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llie anterior (cf. p. 37); this femur is a little lower than its trochanlin; the femur 

 of the fourth pair is only 21 longer than deep. The tarsus of the first pair of 

 legs is a lillle siiorter than the tibia and 5 times as long as deep; the tarsus of the 

 fourth pair of legs is only 13 longer than the femur is deep; the claws arc sim|)le. 



Colour. — The maxillae and pal[)s light brown with reddisii brown palps; 

 Ihe céphalothorax and abdominal tergites more dark brown. 



Measurements. — Specimen from Kar Nikobar. Céphalothorax 1036 (0896); 

 abdomen 2660 (1680) mm. 



Palps: trochanter 0-504 (0-305); femur 0-924 (0325); tibia 0980 (0364); hand 

 0-924 (0-504), depth 0485; finger 0-588 mm. 



Of another specimen from Kar Nikobar. Leg I: femur 0657 (0234), trochantin 

 0153; tibia 0477 (0-126); tarsus 0440 (0081). 



Leg IV: femur 0-828 (0-396), trochantin 0360; tibia 0738 (0198); tarsus 0-522 

 (0108) mm. 



c?. Body (PI. Ill, fig. 8 b). — The transverse stripes, of which the anterior 

 seems to be more curved backwards, the granulations of the céphalothorax, but 

 especially those of the abdominal tergites, in which they are real short plates, and 

 the longitudinal line of the abdomen are much more prominent than in the female, 

 and so are the white spots on which the hairs are placed. The genital area is not 

 very prominent and has the anterior plate shorter than the posterior, which does 

 not bear short pointed granules behind the opening. Each of the following sternites 

 (IV — X) is provided with a number of short, strong and well articulated spines 

 (fig. 8 b, sp), varying in number from 50 on the fourth sternite, 80 on the tenth to 

 120 and 160 on those between; the area, which is beset with the spines, occupies 

 in the median segments about two thirds of the breadth of the sternite and the 

 half of its length; the two areas of each sternites are in the middle only separated 

 by the longitudinal line. Short fissures in a round area arc abundant in the eleventh 

 tergite and the last sternites. The hairs of the sternites are short and only a few 

 are present on each. 



Antennae (PI. Ill, fig. 8 e). — The galea does not extend beyond terminal 

 hair, is suddenly pointed and bears only a few short teeth. 



Maxillae (PI. Ill, fig. 8 g). — The manducatorg part of the maxillae is rather 

 short and very well set off behind, and it appears to be directed inwards, because 

 its exterior margin is convex, while the interior is concave, almost semicircular; 

 the margin of the maxilla proper is just behind this notch, placed on a little 

 higher level than the rest and adorned with ten densely placed transverse lines (;•). 

 The lamina maxillaris is narrow compared with that of the female {Is). 



Palps (PI. Ill, fig. 8 i). — The palps are much longer than in the female and 

 much longer than the body; the trochanter has the anterior margin move distinctly 

 convex, and the two posterior protuberances more prominent. The femur, which 

 is very powerfull and only 2 7 longer than broad, has the basal elevation anteriorly 

 just beyond stalk very well marked distally as well as proximally, and the posterior 



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