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integument. The uterus opens into its anterior end, which is 

 bounded by the 8th sternum ; the spertnatheca opens into its 

 roof, which is supported by the 9th sternum and the gonapop- 

 hyses ; while its floor is completed by the 7th sternum and 

 the infolded chitinous membrane. 



Fig. 98. External Reproductive Organs of Female. T s , &c., terga ; S~ , &c., 

 sterna; G, anterior gonapophysis ; G l , its base; (/, posterior gonapophyses ; 

 Od, oviduct ; sp, spermatheca ; R, rectum. The upper figure shows the parts 

 in oblique profile ; the left lower figure is an oblique view from before of the 

 outlet of the uterus, the anterior gonapophyses being cut short ; the right lower 

 figure shows the gonapophyses. Arrows indicate the outlet of the oviduct and 

 uterus. 



A pair of appendages (anterior gonapophyses) are shown by 

 the development of the parts to belong to the 8th somite. 



