523 IVAR TRÂGARDH 



Palpi shaped like those of the maie ; joint I with the semi- 

 spherical tubercle found in the maie ; at the external side of 

 joint I, near the base, there is a rounded area which is closely 

 transverally striated, a veiy unusual feature I hâve not met 

 with in the Parasitinae. 



Hypostoma (fig. 14). Maxillary lobes slightly wider at 

 the base than in the maie ; maxillary plates with rounded 

 detached blade at the base, the edge of which has numerous 

 small teeth. The fringe is longest proximally, and narrows 

 gradually towards the top ; distal third narrow, lanceolate, 

 without fringes. 



Ventral side (fig. 15). The anterior edge of the sternal 

 shield shows nearly the same configuration as in the maie 

 (comp. fig. 7), with a pair of incisions opposite the small j ugular 

 shields. Sternal shield extending backwards to the middle 

 of coxae III, but owing to the large coxae II it is longer 

 than is usually the case. 



Of the 3 pairs of sternal hairs one is placed close to the ante- 

 rior margin, on the inner side of the incision, the second one 

 farther back than usually, on the border between the third and 

 fourth quarter of its length, the third in its usual place. 



Metasternal shields narrow, twoand a half times as long 

 as they are wide, with the latéral edges projecting between 

 the angle formed by coxae III and IV, and meeting one ano- 

 ther in the médian line only with narrow tips. Hairs as large 

 as the médian pair of sternal hairs, inserted behind the middle. 



Epigynial shieldpentagonal, with narrow, pointed, ante- 

 rior, médian mucro which séparâtes the basai two thirds of 

 the médian edge of the metasternal shields ; antero-lateral 

 angles projecting sharply, a little in front of them the edge has 

 a low, broad projection. 



One pair of hairs near the posterior margin. 



With regard to the length of the médian mucro, and the 

 sharp antero-lateral angles, the epigynial shield resembles 

 jbhe specirnens from Consiglio, delineated by Berlese, but 



