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$. Length, 2.3 mm. Color yellow. Head rather short and broad 

 almost destitute of spines dorsally. Ocelli i- or obscurely 2-facetted. 

 Palpi short. 



Thorax wider than long, not especially distinctive. 



Abdomen dorsally with four apparent segments and with at least 

 four pairs of spiracles. First segment produced backward medially, 

 the apex rounded. Second composed of two medially separated plates 

 which are produced back to the end of the abdomen. Third segment 

 membranous. Fourth segment a small trapezoidal plate terminating the 

 abdomen. 



The chaetotaxy of the dorsal sides is as follows : First segment 

 with a few short stout spines on the disk and with several long slen- 

 der spines along the margin at the apex. Each plate of the second 

 segment with numerous short spines on the disk and terminating in a 

 cluster of exceedingly long stout spines. Third segment thickly beset 

 with short spines, each arising from a papilla. Fourth segment with 

 several stout spines along the posterior margin. 



Ventrally there are apparently five segments. The first occupies 

 about half the abdomen and bears the usual comb. Second membran- 

 ous, thickly beset with short spines which are arranged in more or 

 less definite rows, the base of each surrounded by a small chitinous 

 area. Third divided medially into two plates. Fourth and fifth un- 

 divided, each with a row of small spines along the posterior mar- 

 gin. 

 Cyclopedia similis Speiser. (Plate XXIII, fig. 4.) 



Cyclopodia similis Speiser, Archiv. fur Naturgeschichte, LXVII Bd. 

 i, h. i, pp. 51-52, tf. 2c., Taf. 3, f. 5 (1901). 



A single male from an unknown bat (Apia, Samoa), which 

 I refer to this species. There are certain minor details in 

 which the specimen seems to differ from Speiser's description 

 but they seem hardly important enough to justify the naming of 

 a new species. The opportunity is taken to present figures. 



STREBLIDAE. 



NYCTEROPHILIA n. gen. 



Streblidae of the subfamily Nycteroboscinae, with functional 

 wings in which there are apparently nine longitudinal veins in 

 addition to the costa, of these veins only the first two and a 

 portion of the third being strongly developed, the others very 

 weak. Tip of the wing notched. Thorax much compressed, 

 high convex. Legs short, the posterior femora scarcely reach- 

 ing beyond the end of the body, the anterior femora very short, 



