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ventrally. Distal pnints uf the 2n(l antenna with l)itul)crculate tips, and witli a digitiforni 

 process projecting antemlateraliy from the \'entr()lateral niar.t;in at a point slightly distal to 

 the middle of the joint. Front of head at dorso-posterior margin of clypeus with a pair of 

 long filiform processes with connate bases. Total length, 8-20 mm. 



Female: Cercopods straight, both margins setiferous. Front of head unarmed, gently 

 rounded. Ovisac short, oval, acutely rounded posteriorly. Total length, 8.5-23 mm. 



Genus BrancJiipodopsis G. O. Sars 

 1898 Branchipodopsis Sars. Arch. Mat. og Naturvid. Krist. 20 (4) : 26. 



Nine postpedigerous segments, the last shortest. Cercopods falciform, incurved, mova- 

 bly jointed to last abdominal segment. No median process from the vertex of head of S , but 

 there may be a small median, ventral process. Basal joint of 2nd antenna of S (each half 

 of clypeus) with a conical, subconical or digitiform process on inner anterior side, and a 

 small setiferous lamelliform process near the distal end. Distal joint strongly curved inward, 

 often contorted, unarmed. A number of species are found in Africa, one in Asia. 



Branchipodopsis affinis G. O. Sars 



1901 Branchipodopsis affinis Sars. Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. St. Petersbourg. 6: 149 



Locality: Kashmir: *Nagmargh. 20-30 5 $9 9. Col. F. Smith. \T-13. 



Reported from: Mongolia, Mont Chingan (sec. Sars); Manchuria, near Tyn Chur. (sec. 

 Daday) ; Russian Mongolia, near Lake Baical (sec. Smirnov). 



Types: Museum of Natural History, Leningrad. 



These specimens were received in an e.Ktraordinarily damaged condition, apparently 

 having been completely dried at some time in the past. They were very brittle as received 

 in alcohol, and not a single specimen had escaped breakage. It was at first impossible even 

 to make sure of the genus, Init by treating with 5% KOH solution, the horn-like interior 

 was softened, and the integument resumed something of its former shape. They were then 

 lightly stained with tetrabromfluorescic acid, and preserved in glycerine to protect the now 

 very soft specimens. Since these specimens are in such poor condition, the description and 

 figures are taken largely from Sars (IS^Ol ). 



Body somewhat more slender than usual in the genus. The paired median processes on 

 the dorsal surface of the S clypeus terminate in 2 rounded lobes, having between them a 

 small spine; digitiform processes on dorsal, distal parts of the clypeus well marked. A small 

 ventro-median, spinuliferous process on the clypeus. Distal joints of 2nd antenna of $ 

 strongly curved, and somewhat expanded near tips. Second antennae of 2 terminate in an 

 acute pointed process. The 6th legs of c5 have 5 rounded, tuberculifnrm processes between 



* Indian Museum specimens. 



