COLOSSENDEIDAE 



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processes separated; eyes present; sub-chelate termination to tenth joint of oviger; 

 tarsus approximately equal to, claw shorter than propodus. 



Description. Greatest width of trunk, across the first lateral processes, just under 

 two-thirds of its length ; lateral processes separated by approximately half their own 

 diameter. Ocular tubercle high, conical ; eyes, especially the anterior pair, well developed. 



Proboscis decurved, over 1-5 times as long as trunk; narrow and cylindrical for the 



Fig. 2. Palporfourterminalpalpalsegmentsof:a. Co/oMew</ma!«/ra/w, Hodgson: xii. b-e. C.tortipalpis, 

 n.sp. (6 and f, of male: xii and 20 ; </, of holotype : x 20; e, of immature specimen — slightly abnormal : X17). 



first third of its length, expanding to nearly twice this width in the centre, then gradually 

 narrowing anteriorly; terminal just a little greater than basal width (Fig. 3 d). 



Abdo?neri short, extending to within a short distance of the distal articulation of the 

 first coxa; narrow and cyHndrical proximally, expanding considerably at about two- 

 thirds of its length ; apex bifid. 



Palp as represented in Fig. 2 b; length of second exceeding 1-5 times that of fourth 

 joint ; fifth and sixth joints approximately equal ; eighth joint laterally articulated with 

 seventh and somewhat shorter than the terminal one. 



Oviger with fourth slightly longer than sixth segment; spines on the four terminal 

 segments in four rows; a large curved spine at the distal end of terminal segment 

 opposed to the claw (Fig. 4 a). 



