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C. 15. HARDENBEEG. 



Head conical, deflexed ventrally, with small^ black, lateral 

 spot (eye-spot) and two sharp, laterally diverging- prongs, 

 directed ventrally. Mouth-opening transversely oval, buccal 

 region membranous. Head concealed under prothorax (text- 

 fig. 14, A, b;. 



Prothorax also facing ventrally. Sternal part narrowed. 

 Pronotum with a short, curved, median prong, directed 

 ventrally. Dorsal part only chitinised, spiracular and ventral 



Text-fig. 14. 



Clania moddermanni {Heylaerts) . Female. 



A. Ventral view of anterior part of female. X 20. B. Side view 

 of anterior part of female. X 20. 



region membranous. Prothoracic legs rudimentary, shoAving 

 only as a pair of small chitinous plates, each with a minute 

 booklet. Mesothorax, metathorax and 1st abdominal segment 

 with a median dorsal ridge. The chitinised area extends 

 from the dorsum over the lateral aspect to about opposite the 

 prothoracic spiracle on the mesothorax and decreases in size 

 on the succeeding segments to the 2nd abdominal. Other 

 abdominal segments membranous, transparent, showing the 

 ovarial tubes filled with eggs. 



Thoracic legs of meso- and metathorax also rudimentary, 

 those on the metathorax slightly less so than on the pro- and 

 mesothorax. 



