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little over 0'7 mm. and about 0'4 mm. in breadth. In outline 

 it is elliptical, broadly rounded at both ends. Between the 

 antenniform bristles, it is slightly emarginate. The legs are 

 yellow, the body colour darker with brownish patches on the 

 dorsum. The skin is covered with short ridges of unequal length, 

 those on the anterior half of dorsum, particularly between the 

 •eyes, being very short. As the ridges get nearer to the posterior, 

 they increase gradually in length. Along the dorsum the direc- 

 tion is longitudinal, but as they pass round to the ventral area 

 posterior to the epimera, the direction of these ridges becomes 

 transverse. They are slightly sinuate and free from one another, 

 •exhibiting between them an indistinct porosity of the skin. The 

 gland pores are encircled by a broad chitinous ring, but they do 

 not stand out prominently from the surrounding area. 



The capitulum is a little over 0'2 mm. in length, and lies in a 

 long narrow bay formed by the first pair of epimera. The anterior 

 processes are almost parallel, and both they and the posterior 

 pair end in a sharp point. Seen from the side the ventral wall 

 of the capitulum is bent somewhat in advance of the posterior 

 processes. The ventral surface of the pharynx near to the 

 thickened posterior is also seen to be bent. 



The palpi are about 0*3 mm. in length. The second segment 

 is stout and has its extensor surface well arched, with three 

 moderately long spines midway, and two longer ones distal. 

 The flexor surface is weakly concave with the long straight bristle 

 not quite distal. The third segment has the six long bristles 

 -disposed similarly to L. stigmatifera Sig Thor. {Zool. Anz.y xxxii. 

 151, fig. 876). The flexor surface of the fourth segmerit is 

 .almost straight, while the extensor surface is slightly curved, 

 giving the segment the appearance of being tapered a little. At 

 the distal end of the extensor surface there are four fine hairs. 

 The minute hairs on the flexor surface are rather nearer to each 

 other than to the ends of the segment. 



The epimera are the prominent feature of the species and 

 almost entirely cover the ventral surface. The posterior ends of 

 the first pair end in a sharp point, and lie rather more towards 

 the genital area than the capitulum. The posterior ends of the 

 second pair are broad. The inner suture between the second 

 and third pairs is drawn in towards the first pair. The third 

 pair are triangular, the suture between them and the fourtlj 



