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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Palp. Third segment four-fifths of, two terminal segments together equal to, second 

 (Fig. 14 c). 



Oviger. Terminal claw approximately half of tenth segment, armed with five spinules. 

 Total number of denticulate spines 32 (9 + 8 + 7 + 8). Segments 4-6 in the pro- 

 portions 1-5 :2-5 : i; fifth segment long, curved, and of almost uniform diameter 

 throughout (Fig. 14 a). 



Third leg slender and sparsely setose. Second coxa longer than the sum of the other 

 two (dorsal measurements — i "5-1 "75 : i)- Femur shorter than either tibia; there appear 

 to be 8-9 minute gland openings on proximal two-thirds of mid-ventral surface but no 

 raised tubercles. Second tibia the longest segment. Tarsus half to two-thirds of pro- 

 podus; claw short, about one-third of propodus, auxiliaries well developed (half to 

 two-thirds of main claw). Numerous small spinose setae on ventral margin of tarsus 

 and of propodus (Fig. 24 b). 



Female. The femur and second coxa are more robust and segments 4-6 of the oviger 

 are relatively short and almost straight, in the proportions i-88 : 2-25 : i. The second 

 coxa is never more than half as long again as the sum of the other two. 



Measurements {mm.) 



Length of proboscis ... 



Diameter of proboscis 



Length of trunk 



Length of cephaUc segment 



Width of cephalic lobes 



Width of neck 



Width across second lateral processes 



Length of abdomen ... 



Third leg: 



First coxa ... 



Second coxa 



Third coxa ... 



Femur 



First tibia ... 



Second tibia 



Tarsus 



Propodus ... 



Claw 



Auxiliaries ... 



Remarks. These specimens agree closely with Loman's description (1923, p. 19) of 

 the holotype, an ovigerous male. The number of denticulate spines on the oviger varies 

 from twenty-four to thirty-six, the number of spinules on the fingers of the chela from 

 fourteen to twenty-four. 



This species is most closely allied to N. pfejferi, Loman, and A'^. pancidens, n.sp. 

 (especially to the former), but differs from both in that the neck is longer and the 

 number of denticulate spines is higher. N. adareanum, Hodgson, has the same type of 

 male oviger (see Table III), but it diff'ers from all other Nymphon species in having 

 simple spines on the four terminal segments (see Gordon, 1932, p. 98). 



