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hairs, sliaped as those of tlie sternal shiekl, one situated at a level with tlie liiud 

 iiiai'giii of coxa IV, the other half way between tlie first and tlie liiad inargin of 

 tlic sliield. The large i^ortion of soft cuticle surrounding tlie geniti-ventral and anal 

 shields is densely clotlied with long, straight polnted hairs. The anal shield rather 

 large, anteriorly broad and rounded, posteriorly narrowing and situated as far from the 

 hind niargin of the body as its ovvn length. It is provided with the usual 3 sniall hairs. 

 Metapodial shields small, ring-shaped, projecting only slightly backwards and fased 

 with the peritrematic shields which extend forwards as far aa to the front margin of 

 the foveola pedalis I. Stigmata as in the male. 



Epistoma (PI. 3, fig. 25, b); the sides are a little more concave than in the 

 male. The tip is divided in 5 lobes of which the median one is simple and only 

 bifurcate at the very top; the other two pairs are each divided into two, of the size 

 of the median lobe; those of the exterior pair are simple, those of the interior pair are 

 bifurcate at the top like the median lobe. The mandibles (PI. 3, fig. 7). The 

 chela more slender than in the male. The lower jaw slightly shorter than the upper 

 one, with sharp terminal tooth and in the distal third two sharp teeth of which the 

 posterior one is the larger. The upper jaw with one subterminal tooth close behind 

 and a little on the outer side of the terminal one so as to form a deep groove into 

 which the terminal tooth of the lower jaw fits. Behind the subterminal tooth a low 

 tubercle, then the sense hair, tlien a large, backwardly directed tooth, then an exca- 

 vation and an high blade rounded anteriorly. 



Hypostoma (PI. 2, fig. 26). Closely in front of the anterior, transverse row, 

 described above in the male, one notices a fine, straight and transverse line, in front of 

 which are two small, narrow, anteriorly rounded plates along the median margin of 

 the coxa. The maxillary lobes are shorter and stouter than in the male, with 

 broader basis and shorter liorns. The appendages are much shorter than in the male 

 and of entirely different shape, being lanceolate and attached on both sides of the 

 articulation of the lobes, their median edges being to all appearance continuous with 

 the median edges of the coxa. The maxillary plates are very thin and narrow 

 slips, with fine fringes, and fused together with V* of their length; they extend for- 

 wards to the anterior margin of the third Joint of the maxillary palps. 



The liypostomatic hairs are placed nearly as in the male, only the anterior 

 pair being inserted a little more backwards. 



The legs. Legs I, III and IV like those of the male. Legs II larger than 

 the others but without any tubercles. 



Kilimandjaro : Kibonoto, 6. XL 1905. On a great Scarabceus, 5 J'cT, 8 ??, one 

 nynipha. 



