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surface is vertically furrowed, con\eying the idea of an incom- 

 plete separation into lobes and digitations. Where the dermal 

 incrustation has been abraded the surface is extremely harsh 

 to the touch, owing to the dense crowding of acanthostyles at 



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Fig. 41 — 7\. typiciis var. stellifer. a Principal styli. b 

 Auxiliary styli. c Special dermal stvli. d Acanthostyli. 

 e Chela, f Toxa. 



the ends of the fibres. 1 he main fibres are 80 to \20\1 in 

 diameter. This variety is characterised by the extreme 

 abundance of its acanthostyles, which are closely arranged on 

 all the fibres, and, at the superficial extremities of the latter, sa 



