( nr,7 ) 



The bristles on the seventh sternite are more minierniis. The eijrhth tergite bears 

 a greater number of small hairs between the stigma and the apical bristles. The 

 stylet is mnch shorter. 



Legs. — The hindferanr has three snbapical ventral bristles instead of two on 

 the outerside. The bristles of the tibiae and tarsi are rather stouter, the longest 

 apical bristle of the hindtihia not reaching to the apex of the first tarsal segment, 

 and tliat of the second hiudtarsal segment hardly reaching the middle of the fifth 

 segment. The measurements of the tarsi are as follows : — 



We have one ? collected by Mr. C. J. B. Grant at Deelfontein, Cape Colony, 

 April 3rd, 1902, from Ilerpestes badius. 



27. Ceratophyllus numae spec. nov. (PI. XII. fig. 58 ; XIII. fig. 59. 63. 65). 



Head. — The head is much more strongly rounded in the S than in the ?. The 

 forehead is very strongly angulate, but the angle is situated close to the ma.xillae, 

 giving the head a peculiar shape (PI. XIII. fig. 63). There is a row of rather 

 thin bristles between tlie antenna! groove and the maxillary palpus. Two longer 

 bristles are situated between the eye and the palpus, and one more below the eye- 

 The forehead from the upper row of bristles upwards, as well as the back of the 

 hinder part of the head, is densely punctured. The genal angle bears two heavy 

 spines standing close together, the upper one partly covering the second. The 

 posterior part of head bears one bristle close to the base of the antennal groove, three 

 bristles farther l)ack, and a subapical series, besides some fine hairs along the 

 antennal groove. The first segment of the maxillary palpus is a little longer than 

 the second and shorter than the fourth. The rostrum does not quite reach to the 

 apex of the forecoxa, the labial palpus consisting of four segments only, of which 

 the last is longer than the preceding one. 



Thorax. — The pronotum is short ; it bears one row of bristles and a comb of 

 twelve teeth. The mesonotum has two rows of bristles and a basal row of short, 

 ones, and bears two or three long subapical spines. The metanotum has two rows 

 of bristles and a comb of four short black apical teeth (two on each side). The 

 epimerum of the mesothorax bears three bristles, while that of the metathorax has 

 seven or six (4.3 or 3.3). 



Abdomen. — The bristles of the abdomen are slender but long. There is an 

 abbreviated antemedian row and a postmedian row on each segment. Tergites 1 to 4 

 have one short apical spine on each side, and bear, like the metanotum, some 

 extremely short spines in addition. The seventh tergite bears on each side oue 

 long apical bristle, accompanied by a very small hair above and below. The basal 

 sternite bears one hair, the following four sternites a row of three in the S and fonr 

 or five in the ? . The sternite of the seventh segment bears three in the S and 

 six in the ? . 



Legs. — The hindcoxa has on the innerside a comb of four (in S) to six or seven 

 (in ? ) spines, the hairy area of the outerside extending from the apex beyond the 



