with types of all

Verome or other North American ss . In the Wheeler and Creighton 3 1 9 4 . d Veromessor . . key to ( , Proc Amer Aca Arts and Sci . it keys to couplet three and in Creighton ’ s North American Ants I . n page 1 5 8 ) it keys to couplet two . each case the couplet ih

r ndei and st dd rdi r e a o a V . l v r e d . a i e si lu es the same forms , p g is more

er andei Veromessor closely related to p g than to any other of our . It differs especially from that species in the more convex and protuber

w - er andei ant eye ( hich lacks the distinct antero ventral angle of p g ) , the absence of a tooth - like process on the middle of the anterior bor der of the clypeus , the longer and more slender antennal scape (the scape of pergandei fails to attain the posterior border of the head in some individuals and does not surpass it in others ) , the coarser sculp

d w er andei and ture , ifferent color ( piceous bro n to jet black in p g

and i l e ost et o . the longer more slender, subcampanulate p p

Although little is known about the biology of lariversi it is as

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this new form will also be found capable of living in very arid areas d of high temperature No doubt it too feeds largely on seeds . Besi es lariversi andrei M is Veromessor , ( ayr ) the only other that has been reported from Nevada

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ADULTS 1 Prothorax with a d istinct thin lateral margin ( G al erucinae ) ( Galerucell a ) Prothorax with out a thin lateral margin ( D onacnnae ) 2 2 T d a d h h a u . arsi il te , s pongy beneat ; fift t rsal segment s bequal h e h th e se d and h d m h to , or s ort r t an , con t ir seg ents toget er D O NAC IA

— d d — w th e h a a Tarsi not ilate narro , glabrous ; fift t rs l seg ment d istinctly longer th an the second and third together ( H aemonia )

LARVAE D um h h d a m w h u a 1 . ors of eig t ab omin l seg ent it o t a p ir of long s pines ; abd ominal prolegs present ( G al erucinae ) ( Galerucella ) D orsum of eigh th abd ominal segment with a pair of pointed s pines ; abd ominal prolegs wanting ( D onaciinae ) h and s th d a h w h d u 2 . Sixt even ab omin l tergites eac it a o ble row of setae of th e s ame length as those found on the other tergites ; th e supraspi racul ar setae always present D O NAC IA Sixth and seventh abd ominal tergites each with a d ouble row s wh h w as h of etae , most of ic are t ice as long t ose on th e oth er tergites ; th e supraspiracul ar setae wanting ( H aemoni a)

G A L E R U C I NAE

( G alerucel la h 1 873 Crotc , )

n m haeae " 1 75 8 G . y p ( Linn ) is the only aquatic member known ’ N m haea aa vena and d d . to me , bree ing on y p is holarctic in istribution d The larvae feed on the leaf epi ermis .

D O NA C I I N AE D O NAC IA 1 775 Fabricius ,

’ Our Species may be distinguished by Schaeffer s 1 92 5 key ; wi th modifications by Mead u a a u 1 . Elytral sut ral margin sinu te ne r apex ; oc lar orbits ab sent ; first ventral segment of abd omen generally about as long as th e three s ucceed ing segments ( S ubgenus P lateumaris ) — Elytral sutural margin straigh t to apex ; ocul ar orbits dis tinc t ; first ventral abd ominal segment about as long or sligh tly longer th an th e four s ucceed ing segments ( Sub genus D onacia) H ind f emora u a w h d a - - 2 . niformly met llic it a mo er te to large h ( emar inata 1 837 toot g Kirby, ) H ind f emora d red h bicolore or entirely , toot variable in size 3 H ind f emora] h d a - - a 3 . toot mo er te to l rge in size g ermari H indf emora] tooth very small or absent

- 4 . d in h a Prosternal si epieces finely rugose , at least anterior lf posteriorly more - or-less d istinctly finely strigate -rugose ’ pusz l la pyritosa 29 1 9 5 1 C E RA M B Y C O I D - U C O L E O P T R I A 99 D ec . , SEMI AQ ATIC

Prosternal sid epieces relatively coarsely strigate , at least posteriorly anteriorly often strig ate - rugose but then never finely so s vermicu Elytra lacking transverse , coarse rugae , interval late rugose ( prothorax finely rugulose with mod erately vermic ula ta h a 1 925 ) large punctures ) ( Sc effer , d s u Elytra with more or less istinct coar e r gae , intervals u u 6 p nctate , not vermiculate r gose h u u Prothorax appearing longer t an us al , very finely r gose a w h W h u d o or strig te rugose , it or it o t mo erately large pun t ures ; lateral tubercle rather elongate ; antennal segments lon icol lis h a 1 925 ) 4 1 1 elongate ( g Sc effer , h u u h h and Prot orax as s al , rat er S ort less finely strigate w h a u u a u s rugose , it large to sm ll p nct res , l teral t bercle not elongate ; antennal segments Sh orter and nearly as in pusil la h m 2 - 3 m u su u rat er stout , seg ents s all , eq al or beq al , m s u d ubia h 1 925 ) ter inal segments to ter ) ( Sc aeffer,

' 7 T d se ment truncate w h - or- . erminal ab ominal g it a more less d eep impression at mid d le of apex ( males ) T erminal abd ominal segment triangular and generally nar 1 rowl u d d w h u d d ( m ) . 8 y ro n e at apex , it o t me ian epression fe ales H ind tibi ae a d d h b ut at apex intern lly pro uce into a s ort , d h m w h m wh istinct toot ( posterior fe ora it a large , so e at - - compressed triangular tooth and a more .or les s d istinct d t th e h iscatrix L acord ai re 1 845 ) enticle in fron of toot ) ( p , — H ind tibiae not produced apically into a tooth 9 d d 1 0 9 . H indf emora long , exten ing to or beyon elytral apices H indf emora d d d h d eci e ly s orter, never exten ing to elytral apices 1 in f mor 0 . H d e a not extend ing beyond elytral apices ; po s terior h h u h d wh h toot rat er long , ac te , be in ic is a serrate oblique d th e O d u d f ew d m ri ge , latter ften re ce to a enticles in s all m u d ad s peci ens ; o ter a pical elytral angles obliterate , bro ly round ed ; anterior trans verse impression of proth orax gener ally d istinct ( proxima ) 1 1 H indf emora d w d a a u exten ing ell beyon elytr l apices , rmat re roxima u d h u h as in p ; o ter apical angles of elytra istinct , t o g more - or- less narrowly rounded ; anterior transverse impres ’ O f h ( cinctzcornis w 1 838 sion prot orax usually absent Ne man , )

1 1 . D ua d orsum metallic blue , strial punct tion mo erately coarse , h d a a punctures often greenis , me ian basal tri ngul te excava u u d ( roxima roxi ma 1 837 tion s ally in istinct p p Kirby, ) D m d / a u u orsu metallic green an or cupreous , stri l p nct ation d coarse , basal triangulate excavation eep ( roxima cali ornic a L e C 1 861 p f onte , ) H ind f emora two h the s 2 . 1 bearing teet , inner occa ionally very ( ubescens L e 1 867 small , tubercle like p Conte , ) H indf emora with only one tooth 1 3 h and d 1 3 . Prot orax finely ensely punctate and pubescent ; ‘ ’ elytra without fine elevated s utural beed hirtzcol lzs h Prot orax not pubescent , punctuation variable ; elytra with d d d istinct , elevate sutural bee n w d h d 1 4. d d m Hea eeply arro e be in ; eyes small , not pro inent ; prothorax with impressed med ian line a nd mod erately d is u c w h u c tinct lateral t ber les ; elytra it o t oarse , transverse u u - - r gae , intervals relatively finely r gose from base to apex ; last d orsal abd ominal segment of both sexes generally Th e Great Bas in Naturalist

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emarginate at mid d le of apex ( distincta) 1 5 — d h w d h d d Hea Slig tly narro e be in ; eyes mo erately large, prominent ; proth orax with or without impressed med ian line and lateral tubercles ; elytra with more -or- less d istinct a s s d co r e , tran verse rugae , intervals often ensely rugose from base -to - apex or smooth and feeble rugose in about basal h alf b ut more d ensely rugose toward s apex ; last d or sal abd ominal segment of both sexes not or rarely feebly emarginate 1 5 H ind f emur clavate with a mod erately large and acute h a h d d d toot , apic l t ir of elytra epresse ( d istincta d istincta L e C 1 850 ) onte , — H indf emur s a w h sm u h le s cl vate it a very all obsc re toot , apical third of elytra curved ventrad ( distincta occid enta li s d 1 938 Mea , ) F m r u a a w d 1 6 . and d or mo e convex s bpar llel ; elytr , Vie e latera , arcuately d eclivous toward s apex ; proth orax scarcely con h d u -or- d and verging be in , lateral t bercles more less istinct med i an line always present ; antennae generally stouter ( tuberculi rons h 1 91 9 f Sc aeffer , ) F a u u and w d ad orm elongate ; elytr s btriang lar , vie e later , flattened toward apen ; proth oracic sid es d i stinctly converg in h d u d m d a a g be in , lateral t bercles in istinct ; e i n line r rely pre sent ; antennae more slend er ( subtilis ) 1 7 d a u Sl en 1 7 . Abun ant coarse tr nsverse r gae on elytra ; antennae ’ ’ d er hind f emora ( subti lz s subti lz s u 1 81 8 ) ; clavate K nze , F and d n a - a ine e se strig te rugous scul pturing on elytr , coarse transverse rugae S parse ; antennae stouter ; h Ind f emora less subtilis ma istri ata ad 1 938 ) clavate ( g g Me , H ind f emora d w 1 9 1 8 . unarme belo H ind f emora armed below with one or more teeth or tuber cles u ubescens L e C 1 867 9 . a ( 1 Elytr p bescent p onte , — Elytra glabrous hirticol lts H indf emora m d w w h h and h d h 20 . ar e belo it one toot be in t is an oblique serrate rid ge ( seen more plainly from an in w wh h i s d u d m ternal vie ) , ic latter often re ce to one or ore

H ind f emora below with one tooth b ut with out an O blique rid ge of d enticles behind d 1 . O a u d d an 2 uter elytr l apical angle istinct , but feebly ro n e ; terior transverse impression of prothorax us ually ab sent ( cinc ticornis w 1 838 Ne man, ) O d d d d uter elytral apical angle not istinct , broa ly roun e ; anterior transverse impres si on of proth orax us ually d istinct ( proxiina) 22

2 2 . u u u d Dorsum metallic bl e , strial p nct ation mo erately coarse , u h d sa a u punct res often greenis , me ian ba l tri ng late excava

a d t ( roxima roximal, 1 8 7 tion usu lly in istinc p p Kirby , 3 ) — D um a d / u u ors met llic green an or c preo s , strial punctuation a a n a d co rse, b sal tria gul te excavation eep ( roxima cali ornica L e 1 861 p f Conte , )

H ind f emora d u 23 . bicolore or entirely r fous ( iscatrix L acor p d aire , 1 845 ) H indf emora uniformly met allic 24

24 . h d h ad d a w d h d Form rat er broa ; e istinctly n rro e be in eyes , wh h h m h s ub tilis ic are slig tly s aller t an in , but appear to be

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w d and to be a northern form . It has been found on pickerel ee , is D di tin t the only North Am erican species with pubescent elytra . . s c a btilis ma i ccidentalis was d d was D . su o escribe from California , as g strigata; the typical subspecies of the latter has been found on Spar D tuberculi rons w and gania m and goldenrod . . f is kno n from Utah and d d ondlil Scir us points east is recor e from yellow p y, bulrushes ( p

r ni m D eni ar inat and S a a u . . a spp . ) p g g occurs east of Nevada , one ’ of the nearest localities being Utah s Great Salt Lake (Van D u z ee

D emar inata aci ica 1 925 d specimens ) . . g p f Schaeffer was escribed w d D dubia w from the California Sierras ith no host ata . . is kno n

D rmi ul t was d d nd d . ve c a a a from I aho, while escribe from California ,

D lon icollis may perhaps be only an aberrant . g The only available key to larvae (MacG illivray 1 9 03) includes

- d and is d d but three of the above liste species , appen e for the aid it may offer in evaluating larval characters :

u ras iracul ar th e d m 1 . S p p setae of first five ab o inal segments extending caud ad as far as th e caud al margin of th e pos terior setae ( emargmata) S upraspiracul ar setae of th e first four abd ominal segments not extend ing caud ad as far as the front margin of the pos terior “ tergal band of setae

2 th e h d d d d . Sternal setae of fift ab ominal segment ivi e longi tudinal ly by a mesal line into two groups ; th e posterior sternal setae of th e midth orax und ivid ed — Sterna1 setae of th e fifth abd ominal segment not d ivided ; th e posterior sternal setae of th e mesothorax not d ivid ed longitud inally into two groups ( subtilis)

’ The general lifehistory details below are from MacGillivray s work in New York

The species of D onacia exhibited certain differences in egglay d ing, some laying their eggs on plant stems , others on the un erside of nd d floating leaves a others along the e ge of leaf sheaths . Eggs “ d 1 0 d and d hatche in about ays , the young larvae fin their way to the bottom of the pond and among the ooze and attach themselves d w i d to the un erground stems of the yello pondl ly . Numerous un er of w ondlil d and ground stems the hite p y were examine , not a single d D onacia one was foun with the larvae of attached to it, or with any w d indications of here larvae had been fee ing on it, though in most t o cases the stems of the w species of plants were intertwined . “ d When the large un erground stems were examined , they were d i usually found covere w th larvae of various sizes and with cocoons . The larvae were found clinging to the larger roots and feeding on 2 9 1 95 1 E RA M B YC O I D - U C O L E O P T R I A 1 03 D ec . , C SEMI AQ ATIC

the fine rootlets with which the roots are covered . Several roots “ appeared to be covered with minute tubercles . These tubercles are the places from which the rootlets have been cut off by the lar d s vae . In a dition to the above , the larvae also eat hole in the apices ” of the larger roots . MacG illivray was the first investigator to intelligibly solve the

who stru c problems of respiration in these larvae , seem to have no d d w tural modifications a apting them to an un er ater life . “ Speaking of the tissues of underwater plant s — Each of these spaces is filled with air, and it is on such a supply that the larvae and pupae of D onacia depend . The larvae tap the air supply locked up in the stems of aquatic plants by pushing their caudal spines through the epidermis of the plant and rupturing the cells surround d ing the air spaces . The air containe by such plants is of about the

r d n same ichness in oxygen as the surroun ing atmosphere . Whe the d tissue of the plant is ruptured , the inclose air , being lighter than the w th and w ater, moves to the outer surface of e plant , , if there ere w w nothing to collect it , it ould pass on to the surface of the ater . But the spiracular openings being at the immediate base of the spines and the larva holding the apex of its abdomen close to the surface of the i d w plant the air s collecte before it can escape into the ater .

In order to explain how the larv a of D onacia obtains its supply do of air from the intercellular spaces of plants , I not think it is necessary to assume any extraordinary structures for the caudal d spines . The cau al spines are nothing more than proj ections of the w and w i body all for rupturing the tissues of the plant ; , hen this s accomplished , the air, being so much lighter than the surrounding water and having a strong tendency to follow along anything that i m w w ll carry it to a higher level , si ply follo s along the outer surface

d w is of the cau al spines to their base , here it taken up by the spir w two d w acles , hile the large longitu inal trachea connecting ith the spines take up the supply of air and act as resevoirs for storing it

— between the air taking periods . d When the larvae are rea y to transform to pupae , they Spin a

w i i s d tough , bro n sh cocoon , which attache to the scars on the upper hi w surface of the r zome from hich the leaf stalks have been shed . d The silk is spun from glan s opening into the mouth . The cocoons are not onl y water - ti ght but air - tight and are of a homogeneous con

d d — sistency throughout without any in ication of a threa like structure . The bottom of the cocoon where it is attached to the plant is much Th e Great Basin Naturali st 1 04 3 - 4 IRA LA RIVERS Vol . XI , Nos . thinner and lighter in color and is firmly glued to the surface of the ” plant . The larva apparently exludes water from the inside of the cocoon by “ surrounding itself while spinning its cocoon by a quan tity of air sufficient to fill the vacant space in the cocoon The large excavation ” (referring to the slit made by the larva in the “ stem of the plant) is always near the center of the cocoon and is d un oubtedly made by the larva before transforming to a pupa . In this way the larva provides a continuous air supply for itself by tap ping the store held in the intercellular air spaces of the plant . Since some individuals of D onacia live for 1 0 months or more in the co coon need for a c0 pius and continuous air supply becomes apparent . The pupa transforms to a “ beetle long before it is time for it to d emerge . When it is rea y to emerge , the end of the cocoon is broken w off and the beetle cra ls out . The ventral surface of most of the D onacia d w species of is densely covere ith fine silken hairs , so that , d when the beetle emerges from its cocoon , the air containe in the cocoon at this time i s held to the ventral surface of the beetle by these silken hairs and in this way provides an air supply for it till it reaches the surface of the water . This silken cover is also of use to those species that lay eggs under water

H aemonia L 1 829 ) ( atreille ,

ni ricornis 1 837 w H . g Kirby seems the only species kno n in the

i and d its . Un ted States , is quite variable as atteste by synonymicon 1 0 dw P tam et n Blatchley ( 1 9 ) records it from pon eed ( o og o ) , on w which it also occurs in Europe, being kno n there from the roots of the plant

BIBLIOGRAPHY D 9 MacG illivra . . 1 03 . d y, A , Aquatic Chrysomeli ae and a table of the families of coleopterous larvae : IN Needham et al New Y M . N. u s . ul 68 Aquatic Insects of York State . State B l . (Entomology — 499 ( 2 88 n B . 1 938 . a d D M . onacia w ead , A , New subspecies notes on ith key

to the species of the Pacific States ( Coleoptera , Chrysomelidae) . - : 1 1 3 - 1 2 0 Pan Pac . Ent . .

1 92 5 . C . Schaeffer, , Revision of the New World species of the tribe D onaciini of the coleopterous family Chrysomelidae . Brooklyn

— 1 65 . M Sci . . us. Bull

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Thanks are also du e the following for making available speci d / d mens for stu y and or assistance in etermination of specimens : D r .

D D r M Elden Beck and . Vasco . Tanner, Brigham Young University ;

. D Harold E Stark , Western Communicable isease Center Laboratory, D r United States Public Health Service ; . William L . Jellison and

M . M Glen Kohls , Rocky ountain Laboratory, United States Public Health Service

KE Y T O C O L L E C T O R S ’ NAME S

( C K ) C lyde Knud sen L L ( C H ) C . ynn Hayward ( D E B ) D Elden Beck

( D E H ) D . Elmo Hardy D MA D orald d ( ) M . Allre d ( JS S ) J . Se ley Stanford M u ( R JM ) Roy J . ykleb st ( RT ) Robert Tra ub

( VMT ) Vasco M . Tanner

NEW D ISTRIBUTIONAL RECORD S

Family P U LICIDAE Stephens 1 82 9

CE D I O P SYL L A INAE QUA L I S I NT E R R UP T A Jord an 1 925 h 1 950 il a us s . : a a C 1 7 D ec . Sylv g p Zion National P rk , W s ington ounty, , 32 3 5 2 9 ( D E B ) ( D MA ) 20 D W h C u ec . 1 95 0 St . George , as ington o nty , , 1 3 ( D E B ) ( D MA )

r 1 0 NW 2 1 A r 1 L e us cali o nicus : . . 95 1 p f mi Kanab , Kane County , p , 1 3 1 9 ( D E B ) ( C K ) Note : Although St anford ( 1 944 ) reported this s ubs pecies as h w h u d th e occurring in Uta , some orkers ave q estione d hi s d Ad d d h n vali ity of recor . itional recor s erei listed ’ are in s ub stantiation of Stanford s report E C H I D NO PH A G A G AL L I NAC E A Westwood 1 875 Neotoma l e td a : A h Na u d 1 4 p rc es tional Mon ment , Gran County, July A 1 1 D 1 0 1 1 u . 950 MA 95 , 9 g , 9 ( ) C itel lus varie atus : A h N um d C 22 g rc es ational Mon ent , Gran ounty, u 1 D MA A g . 1 950 , 3 ( ) S an ua C u 4 1 95 1 Bluff , J n o nty , May , 8 3 5 1 9 ( D E B ) ( D MA )

rriami : a n W sh C u 4 D i od om s me . 1 95 0 p y Gr fto , a ington o nty , Nov , 2 9 ( D E B ) ( D MA ) N h S lvi l a us s . : C 1 7 y g p Zion ational Park , Was ington ounty , Dec D 1 95 0 , 1 3 1 9 ( E B ) ( D MA ) h . C u 20 . 1 95 0 St George , Was ington o nty , Dec , 7 9 ( D E B ) ( D MA )

erom scus eremicus : 1 5 . . h 1 9 P y mi E St George , Was ington County, 1 95 0 1 D MA Dec . , 9 ( DEB ) ( ) N N 1 07 D ec . 29 1 95 1 U U , DISTRI B TIO RECORDS OF TAH SIPHO APTERA

P ULE X I RRI T ANS L innaeu s 1 75 8

’

ams l atrans : . h n C u 23 . 1 925 C St George , Was ingto o nty , Jan , 1 3 1 9 ( VMT ) D d ( ) 1 925 Delta esert , Millar County , year , 2 8 3 9 ( D E H )

Family VE R M I P sY L L I D AE Wagner 1 899

C H AE T O P SYL L A L O T O R IS Stewart 1 926 d a h u 28 1 937 tel a s . : a Mus p S r ine Canyon , C c e Co nty , Dec , 4 3 2 9 ( JS S )

Family H YST R I C H O P SY L L I D A E ( Tiraboschi 1 904 )

AT YP H L O C E RA S E C H I S Jordan and Roth s child 1 9 1 5

erom scus eremicus : 1 5 . . a h u P y mi E St George , W s ington Co nty, B D 1 9 D ec . 1 95 0 , 1 3 ( D E ) ( MA ) Note : Stanford ( 1 944) lists a flea as Atyphloceras ( probably h d h d h i T is recor s oul support s report .

ATYP H L E A D A F o 1 O C R S MUL T I E NT T US C . x 909 u : h C 1 6 1 95 1 Mo se nest Pleasant Grove , Uta ounty , Mar . , 2 3 ( D E B ) ( D MA ) er m u man ul : o sc s ic atus d h C 25 . 1 95 1 P y Ce ar Valley , Uta ounty , Mar , 1 9 ( D MA ) ( C L H ) L h h C 2 A r 1 9 1 8 . 5 e i , Uta ounty , p , 1 9 ( D MA )

: ( 1 95 0 d a a At hl oceras s Note Ti pton ) reporte fle as yp p . ( probably T hese record s und oubted ly i substanti ate h s report . ME R ING I S D I P O D O IWYS Kohls 1 938 D i odom s merriami : h C 4 N ov . 1 950 p y Grafton , Was ington ounty , , 2 2 1 7 D 3 9 ec . 1 95 0 , 5 ( D E B ) ( D MA ) h h C 2 D 1 ec . 1 95 0 Beaver Dam Was , Was ington ounty, , 1 0 3 1 0 9 ( D E B ) ( D MA )

1 5 . . h u 1 9 D ec . 1 5 0 mi E St George , Was ington Co nty, 9 , 6 3 1 1 9 ( D E B ) ( D MA ) D i odom s micro s : D am W h h C 2 p y p Beaver as , Was ington ounty, 1

. 1 95 0 1 9 ( D E B D MA Dec , ) ( ) i : r m scus erem cus 1 5 . e o . h t 1 P y mi E St George , Was ington Coun y , 9 D c . 9 4 e 1 5 0 , 1 3 9 ( D E B ) ( D MA ) C itel lus Zeucurus : W h u 1 8 . 1 95 0 Grafton , as ington Co nty , Dec , 1 3 1 9 ( DEB ) ( DMA ) n h m s s . : 1 5 O c o . . h u y y p mi E St George , Was ington Co nty, 1 9 Dec

1 95 0 , 1 3 3 9 ( D E B ) ( D MA )

AC TE NO PH TH A L MUS H E I SE R I Mcc oy 1 91 1 C itel lus Zeucurus : h C n 1 8 . 1 9 0 Rockville , Was ington ou ty, Dec 5 , 1 3 1 9 ( D E B ) ( D MA )

C O RR O D O P SYL L A C UR VA T A C UR VA T A ( Roth schild 1 91 5 )

S orex s . : L h 1 4 1 942 p Bear ake , Ric County, July , 2 9 ( JSS ) Th e Great Basin Naturali st 1 08 . . N AN D . . . 34 v J TIPTO D M ALLRED Vol XI, Nos .

C AL L I S T O P S YL L US T E R I NUS Roth s child 1 905 P eromyscus eremicus : h C 1 7 D ec 1 95 0 Grafton , Was ington ounty, . , 2 9 ( D E B ) ( D MA ) ANO MI O P SYL L US NUD AT US Baker 1 898 P erom scu ma i l a : 20 s n cu tus . a y mi S Moab , San Ju n County, 8 May 1 95 1 1 D MA R JM C L H , 3 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( CK ) NE A RC T O P SYL L A H YRT A C I ( Roth schild 1 904 ) Mustela ariz onensi s : L n u C h u 9 D ec . 1 939 oga Mo ntains , ac e Co nty , , 1 8 1 9 ( JS S )

Family CERATOPHYLLIDAE D ampf 1 908 T H R A SS IS P AND O RAE Jellison 1 937 C ite l lus armatus : L C C h C 9 u 1 942 ogan anyon, ac e ounty , J ne , 5 9 1 8 ( JSS ) T H R ASSI S A R I D I S Prince 1 944 D i od om s merrierm/ i : D am sh h C p y Beaver Wa , Was ington ounty,

A . 1 950 2 1 1 D E B D MA Dec , 3 9 ( ) ( )

TH R ASSI S H O F F MANI ( Hubbard 1 949 ) D i od om s merriami : D am a h h C 21 p y Beaver W s , Was ington ounty , MA D ec . 1 95 0 , 2 3 1 4 9 ( D E B ) ( D ) 50 h C 1 7 D ec . 1 9 Grafton , Was ington ounty, , 2 3 2 9 ( D E B ) ( D MA ) 1 W h 1 9 O n chom s s . : 5 . . y y p mi E St George , as ington County, Dec 1 1 D B D MA 95 0 , 3 ( E ) ( )

O R C H O PE A S SE XD E NT A T US NE O T O MAE Augu stson 1 943 P erom scus manicul atus : h C 4 1 950 y Grafton, Was ington ounty, Nov , , 1 9 ( DEB ) ( D MA ) MO NO P SYL L US E UMO L P I C YR T URUS Jord an 1 929

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E utamz as minimus : a h C u 7 A r. 1 95 1 M mmot , Juab o nty, p , 1 9 ( D E B ) ( C L H ) ( D MA )

E utamias uad rivittatus : F v C ah C 22 q N ork Pro o anyon , Ut ounty , un 1 95 1 1 D MA J e , ( ) C itel lus armatus : w h C 28 u Stra berry Reservoir, Wasatc ounty, J ne D MA 1 95 1 , 1 9 ( )

PE R O MY SC O P SYL L A H AMI F E R VI G E NS ( Jordan 1 937 ) M r L h 4 ic otus s . : C c C 1 O ct . 1 9 8 p ogan Canyon , a e ounty , , 5 8 5 9 ( RT )

Family H Y ST RI O H O P SY L L I D AE Subfamily ANO M I O P SY L L I NAE

KI nd A L O SSUS B E a d s . ME ARTH RO G . G C Tipton llre , p nov

D IAGN OSIS : The principal distinguishing characteristic by which this s pecies may be separated other Meg arthrog lossus is th e , from - i i i sub- mi dorso caudal extens on of the e ghth sternum , becom ng acu

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L E c s z Measurements. Tarsal Segments 2 3 4 5 Male : Leg Tibia 1 1 83 63 63 5 3 43 1 1 0 263 1 23 9 6 60 5 0 1 2 0 346 230 1 33 60 5 0 1 2 6

new s s . l ossus k , p Plate I Megarthrog bec i ecie ad and h ( ) Fig . 1 . He T orax Male ( m ) 2 . a Fig . An l Stylet Fe ale a h a ( F a ) 3 . Fig . Sperm t ec em le h m ( ma ) Fig . 4 . Sevent Sternu Fe le D e 29 1 95 1 S N N 1 1 1 c . , DI TRIB UTIO RECORDS OF UTAH SIPHO APTERA

Tarsal Segments

Female : Leg Tibia 1 2 3 4 5 Pro 2 06 70 73 60 53 1 1 6 Meso 32 6 1 43 1 00 63 5 0 1 1 6 Meta 400 2 93 1 70 73 63 1 23

B N : d 1 T 1 w w . t o A DOME First ab ominal tergum ( , fig . ) with ro s row row two of bristles ( one in female) , first incomplete ; apical Spinel ets on first tergum and one on second tergum (female with one nd d i apical spinelet on first tergum a secon tergum without Sp nel ets) . 2 6 r w 2 6 row Terga to with one o of bristles . Sterna to with one of bristles .

N N M SS MODIFIED ABDOMI AL SEGME TS : ALE . Eighth sternum ( ,

6 w t d d - m roxi fig . ) i hout bristles ; exten ing orso caudally to enco pass p D mal half of distal arm of ninth sternum in hyaline sheath . istal arm d d w e m . 6 of ninth sternu fig ) enlarge me ially, narro ing api

sub— d ally to become acuminate , with ten bristles on cau al margin and four small mesal bristles ; several very fine bristles apically and

P . bl . ri . irnm ovea e on ante or margin Apex of process of clasper ( , fig 5 ) subrounded ; anterior to apex of process a prominent gland of unknown function but constant in size and shape in all type speci mens ; caudal margin of process of clasper undate wi th a rounded protuberance slightly more than half the distance between apex of process and its junction with moveable process of clasper ; four bris d d tles on cau al margin above roun ed protuberance , the most ventral 2 and 3 w d 1 and 2 w being smallest ; more idely separate than , ith two small mesal bristles slightly anterior to the three bristles ; two small bristles on apex of process with two small mesal bristles an

eri r two r row t o to these and small bristles on do sal margin . A of very minute bristles extending from apex of clasper ventrad to about one half of the distance to point of — articulation of moveable finger of

F . M . 5 . as clasper oveable finger of clasper ( , fig ) times long as wide ; anterior margin almost straight ; posteri or margin evenl y curved ; apex rounded ; one long thin bristle on caudal margin near apex with a shorter thin bristle on either side ; a fourth thin bri stle

- d one half the istance from apex to base , and another near the base d . an a long thin bristle ventral to point of junction of P F . Other F n idi l . a te a dd small setae on ; three pyg bristles , the mi le twice as r ri long as the vent al and the dorsal b stle minute . Th e Great Basin Naturalist 1 1 2 . . N - . . . 3 V J TIPTO AND D M ALLRED Vol XI, Nos . 4

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Me arthro l ossus new s Plate II g g becki , specie

. m nd n a ) Fig . 5 Im oveable process a moveable fi ger of clasper ( M le

. arm th m Fig 6 . Distal of nin sternu d Fig . 7 . Modified ab ominal segments ( Male )

FEMALE : D orsal four - fifths of posterior margin of VII sternum

4 d - - d ( fig . ) broa ly undate ; lower one fifth with angul ate ; ventro cau al

- 2 area a sub acuminate lobe . Anal stylet ( fig . ) with a single apical i r . 3 b stle Head of spermatheca (fig . ) as long as tail ; base and apex

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Metepisternum Maxillary lobe Maxillary palpi Immoveable process of clasper Proximal arm of male ninth sternum Pronotum Penis rods Sensilium Ventral margin of apodeme of ninth tergum Eighth sternum First tergum

SEL EC TE D REF ERENCES

Hubbard , Clarence A . 19 47 Fleas of Western North America . Iowa State College 5 33 Press . pp M Prince , Frank “ 1 943 . Species of fleas on rats collected in states west of the l 02nd meridian and their relation to the dissemination ” - R s . 70 . t 8 . of plague Pub . Health p

d Stanfor , J S

1 93 1 . A prelimina ry list of Utah Siphonaptera . Proc Utah

- 1 54 Acad . of Sci . “ M 1 944 t . . . . . ore U ah Siphonaptera Proc Utah Acad Sci , Arts

1 9 2 0 1 73 - 1 7 . : 8 and Letters , Vols and

Tipton , Vernon J “ 0 ri e d d . 1 95 . N w ist butional recor s for Utah Siphonaptera The

- 4 2 - Great Basin Naturalist ) : 6 65 .

Traub , Robert 1 944 . New North American Fleas . Zoological Series of Field

- M . 22 0 useum of Nat History . i M d 1 95 0 . Siphonaptera Central Amer ca and exico . Fiel - from - : M 1 2 7 . 54 iana Zoology emoirs plates .

’ ( 4 ) Nomenclature us ed is that of Traub s ON FIVE NEW AMERICAN LITHOBIID CENT IPED S

‘ L L RA PH V . CHAMBER IN University of Utah

The new species here diagnosed are members of the order Litho biid a. They were noted in the course of an examination of several lots of chilopods that were in the hands of the author for identifi cation

Family LITHOB IIDAE

I n w PO KAB US AE T H E S C h . e amberlin, s pecies D w w orsum yellowish bro n , ith the head , first tergite and the ri poste or borders of the more caudal tergites chestnut . 1 4 w 4 3 . Ocelli , , Antennae composed of the usual t enty 2 2 arti cles . Prosternal teeth ; the anterior margin of prosternum

' shouldered ectad of the outer tooth on each side ; the porodont hair like Posterior angles of none of the dorsal plates produced 0 0 2 3 2 Ventral spines of the first legs , , , , ; of the penult legs , 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 3 3 1 w , , , , ; of the anal legs also , , , , , the terminal cla m si ple .

D P kabius tr o . s . istinct from all other known species of sens , to l w to which it belongs , in having the penu t as ell as the anal legs of the male conspicuously modified In both ' of these legs the femur el eveated nd is into a rou ed lobe at the proximal end and is also , t hough less , elevated at the caudal end , the dorsal surface being con cave between the two processes ; in both pairs of legs the tibia is n w d its longitudi ally furro e along ventral face , the furrow deeper on the anal than on the penul t legs

9 . Length , about mm

: : LOCALITY California Willow Creek One male taken by R . V ul 1 4 1 937 Chamberlin , J y ,

ME SO B IUS h new GENUS C amberlin, l . m Ocel i seriate Articles of antennae nu erous . Prosternal teeth c 1 ix ed at 2 2 . Posterior angles of none of the dorsal plates pro

duced . D Tarsi of all legs biarticulate . istinguished from A rchili thobius d d in having the anal legs of the male conspicuously mo ifie , in these the femur being more or less swollen and excised at distal Th e Great B asin Natur alist 1 1 6 H . N - RALP V CHAM B ERLI Vol . XI, Nos . 3 4

end on mesal side where bearing a process proj ecting mesad . Claw of female gonopods bi or tripartite

G E NE RO T Y P E : Mesobius danianus Chamberlin , new species .

This genus includes also the European Lithobius castaneas of

Newport .

ME S O B IUS D ANIANUS C ha new mberlin , s pecies D d orsum light brown , the head and posterior tergites a arker brown . d Antennae long, exten ing back upon sixth or seventh tergite ; composed of 42 articles in the holotype

e . . 1 3 Ocelli few, in two series ; g , , r 2 2 i Proste nal teeth small , ; the anterior marg n of the pro sternum rounded off ectad of the outer tooth on each side ; porodont if r subset o m . Posterior angles of none of the dorsal plates produced 1 Leg with no ventral spines . Ventral spines of the penult legs 0 1 1 1 0 Of 0 1 1 1 0 i d , , , , ; the anal legs also , , , , , w th the claw ouble . In the anal legs of the male the femur is swollen ; obliquely excised at distal end on mesal side and there bearing a mesally di rected subcylindrical process which is distally truncate or with distal nd w surface a little convex a hich widens a little at base . af o Claw the female gonopods bipartite , the uter lobe much d longer than the inner one ; both teeth istally rounded . Basal spines 2 2 d m , these gra ually acu inate from base with the tip narrowly d roun ed .

Length 1 0 to 1 3 mm .

D and LOCALITY : Florida : ania . One male two females D Mesobius castaneas istinguishable from (Newport ) , an Euro w and pean species , in having the cla of the anal legs double in the more Sparse spining of the legs .

Family ET H O P O L I D AE

L Y T IM P IUS C h new E THO PO S amberlin, species

D d ell owl orsum light brown, the head and cau al tergites more y ish Legs also light brown , the caudal pairs and the antennae bright yellow . i The head w th lateral margining nearly continuous , although

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0 . m d Last four pairs of coxae ar e ventrally, the last two laterally Claw of the female genital forceps with a large acuminate medi and o d an lobe a small t oth each si e well toward the base . Basal spines 4 4 Length : 2 8 mm

L O C A L I RY : : 1 0 California Prairie Creek . One female taken July , 1 946

D istinct from other known species of the subgenus Archethop olys in lacking a diastema in the prosternal den tal series and in hav ing claw of the female gonopods pra ctically entire

E TH O PO L YS S PE C T ANS C h new amberlin, species

D and w orsum , including head antennae , light chestnut , ith a darker median longitudinal line evident posteriorly . Legs brown . Antennae relatively shorter than in related species ; composed of 2 0 w d the normal articles hich are of moderate length . Hea with d lateral marginal interruptions istinct . Ocelli in three series forming 4 4 2 1 . an oblong patch ; thus , , , 9 9 Prosternal teeth , one of these teeth on each side occupy in d t the space usually forming the iastema , this tooth lying in fron d n oro o t . of the fine p , one tooth ecad of this one

Posterior legs missing from the type .

Posterior angles of ninth , eleventh and thirteenth dorsal plates acutely produced but the processes unusually small . Tergites ir d scabou s regularly rugose , most istinctly on the caudal portion Claw of the female gonopods with an acute median lobe or tooth

d and . which is moderate in length , the si e teeth blunt weak Basal Spines 3 + 3 1 9 . Length , mm

Id . LOCALITYS British Columbia ; Vancouver , Spectacle Lake One M 2 D r . . . a 1 female taken by G C Carl on y . INDEX TO VOLUME XI

The new genera and specie s described in this v olume appe ar in black - face typ e in this index .

1 07 limbali ub s McCo s s . au r li 4 h i eri 9 . Actenophthalmus e s y, p gu a s Osy . , h 66 limbalis u 49 Ah et lla calli aster G unt . a u g ( er ) , , Kl g , limbi era m h subs . n 5 0 80 a Cs . . g p y p y , d T ton non lon ilabris su s l n b . os ari L n 49 . A d D ona d . a V llre , l M ip , er g p e g, 05 and a u h A 1 . s bs . ud son . 49 J . t c ca Os . , r i le by , rep p i y , 47 m l h il utah ns is Tann . s ata subs . u cund a E H A b c e a . y e er , per p r bi ( . 87 l m . a Am stoma annu atu Co s 5 0 . by pe , H rri ) , 88 i m he n macu atum haw . C c nd d a o t Pac c s a ds l S , i i el e fr ifi I l ,

opocum 88 . i l i r i l i i m 88 . oll r s a b ta s E ch 5 1 ta od u C s s . p y ri , r li hau 1 n M h 88 . ac o a d t a um att s C 5 . ex e , , m 1 n m m rv rtium B d 88 . W n t u o o a s o . o 5 . igri ir , i il r H r ,

8 8 . rnufer rru A t . t inum n Co co atus . Du m. 78 igr Gree , g , . Am h um m n ridact lum u i Boul en er 7 a a s t 9 . p i e y g ppy ( g ) , w M Cu 8 8 . ne ckeri B o n s 79 . vier , r yer , Anomio s llus nu datus Ba 1 08 Corrod o s lla cu ata cu ata Roths p y ker , p y rv rv

A heloria co ac a ( och ) 2 8 . ch l d 1 07 . p ri e K , i , m n 1 wirt hi a to 3 . 7 1 8 2 A hros lu s s Co ne a z ata G a . p y H r , r i ebr r y , , Arcto eo hilus umbraticus ( McNeill C oco d us orosus chn d 81 g p ) , r yl p S ei er ,

34 .

x eno orus Ch am in 34 . p ( berl ) , D asia samaragdinum perviridis Areno hilus bi unctice s ( Wood ) 34 p p p , 82 Ba ou 4 . m rb r , , A a utahna a ston 1 6 . rgyr H r , D n son a ar Boulen er 66 80 . e i i p ( g ) , , A hl r t oce as ch s . R . 1 07 . yp e i J , Woodfordii ( Boulen er ) 80 . m l i n g , u t de tatus C . Fox , 1 07 . D esmognathus u sons brimle yorum Auturus becki Ch am n 2 f 9 . berli , 88 t . . S ej , Diemictylus V iridescens louisanensis h lodes ventebrali Boul en er 89 Batrac s . y g , Di loiulus ho t ns s Wood 29 p r e i ( ) , m 66 80 Bo a irre ul aris . i 0 ) caeru leoc nctus Wood 3 . ig g ( Merre , , ( ) , B r ria monticolens m in 2 mi B ul n o a Ch a 6 . Discodeles bu fonifor s o e er 7 9 berl , g ,

B a A thu N. and udson W F . i B en r 61 7 9 . u oul e . r gg , r r H , , g ppy ( g ) , , A t c 87 Dix idesmu s hanus Ch am n 27 r i le by p berli ,

Bu o co natus Sa 87 . D onaciin 9 8 ae . f g y , , m in L nn a us a us ) 5 8 78 . k A t 7 43 ( D a Ca c s 3 . r i e , , r e , rl J r i le by , , t st s charlesmithi B a 87 erre ri r gg ,

Ech dno ha a a nac a W stwood i p g g lli e e , i llus terinu R ch child 1 08 C all stopsy s o s , 1 06 . u ali in m i mi i Bo len er 6 C d o s a inae s t u ta E o a vart u . e i p yll q err p g , 1 0 6 dan . r L o at ocostata sson 7 . J r , ( e ) , i 7 ram co dea 9 . Ce by , caerul eocau d a D e Vis , 9 . Ceramb coid s m - a uat c Co o t a n ter L c a o as ( sson 7 83 . y e i q i le p er y g e ) , , N ad A 9 7 of the a a . L n 8 7 6 c anu a sso 83 . ev re , y r ( e ) , , , Ceratobatrachus uentheri Boul en er fl vi ul ari chm d a s t 83 . g g , g S i ,

60 7 8 . m wn ann B o 83 . , i r , Ch aeto s lla lotoris t wa t 1 07 m H 7 n u . 7 83 p y S e r , igr ( , . m R Cha n a h V. Art c s i hm d 8 sanford c t 3 . berli , lp , i le by, S i ,

1 9 27 1 1 5 . we rneri , , ( Vogt ) , 83 . Chr sotus silvicolus a m ton 1 1 s . whitne i Bu t 83 . y H r , y r , n mos C c d a o a subs . u u osa En rus ca natus chn d 65 80 i i el f r p l x ri yg ri ( S ei er ) , , 4 Cs . 8 . y , as ( unth ) 80 . per G er , h n c t bs . a a a su ac ca Sch . 49 . M ntr u z i r 80 au st a s ( o o e . r ge p p ifi p , r li ) , decem tt t u a a subs . san u n H o 80 . i ronii H . . g p g i e b b , m acu ata B ancha d 5 1 . E eloria leiacantha Ch ambelin 28 l l r , p , . d sc ta cha m 5 1 u . 2 E atum a 5 . i re S , rr p ge , d D a e . 5 0 . Etho ol s tim ius Chamb n 1 1 6 lepi j , p y p erli , 1 20 I NDEX TO VOLUME x1

M calibius Ch am n 1 1 7 . erin is d odom s oh s 1 07 berli , g ip y K l , . Me i s ectans Cham n 1 1 8 . sob u s d anianus Ch am n 1 1 6 p berli , berli , .

H 88 . M . Mi r h l Eur cea riseo aster . c o a ca o n ns s o ac H y g g , y r li e i liv ea al d melano lu ra Co 89 ow 87 on cau a ( ) . l gi p pe , l ell , Micr e hi multi licata Co ) 89 . o c s el a oides Boulen er 80 p ( pe , p p ( g ) , Mi r i i M H 89 . c ovel a n n s . s ata h t nere s 37 . y ig U ler , c u bana D a 41 r ke , . ntonsa D k a 37 . i r e ,

r cinae 9 8 . G ale u , oaxacana D ak 37 r e , . i e Cham n 32 . G aribius georg a berli , orto ricensis D ak 40 p r e , . n L sson 3 6 8 81 G ehyra oc e a ica ( e ) , , , ta iana D ak 8 te 3 . r e ,

ata Wie m. 8 1 . mu til g , Mono s us eumol i c rturus o d an p yll p y J r , Houttu n 82 . G o V ittatus y , 1 8 ekk 0 .

mord ax M n t 34 . G eophilus ei er , M rmecoc stus ramicus m th 9 1 y y py S i , . ki h am in 34 . bec C berl , ffro i t s 8 1 G onocephalu s gode y ( Pe er ) ,

i i sacch aro eus Ch am n, 33 . Nannolene corticolens Cham n 3 1 G os b us g berli berli , l el a i cus G a d ) Nearcto s lla h rtaci Rothsch d 1 08 n dact us ( . G ym o y p g er r , p y y il , 1 N ctu us macu osus macu osus 7 e r l l

hsis D e Vis 8 1 89 . l ouisiade , Neolithobius etho us Cham n 32 p berli , . m rd x L o a . och 32 ( K ) , . A t c 1 1 . F . C . Ha mston, , , r n m ri L r r i le by t a s a nu s . och 32 . ( K ) ,

he 2 8 . Harpap , underwoodi Bo man 32 ( ll ) , . auna 5 7 . H p to og ca , vorax M n t 2 er e l i l f 3 . ( ei er ) ,

A c 43 . F . 0 t Hott s , , , n m n 2 e r i le by o us Bo a 3 . xe p ( ll ) , W nd B a A thu N. dson . F . a , Hu , r gg, r r Neuri ona tor ida a mst n 1 4 o . g r H r ,

A t c 87 . r i le by , New County Record s of Salientia and n 67 H d o h s c anocinctus D aud , , y r p i y i asummary of known dis tribution

8 1 o f u d t in k h m o Ca a a O a o a 87 . l , frenata G unth 2 . H a . infra , yl i er New D istribution Re cords of Utah Si the saurensis P t s 5 9 78 . e er , , phonapteria with th e discription rn 79 . H sirana h effernani Hin ho , yp g of a New Specie s of Megarthro lo ssus . R . 1 05 . g J , New Neotr opical Water - Strider s c 97 . L aRive rs Ira , A t , , r i le by m t - elii 7 H p a V dae ) 3 . n chn d 67 80 e i er L aticaud a colu bri a S ei er , , New c of D olich did ae om D Spe ies opo fr Lepido da ctylus lugubris ( . Ca fo n a and tah ( D t a ) 8 2 li r i U ip er , 69 , . 1 1 . u i Boul en e r 69 82 . g ppy g , , i l min B No o u us utus andt 30 . p ( r ) , r 70 82 . woodfordii Boul enge , , No tes on Some Cicindeli dae of the d 35 . Linotaenia chionophila ( Woo ) , We stern United State s and the o d 35 . a p s ( W o ) , l evi e outh ac nd w th a de 1 S P ific Isla s i L tho us forficatu s ( L nn ) , 3 . i bi i e sc t on of a New S c s 47 rip i pe ie , tkinsoni Bo man 32 . a ll , Lygosoma ( Leiol episma ) anolis Boul n E h N w h M O t e Sout n ds 1 9 . n 7 5 83 . e ger , , ig er illipe , 5 On F New Am ican L tho d fuscus lu ctuosum ( P. ive er i bii

noctu a L sson 7 6 83 . Centi eds 1 1 5 . e , , p , len er h iul s osu N w 0 s ma solomenis Bou O u s ( ort 3 . ( Lygo o ) g , p y pil e p ) , O rcho eas sex dentatus neotomae 7 4 , 83 . p A n 1 08 n r 75 83 . u ustso . concinnatum Boul e ge , , g , ino l er 83 . tocr to s sex s sus Sa 33 woodfordi Bou eng , O yp p p ( y) ,

henomor hus cranei Schm dt Ox idus ac s ( C . och 29 . ( Sp p ) i , gr ili K ) ,

73 , 83 .

bi nelli Schm dt, 7 3, 83 g i h m ri L Pac y e um ferrugineum ( C . t a lori Bu t 83 . y r , 4 och 3 . K ) , N ac f c s ands Her etholo o . IV P i i I l p gy , m t s an s 1 rnaudi a mston 1 2 . Ad a d . Medeterus a H r , ir l y I l , No ki T ton and ac c s ands to o . Megarthroglossus bec ip P ifi I l Herpe l gy V, m n n ds 5 3 . A d 1 08 . o o o s a llre , S l I l ,