AMMOTHEIDAE i°7 



Abdomen elevated at an angle of about 45" and reaching to distal end of fourth lateral 

 process. 



ChelopJiore short, less than one-third of proboscis ; scape short, clubbed ; chela small, 

 with fingers reduced to small blunt stumps. 



Palp rather longer than proboscis, with nine segments (Fig. 57 b) ; fourth almost 

 twice as long as second segment. 



Oviger as represented in Fig. 57 a. 



Fig. 57. AmmotJiea stylirostns, n.sp. Holotype: rt. Oviger: ;<i5. 6. Palp: xis. 

 c. Terminal segments of third leg: x 11. 



Third leg relatively short and stout. Second coxa equal to the sum of the first and 

 third. Femur almost five times as long as wide; second tibia the longest segment; 

 terminal segments as represented in Fig. 57 c. Setules arranged in longitudinal rows 



on the longer segments. 



Measurements {mm.) 



Length of proboscis ... 



Basal width of proboscis 



Length of trunk 



Length of cephalic segment .. 



Greatest width of cephalon .. 



Width of anterior border of cephalon 



Width across second lateral processes 



Length of abdomen ... 



Length of chelophore 



7-8 

 3-6 



II-2 



5-4 

 4-6 



3-4 

 8-4 

 3-6 



2-2 



Third leg: 



First coxa 



Second coxa 

 Third coxa ... 

 Femur 



First tibia 



Second tibia 

 Tarsus and propodus 



Claw 



Auxiliaries ... 



2-27 



4-0 



173 



1 1 -2 



10-6 



12-8 



4-6 

 1-8 



0-75 



Remarks. The immature specimen measures 8-5 mm. in length (trunk only) and is 

 very soft ; the chelophores are half as long as the trunk, with perfect chelae. 



The proboscis is rather similar to that of A. longispina, n.sp., but is only two-thirds 



» IA-2 



14-2 



