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j-, lt QOV e the present genus from both these families, and to regard it as 



tl,,. tvpe of a |iartii-ul:ir family. The genus contains as yet only a single species, 

 t,, } d> srnl" d below. 



Neobradya pectinifera. Sn.tt. 



(Suppl. PI. olj). 



I - .11. A'Mitimis to tin- Faun* ..f the Firth <if Fnrth. Part IV. 10th 

 . .,,. of the FMi.-rv P...:u-.l C..1- S,-,,tlaihl. p. L J I!: I'l. XIII, ti^s. lit :i'J. 



Characters. Female. I'.ody very slender and elongated, of per- 



fect I \ cylindrical form. Cephalic segment nearly as long as the 3 succeeding 



ments combined, and forming in front a short and broad rostral prominence 



of triangular form. Kpimeral plates of the 3 succeeding segments very small. 



lint distinct: .">th s. ginent fully as large as the preceding one. Urosome about 



the length of the anterior division and rather massive, with all the segments 



perfectly -mooth: last segment much smaller than the other 3, and deeply incised 



hchind in the middle. Caudal rami very small, slightly longer than they are 



hroad, and each carrying outside, about in the middle, 2 unequal bristles, dorsal 



ng close to the end. apical seta accompanied outside by a thin bristle 



and having its proximal half very coarse, almost spiniform. distal part however 



ivmely thin. hair-like and generally extended obliquely outwards. Eye wholly 



ahs, -Hi. Anterior antenna' nearly as long as the cephalic segment, and composed 



of '.) well-drtincd joints dothed with moderately long setae, 1st joint comparatively 



rt ami thick. 2nd much tin- largest and slightly attenuated distally, 3rd joint 



about twice the length of the 1th, \\hich carries at the end the usual sensory 



filament, terminal part scarcely longer than those 2 joints combined. Posterior 



.niieiin.i- \\ith the outer ramiis very fully developed and composed of -i well- 



defined joints, tin- Nt about equal in length to the other 3 combined. Mandibles 



\\ith the mastieatory part abruptly incurved and somewhat tlattened. cutting edge 



di\ided into several strong teeth, palp large, with the outer ramus distinctly 



l-ai tieulate. 1st pair of legs with the outer ramus slightly longer than the inner, 



middle joint without an\ seta inside, terminal joint armed with 4 spines and 



the tip with a slender >eta: inner ramus w ith the 1st joint about the length 



'1 combined and without any seta inside, middle joint setiferous. 



1 iminal joint about the gize of the middle one. and carrying on the tip 3 une- 



tho middle une verv long. The -l succeeding pairs of legs with the 



ramus \erv narrow and without an\ seta' inside, terminal joint only slightly 



than the middle one, and provided at the end with '> slender spines and 



"h-nder seta; inner ranius ; , little shorter than the outer, and having 



