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without claws. II. and III. legs (fig. 1 II.) with 7 and 8 free 

 segments respectively (the II. with 1, the III. with 2 trochanter 

 segments) ; the femora (sixth segment from the distal end) short 

 and very stout, especially in the male, with convex surfaces ; the 

 terminal tarsal segment extremely mhrute, bearing a pair of long, 

 smooth, two- jointed claws, and often hidden amongst the hairs of 

 the preceding segment, the distal joint of the claws subequal to 



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Hcxisopits lanatus (Koch). Fig. 1, II. and IV. right leg of ? , seen from below 

 (the anterior side is on the right, the posterior on the left of each figure). 

 Fig. '2, distal joints of II. leg of , seen from above, and much magnified. 

 Fig. 3, median section of <$ in outline, g.p. genital papilla. Fig. 4, outline of 

 same <? seen from above. Fig. 5, rostrum (the stiff hairs at the apex not sketched 

 in). 



or even longer than the basal joint (fig. 2) ; no subungual appen- 

 dages. IV. leg with 7 free segments (including 2 trochanter seg- 

 ments) ; the femur (third free segment) sub-cylindrical ; the tibia 

 very short, functioning as patella ; metatarsus tibia-like ; tarsal 

 segments 2, without claws (fig. 1 IV.). Ocular tubercle much 

 more prominent anteriorly in the male than in the female, provided 

 with numerous hairs. Flagellum of male hidden between the 

 mandibles, the basal portion enlarged in the form of an open cup, 



