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shortly upturned, the upper edge provided with 4 teeth near the 

 middle, of which the proximal and distal ones are large and equal 

 and the 2 intermediate ones smaller, the proximal intermediate tooth 

 being the smallest of the four ; the upper edge also minutely and 

 unevenly denticulated or roughened in front of the distal tooth. 

 Flagellum much larger and more conspicuous than in M. braunsi, 

 n. sp., but similarly situated, formed of a curved pallid rod densely 



FIG. 6. Melanoblowia <jlobicei>x, n. sp., right chelicera from inner side. 



covered with soft pallid hairs, those at the apex longest, forming a 

 club. 



Pedipalps stout and shortish, with long, fine, brown hairs and setae 

 and densely covered besides with short and very numerous, blackish 

 brown, mostly truncated, cylindrical bristles, those on the upper side 

 of the femur extremely short, those on the tibia, metatarsus, and 

 tarsus longer. 



Legs clothed, especially on the femora and basal segments, with 

 numerous short, white, notched bristles, besides long brown hairs 

 and setae. 



Abdomen with numerous white hairs at the sides and below, the 

 second segment with a group of 8-12 long, filiform, pale yellowish, 

 fleshy hairs spread over each half of the sternite. 



Measurement. Total length 9f mm. 



SUB-FAMILY KAKSCHIIN^E. 



GEN. TOREUS, n. g. 



Adult male without distinguishable flagellum. Upper lobe of 

 rostrum bent downwards at apex, the upper edge of the apical 



