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The palp is lony and slender and the process of the penultimate segment thin, spine-like 

 and much shorter than the prolonged end segment. 



Epimera of usual shape. The first pair is prolonged in front, forming a very conspicu- 

 ous, pointed projection. The epimera of the first pair are widely separated from each other, 

 their inner margins being parallel, so that the maxillary bay retains the same width through- 

 out. From the inner margins a single row of about 18 feathered bristles arises. The 

 posterior inner corner of the first epimeron is acutely protruded inwardly. The three first 



Figure 11. — Kashmirothyas hutchinsoni gen. et sp. n. A, first leg of male; B, of female, from the inner side. 



legs especially are armed with strong spines, arranged in whirls at the distal end of the 

 segments. Besides, the first leg has a long, backwardly curved, strong bristle on the ventral 

 side of the second .segment. There is also a thinner bristle on the ventral side, arising in 

 some distance behind the spine. Such a bristle stands also at the same place on the second leg. 



The genital organ is characteristic. It reaches up to the inner end of the maxillary bay 

 and in structure it is reminiscent of that of Tricliothyas or Liiiulbladia. However, it differs 

 considerably from the organ of all known genera. The genital plates are long and narrow, 

 posteriorly connected with the^ posterior acetabula and accordingly probaI)ly but little mova- 

 ble. Their interior border carries about 10, the exterior 2 bristles. The first pair of acetabula 

 lies in fnmt of the organ, the second is situated much farther back, posterior to the middle 

 of the plates. Both these pairs of ace(;il)ula are much elongated and attached to low socles, 

 liehind the plates but coalesced with tlu-ni and resting upon their hindpart we find some other 

 acetabula, more rounded in shape. Their number varies from two to four on each side. 

 In front of the genital aperture is a chitinous transverse bolt. 



S . The male differs in many respects from the other sex, the following characters 

 especially being worth mentioning. It is smaller, about 930ai long. The maxillary organ is 



