298 JOHN HEWITT. 



Legs. — Cox^ I and IV of equal length. Metatarsus TV 

 longer than the tarsus. Apart from a few long spiniform 

 seta3 on the femora and tibias, the legs are spineless ; there 

 are a few long setiforra spines on the distal segments of the 

 palps. The legs are clothed with short stiff setas ; most of 

 these are simple, but on the tarsus, and to a less extent on the 

 metatarsus, there are some long stiff setj\3, each carrying two 

 or three lateral barbules, usually situated on one side of the 

 hair about the middle of its length. On tarsus IV the stout 

 feathered hairs are arranged in longitudinal rows, about ten 

 in a row. The elongated so-called auditory hair on the fourth 

 metatarsus is present. On tibia IV dorsally there are two 

 projecting hairs, the distal one longer. Onychium present. 

 Paired claws of the first tarsus with only five teeth, the distal 

 one longest, the others much smaller and gradually decreasing 

 in size towards the base ; the median claw is fairly long and 

 carries two teeth, the basal one of which is very minute and 

 arises from the base of the larger one. On the claws of the 

 fourth tarsus the teeth are still weaker, the inferior claw being 

 drawn out to a long fine point and carrying only one weak 

 tooth. 



Sternum. — Broader than long, quite fused with the labium. 



Labium. — Veiy broad, carrying four bristles anteriorly; 

 there is a strongly thickened slightly concave border antei-iorly. 

 The maxillae have the long axis very obliquely inclined. 



Palp. — Male palp short, the femur being about twice as 

 long as the patella, and their conjoint length about equal to 

 the distance from the base of the tibia to the end of the 

 conductor of the style of the bulbal organ. The end of the 

 conductor somewhat resembles a scoi"pion's vesicle (sting) in 

 shape ; immediately beyond the distal extremity of the tarsus 

 the style is bent at right-angles on itself, its distal portion 

 continuing to the apex as a broad slightly curved lamina. 

 Tibial apophysis not bifurcated and not large. External 

 branch of the tarsus (paracymbium) slightly arched, but no 

 spines nor hairs occur on the concavity. 



Total length. — Female 2^ mm. Male If mm. 



