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Labium nearly four fifths as wide as long ; strongly narrowed distad ; 

 apically obtusely rounded, the proximal notches long, (Plate 10, fig. 5). 



Sternum long, the ratio of length to width being 85 : 53 ; caudal end 

 obtusely angular. 



Femur of leg I armed on anterior (inner) side with one large spine; 

 patella unarmed; tibia armed ventrally with four pairs of uniform 

 spines, not armed laterally; metatarsus armed ventrally with a 

 double row of spines (6-6 or 6 + 7 in number) of which in each row 

 the first three or four and the distal one are longer than the others. 

 In leg II the femur and patella are unarmed; the tibia and metatarsus 

 are armed like those of leg I. The femur and patella of leg III are 

 also unarmed; the tibia is armed ventrally in the median line with 

 two spines, one proximad of and one distad of the middle; the meta- 

 tarsus is armed ventrally toward the caudal side with two spines, one 

 median and one subbasal, and at distal end with three spines. Leg IV 

 wholly unarmed as usual. 



Female. Length 7 mm. Length of cephalothorax 2.8 mm.; 

 width 2 mm. 



fern. tib.+pat. met. tar. total 



Leg I 2 mm. 2.6 mm. 1.3 mm. .9 mm. 6.8 mm. 



Leg II 1.8 2.2 1.2 .8 6.0 



Leg III 1.7 1.8 1 .7 5.2 



Leg IV 2 2.2 1 .8 6.0 



Tibia I, 1.6 mm.' long. 



Locality.— Lucma, 7,000 feet, August. (Type, M. C. Z. 167, one 

 female). 



Named for H. Stuart Hotchkiss of New Haven, a patron of the 

 expedition. 



CAPONIDAE. 



NOPS BELLULA, Sp. nOV. 



Plate 10, fig. 6-8; Plate 11, fig. 1-3. 



Carapace and sternum light orange-yellow; legs more lemon-yellow 

 or with femora of legs I and II tinged with orange. Eyes on a black 

 spot. Abdomen pale grey-green; dorsally at base with a small 

 deep brown or blackish triangular spot of which the apex is cephalad, 

 followed by a series of chevron marks of a color a little darker than 

 that of the general surface, (Plate 11, fig. 1). 



