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ha ve very short joints gradually increasing in length towards 

 the apex. Tlie apical joint nearly twice as long as the basal 

 one. The maxillary palpi have a very long and slender api- 

 cal joint, much longer than the second one. The two basal 

 joints nearly equal in length, but the first one mnch broader 

 and situated on a large and a little curved palpifer. The head 

 is longer than wide, subrectangular mnch wider than the thorax. 

 Mandibles bidentate. Eyes minnte; ocelli wanting. Head 

 without a snlcns or grooved line on temples behind the eyes. 

 The antennee 13-jointed with a very large basal joint nearly 

 as long as foivr following ones. Claws simple. 



Aeluroides Sjöstedti n. g. n. sp. — 1 female, 2 labial and 3 maxillary palpi. 



Ae. Sjöstedti Tullgr. n. sp. 



Female. — Apterons. Head, legs and thorax yellow- 

 brown; abdomen dark brown, All parts very brilliant and 

 with scattered hairs. The flat head is oblong subrectangular 

 with the sides parallel, the posterior corners rounded and the 

 hind-edge a little emarginated. The front as by the genus Aelu- 

 rus between the eyes with a depression limited by two back- 



