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sides ; the digital joint ends with a single untoothed 

 claw. 



The falces are strong and massive, more so than in 

 Ct. Sauvagii, but of normal form. They are furnished 

 with hairs and bristles, and with strong spines near 

 their inner extremities on the upper side ; the fangs 

 are strong:, folded along- the under side of the falces 

 in a furrow which is toothed along either edge. The 

 colour of the falces is a rich deep red-brown. 



The maxillcE are strong, straight, divergent, with a 

 prominent point at the inner extremity, and some 

 very short, strong, tooth -like spines at their base ; 

 their colour is dull yellow-brown, and, with the labium 

 and sternum, they are thickly clothed with short 

 strong hairs. 



The labium is dark yellow-brown, tipped slightly 

 with black ; it is of a somewhat semilunar form, and 

 has a few very short tooth-like spines near its apex. 



The sternum is of a rough oval form, broadest 

 behind and shorter and broader in proportion than 

 that of Ct. Sauvagii and Ct. Moggridgii ; its colour is 

 dull yellow-brown, and it is destitute of the two 

 shining bare patches conspicuous in both those 

 species. 



The aljilomen is large, short-oval, broadest behind 

 and very convex above ; it is of a dull yellowish- 

 brown colour, thickly mottled with minute dark points 

 seen through a lens to be little rings, from the centre 

 of each of which springs a bristly hair ; the under- 

 side is paler ; the spinners and spiracular openings are 

 normal. As observed above, the colour of the abdo- 

 men was rather different in life ; it was then of a 

 deep blackish chocolate brown, with an indistinct 



