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sublaterally ; one behind the middle of coxae II ; and the last 

 pair at the posterior angles. Its anterior edge is slightly con- 

 cave ; tlie posterior angles acute ; length to widtli between 

 coxse II as 5 : 4. Metasternal shields small, oval, not fiised 

 witli the endopodal shields, but free, and surroiinded by 

 tliin cuticle, with one pair of hairs. 



Epigynial shield triangular in outline, but broadly roun- 

 ded anteriorly ; shghtly wider at the base than it is long, with 

 perfectly straight posterior side, and obtuse posterior angles ; 

 one pair of hairs near the posterior angles. 



Ven tri-anal shield large, pentagonal ; top backwards, 

 with rounded angles, very slightly longer than it is wide. 

 It bears 6 pairs of setiform hairs, equidistant and at an equal 

 distance from the sides, and the usual 3 circumanal hairs. 



CYRTOLAELAPS Berl. 

 C. transisalae Oudms. 



(Fig. 65-6S). 



Département des Pyrénées-Orientales {France). — Grotte de 

 Sainte-Marie, commune de La Preste, canton d'Arles-sur-Tech, 

 22 th May 1908 ; No 220, 1 9. 



Distribution : Netherlands. 



Female. 



Length : 675 jj,, Width; 315 y., thus slightly longer than 

 OuDEMANs' spécimens, which, however, are tritonymphse. 



The dorsal side perfectly resembles that of the tritonympha 

 as delineated and described by Oudemans (1901, p. 28-29). 



Gnathosoma. Epistoma(fig. 65) resembles that of the typi- 

 cal species, with the only exception of the médian triangular 

 cusp being comparatively longer, projecting forward on to a 

 level with the small teeth of the latéral lobes ; it points straight 

 upwards. The top of the latéral lobes with two smaJl médian 



