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1 i, Deelfontein, CJape ("olony, Angust 26th, 1902. Zoiilla striata. 

 3 (?(?, „ „ „ April luth, 1 902. Xerus capemis. 



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IS cJcf, „ „ ,, ,, 26tb, ,, Luricula fetradactyla. 



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n. Pulex eridos spec. nov. (PL VIII. fig. 21 ; IX. fig. 23). 



This species is close to P. nubicus, having the hiiidfemnr strongly angulate 

 near the base. 



Thorax. — The epimerntn of the metathorax bears only nine to eleven bristles, 

 arranged in two vertical rows converging towards tlie stigma. 



Abdomen. — The number of Ijristles on the abdominal tergites i.s also smaller 

 than in P. luibiciis, the rows containing abont eight bristles on the middle 

 segments. On the sternites of segments 3 to there are three or fonr bristles 

 on each side. 



Legs. — The ventral snbbasal tooth of tlie liindfemiir is more ])romineut than 

 in P. nubicus. 



nCodified Segments. — The clasper of the c? bears two processes, of which the 

 one is half as long again as the other, the shorter one bearing a number of 

 moderately long hairs (PI. VIII. fig. 21), and the longer one some minute hairs. 

 The ninth sternite is larger than in P. nubicus. The manubrium (m) is not quite 

 so slender at the base, and distinctly curved. The bristles on the eighth sternite 

 are fewer in number and less heavy than in P. nubicus. The penis plate is 

 acuminate. 



The eighth tergite of the ? bears an ajiical row of ten bristles, and on the 

 lateral surface two or three long ones beneath the stigma, and some more farther 

 down, the number not being quite constant (PI. IX. fig. 23). 



Length, 1-6 mm. 



We have eleven examples of this species, as under : — 



1 Si, Deelfontein, Gape Colony, March 19th, 1902, Otomi/s branti. 



Collected by Mr. C. J. B. Grant. 



T. Pulex rigg'enbachi spec nov. (PI. VIII. tig. 19. 20 ; IX. fig. 24). 



Head. — The dorsal edge of the liiuder part is horizontal and slightly curved 

 in the cT, while in the ? the head is rounded from the hinder edge to the palpi. 

 The upper surface bears numerous very short hairs, which are more distinct on the 

 hinder portion in the c?. There are no long bristles on the anterior part of the 

 head. On the hinder part there is one long bristle above the antennal groove, 

 with a smaller one in front, and a series of bristles near the hinder edge. Of this 

 series the lowest is the longest, and its distance from the next is abont the same 

 as from the long lateral bristle. The club of the antenna is about as long as 

 broad. The oval edge of the head is produced on each side into a narrow, triangular, 

 pointed process, which projects downwards and backwards. The second segment 

 of the maxillary palpus is not quite so long as segments 3 and 4 together ; 

 segment :5 is one-fourth shorter than 4. 



Thorax. — The bristles of the thorax are short and stout, the dorsal ones being 



