tapering and bluntly rounded distally; divided from each other by 

 narrow area of integument; unattached to integument posterior of 

 anus; surface bearing a few scattered hairs distally. Accessory 

 shields extending from level of anus to approximately same level 

 as apex of adanal shields, tapering, bluntly rounded apically; 

 narrower than adanal shields. Hairs on ventral surface fairly 

 dense and evenly distributed but shorter than those on lateral 

 surfaces. 



Legs with free segments appearing beaded due to width and 

 constriction between several segments; length-width ratio of seg- 

 ments variable but width of none equalling length of same segment; 

 free segments with ntimerous long, fine hairs dor sally and ventral— 

 ly. Tarsi apically extended into a downweird projecting, spiirlike 

 point; IV also with a short ventral subapical spur; outline nar- 

 rowly elongate; claws and pads arising from dorsal siurface at 

 apex; claws long, narrow, recurved at some distance beyond pads. 

 Coxa I narrowly, elongately subtriangular and extending anterior- 

 ly almost to anterior margin of basis capitxxli, visible from 

 dorsal view; posteriorly deeply cleft to form a widely triangtilar 

 outer spur and a narrower, tapered inner spur; other coxae sub- 

 rectangular with roiinded margins; posterior margins slightly 

 cleft; all coxae with numerous hairs. 



FM&LE (Figtires 238, 239, 3A7 to 351): Unengorged specimens 

 are very slightly larger than males; engorged specimens meastire 

 up to 6.2 mm. long but retain the linear, podshape appearance of 

 boophilid females due to the severely parallel lateral margins of 

 the body. Female characters recall those of the male but the leg 

 segments are less expanded and the palpi are more elongate with a 

 slight constriction between the second and third segments. 



Capitulum ; Basis capitxili from one and a half to twice as 

 wide as long; basal margin moderately concave and joined to lateral 

 margins by slight expansions s\iggestive of cornua; lateral margins 

 concave to widest point at anterior third, thence recurved to 

 anterior margin; porose areas small, shallow, and indistinct, 

 subtriangular or pear shaped; bearing four or five hairs lateral, 

 ly on dorsal surface. Palpi more elongate than those of male, 

 segments 2 and 3 separated by a pediclelike constriction and of 



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