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Isopoda. 



The collection of this kind of animals is quite small 

 which depends partly apon the fact tbat in consequence of 

 other work much time could not lie spent in looking for 

 members of this group, but partly on the scarcity of these 

 animals in the localities visited by this Expedition. In the 

 forests on the slopes of Kenia, and near Meru boma many 

 logs were turned for the purpose of finding Isopoda and 

 other animals of similar habits, but none of the former kind 

 were found there. This may, to some extent, be due to the 

 drought, although terrestrial Isopoda do not appear to be 

 very sensitive to that. Under dry and rotten logs in the 

 forest near Escarpment station numerous specimens of two 

 different species both of which have proved to be new to 

 science were found in January 1911. At a place called Njoro 

 north of Guaso Nyiri river (about 1" N. lat.) some few spe- 

 cimens of a third new species were found under the sheaths 

 of dry palmleaf-stalks near a dry riverbed, where some wa- 

 ter-holes belonging to the Rendiles had been dug. 



The material thus collected was delivered to Mr. G. 

 BuDDE-LuND, Copenhagen, whose eminent knowledge about 

 this group is well known, and he kindly promised to under- 

 take the scientific determination and description of the spe- 

 cies. Before, however, he had fully finished his work, he 

 was suddenly carried off by death which is to be greatly 

 deplored. But the late author had found time to name the 

 new species and write their diagnoses. His manuscript con- 

 cerning this little collection has kindly been placed at my 

 disposition by his son Dr. C. G. Budde-Lund for which 

 courtes}^ I beg to express my gratitude. 



In the following this manuscript is published without 

 any alterations or additions and is thus solely the work of 

 the late G. Budde-Ltjnd: 



Eubelum instreiiuiim n. sp. Budde-Lund. 



Superficies Isevis, punctatissima. 



Antennse se. art. 2 longior quam 3, art. 2<4; Vis corp. 

 long. 



