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ing. The side view is shown enlarged thirty-two times in fig. i. The 

 dorsal view is shown in fig. 2. Mesonotum much longer than the pro- 

 jecting portion of the head, which is often nearly or entirely obscured in 



Fig. I. 



dorsal view. Mesonotum two and a half times as long as the next four 

 segments taken together, and nearly as long as the sixth segment, and 

 bearing on its anterior border conspicuous broad scales and hairs making 

 a ruff that projects forward and downward. Body sparsely 

 hairy; a few long bowed hairs on the back near the union 

 of the sixth and seventh segments and a tuft of shorter 

 ones near the base of the spring. Spring long and slen- 

 der, clothed with scales and hairs to the end and few hairs 

 projecting beyond the mucrones. Manubrium one-fifth 

 shorter than the remainder; denies curved near their at- 

 tachment to the manubrium, very slender, transparent 

 and curved near the end. The lower edge dilated crenu- 

 late. The crenulae gradually smaller to- 

 ward the end, which are armed with scat- 

 tered bristles. Mucrones conspicuously 

 two-toothed near the end and bearing on 

 the ventral aspect a long spine which 

 points toward the lower tooth; see fig. 3. 

 Legs very long, stout and hairy. The 

 femora and posterior trochanters light 

 colored. Claws long and slender ; the 

 longer bearing two small teeth on the 

 inner face; short claw half as long as the other. A single 

 tenent hair half as long as the longer claw and bulbous 

 Fig 2. at the end; see fig. 4. 



Measurements. ~ Total length 1.75 mm.; head .35 mm. long, 1.75 mm. 

 deep; antennae .46 mm.; ratio of joints 5:13:14:18 in one specimen, 4:13: 

 20:25 in another. Body 1.38 mm.; ratio of segments 12:1^:1:1^:2:12^: 

 3:1. Spring i. 04 mm.; manubrium .46 mm., dentes 575 mm., mucrones 

 25 mm. Scales of the mesonotum 115 mm. long; longer claw 45 mm. 



