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as head, pro- and mesothorax ; black, with yellow hairs, the lo last joints 

 strongly polished; ist stouter, cylindrical; 2nd short, annular; 3rd 

 cylindrical, as long as first ; 4th and fifth very short ; the rest successively 

 longer, nearly pyriform, the last ones about ovoid. Epistom half as long 

 as broad, sides rounded, front margin widely notched ; labrum large, a 

 little narrower at base, front margin rounded and a little yellowish, as well 

 as the sides of the epistom ; max. palpi dark brown, villous, stout, com- 

 pressed, the three basal joints short, equal, 4th longer, obliquely truncated 

 at tip, 5th a Httle longer and larger, ovoid ; labial palpi compressed, 

 broad, ist very short, 2nd about as long as broad, 3rd longer, the broad 

 apex rounded. Prothorax a little longer than broad, behind a little 

 broader; narrower than head ; side margins nearly straight ; a transversal 

 sulcus after the apical third ; a fine engraved median longitudinal line ; 

 mesothorax broader and longer, flattened ; near the anterior margin a 

 transversal impression ; the anterior angles rounded, a little swollen along 

 the sides ; disk with a large shallow impression ; metathorax quadrangular, 

 shorter but as broad as the mesothorax ; impression near the anterior 

 margin stronger ; anterior angles more inflated, behind them a transversal 

 small furrow, as indication of a separation ; in mesothorax and metathorax 

 the anterior margin and angles pale yellow ; the " segment me'diare " con- 

 nected with the metathorax short, rounded before. Abdomen flat, one 

 third less broad than the thorax, shining, very hairy ; dorsal segments 

 alike, transverse, short, the last one larger, rounded ; appendages large ; 

 basal joint short, broad ; apical joint much longer, ovoid ; the two last 

 ventral segments with a median longitudinal deep furrow. I can not see 

 a genital opening, these parts being shrivelled up. Legs strong, 

 very hairy, black shining ; fore legs reaching the tip of mouth parts, femurs 

 long, compressed, dilated; tibiae alike, shorter; tarsus with first joint 

 shorter than tibia, bent to below, dilated with a median furrow ; no 

 spine ; the two apical joints small, much shorter ; middle legs similar 

 but shorter, thinner, very little dilated ; hind legs as stout as the fore legs, 

 femur much dilated, tibise shorter, not dilated ; tarsus short, yel- 

 lowish, basal joint less than half of the tarsus, cylindrical, stouter than the 

 following ones, of which the 2nd is very short, the 3rd as long as the ist. 

 I see no asymmetry of the end of abdomen, but those parts are not in 

 good condition. 



Hab. One specimen from Itajahy, S. Cattarina, S. Brazil, collected 



