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Legs. — Long and slender and with numerous barbed hairs; surface smooth, 

 shining. Claws large. All tarsi lacking subapical dorsal protuberances and 

 dorsal humps. Length of tarsus I, 0.66; metatarsus, 0.78. Length of tarsus IV, 

 1.02; metatarsus, 1.02. 



Hood. — No true hood is present, though there is an anterior projection 

 of the body wall. 



Fig. 53. Antricola coprophilus (Mcintosh). A, Larva, dorsal view. B, Hypostome 

 and palpi of larva, ventral view. C, Chelicerae of adult. D, Leg I of male. E, Leg IV 

 of male. F, Leg I of female. G, Leg IV of female. H, Barbed hairs. I, Capitulum of 

 nymph, lateral view. 



