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MKKISTK VARIATION. 



[PART i. 



lemur it-elf is Haitem-d anteni ]ni-teriurly. having t\vo broad surfaces, 

 morphologically anterior anil ]>-terior, and two narrow surfaces which 

 an- e\ten>i>r and tlf.xnr Mirfaee-, or morphologically dorsal and ventral. 

 I'.y rotation of the mxa tin- whole leg may assume a great variety 

 if portion-, and it i- thu- of tlie utmost consequence that the nature of 

 the surface- In- truly recu^ni/ed. If the front leg be placed with the 



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III 



1 i ... lf,ii. f.'nmil.i/r . <,-/.///. X o . 753. I. The whole beetle seen from ventral 

 >etaila .! ii-ht anterior coxa bearing extra trochanters and legs. 

 In tin- tiKiiiv tlir le-s air rotate,! so as to shew that .S7i is an imae of SL. 

 III. Tin- -;niir, jilaced BO as t,. shew that ,s7. is an inia^e of /,'. 



,.. process ..f ooza l..,-kii^ j,, t i, L . tr ,, c lianter. *rp, alp, corresponding processes 

 !<! the extra trochanters. (From a specimen belonging to M. H. Gadeau de 

 Kerville.) 



