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Acukato-uncinattr, set with hook-shaped prickles. 

 Acuiuinato-s€tac€(E, terminated with a stiff sharp-pointed hair. 

 Amphi-ophthalmtE, wholly or in part surrounded by the eyes. 

 Appro ilmatte, close together at their hase. 

 Aristatte, furnished with a compressed lateral knob, having attached 



to it a short beard or bristle. 

 Articiilatie, with distinct joints or articulations. 

 Barbatcc, with tufts of hair at the articulations. 

 Breves, shorter than the body. 

 Capitutce, clavated, ending in a knob. 

 Catoplttlialnue, when placed behind the eyes. 

 CUiatce, fringed with parallel acta, inserted along the side of the an- 



tenncE throui!;h their whole lensith. 

 Clavat(c, club-shaped, ternainating in a knob; growing gradually 



thicker towards ihc apex. 

 C-oadunatff, connected at the base. 



Dentattc, set with remote spreading points in one direction. 

 Disdnclfe, not united at their base. 

 ElongatiP, when longer than the head. 

 Kxarticitlutcc, with no distinct articulations. 

 Filatce, *impJe, witliout a lateral hair or thread. 

 Filifornirs, of the same thickness through their whole length. 

 Hyperophthaliua, placed above the eyes. 

 HypoplithuliitcE, placed under the eyes. 

 JMrnellata, pectinated, but with scales instead of bristles. 

 Longa, longer than the body. 

 Mediocres, of the same length with the body. 



Moniliformcs, with distinct subglobular joints or bead-like articula- 

 tions. 

 Mucronatcv, terminating in a sharp projecting point. 

 Nudtr, not garnished with hairs or bristles. 

 Nutantes, at the points bent downwards. 

 Pcctinnfa, comb-shaped, or sending out from both sitles parallel 



bristles the whole l-cngth. 

 Feifofiats, the club being horizontally divided, the pieces connected 



in the middle. 

 Perfoliato-imbrkata-, consisting of small concave pieces, imbricated 



and connected in the middle. 

 Plumosie, like a plume of feathers. 

 Porrecta:, stretched straight forward. 

 Pr'nmatka;, linear, with more than two flat sides. 

 Pro-opfit/ialma; placed before the eyes. 

 Ramosa, with many lateral branches. 

 Pemottr, distant from each other. 

 Rigidce, not flexible. 



