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Baghghora, 6000 ft. This animal is doubtfully united to Eichters' 

 species because the aiTangement and texture of the main plates are 

 the same as in examples of U. quadrispinosus which Professor 

 Eichters was kind enough to give me, and because the larva has, 

 as Eichters states (9) only the two lateral processes a and e. 

 There are several points of difference which render the identifica- 

 tion doubtful, but as only young individuals were seen (two- 

 clawed larvffi and four-clawed examples hardly larger than the 

 larvae), it would be unsafe to build on these differences. The 

 larvae had no dorsal processes ; the subsidiary plates among the 

 larger plates were not detected ; the lateral spine e had a thick 

 basal portion, with a shoulder, succeeded by a thin apical portion. 

 The two-clawed larva had four claws developed on the new skin 

 inside. Several examples ISOyu, long. 



Genus Macrobiotics. 



M. hufelandi C. Sch. {12). — Common in moss from Sinihul, 

 8000 ft., and Baghghora, 6000 ft. There is always an amount of 

 doubt about an identification of a Macrohiotus if the egg is not seen 

 (compare M. rubens below, which closely resembles Af. hufelandi, 

 but has a quite different egg). Typical eggs of 3f. hvfclandi were 

 also abundant, and some well-developed young were squeezed out 

 of etjss. 



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M. rubens sp. n., plate XIV. fig. 5a to bd. 



Specific Characters. — Of moderate size and reddish-brown colour. 

 Eyes present. Pharynx of hufelandi type, with a nut attached to 

 the gullet, a long double rod, a shorter rod, and a comma in each 

 row. Claws of hufelandi type, joined about half-way. Egg oval, 

 laid in the skin. 



Length, up to 430//,. Eggs up to five in one skin. There 

 appears to be only one supplementary point to each long claw, but 

 this is difficult of demonstration. It is the first species known to 

 me, of the hufelandi type of claws, which does not lay a spiny Qgg. 

 As both claws and pharynx conform to the hufelandi pattern, the 

 distinction from that species would be difficult if the eggs were 

 not seen. The clear ruddy colour is quite distinct from the dull 

 brown pigment of hufelandi, but is lost in preserved specimens. 

 The colour, as in M. coronifer, etc., is in the fat-cells. Baghghora, 

 6000 ft., numerous. 



M. intermedins Plate (6). — This species I only know with 

 certainty as a Scottish species by the distinctive egg. As to 

 its other structures, I gather from identifications made by 

 Professor Eichters that it has claws of the httfelandi type, and 

 pharynx of the echinogenitus type. No eggs of the species have 



