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almost straight Iransuerse grooves; minutely granular witli rather long and almost 

 simple hairs. The genital area (c^) of "Cimicoides F. " type. The almost snwoth 

 palps as long as body: trochanter longer than broad, not produced to a posterior 

 tubercle dorsally; femur 2 5 longer than broad, as long as and broader than the tibia, 

 which has the lateral outlines distinctly convex and posterior basal elevation slightly 

 developed. The hand is as long as but Pi broader than the tibia, 16 longer than 

 broad, not as broad as deep, and not longer than fingers, which gape, when closed ((^). 

 Tlie "tactile" hair of the fourth pair of legs nearer to the tip than to the base of 

 the tarsus; tibia of the first pair of legs not longer than the tarsus. 



Ç. Céphalothorax. — Distinct ocular spots present; céphalothorax almost 

 as broad as long and provided with two broad almost straight transverse stripes; 

 the skin is minutely granular and bears a few rather long and almost simple hairs. 



Abdomen. — All the tergites with the exception of the eleventh are longi- 

 tudinally divided ; the first have the front margin curved backwards in the middle, 

 the median ones have both margins straight and the last ones have the anterior 

 margin curved forwards. All the tergites are provided with long slender, not quite 

 simple hairs; the eleventh segment seems not to bear any "tactile" hairs. 



Antennae — The galea is exceedingly short with a few distal teeth. 



Palps (PI. Ill, figs. 9 a-b). — The maxillae are granular laterally, while the 

 palps are smooth with the exception of the trochanter and anterior side of the 

 femur; long pointed and as a rule not completely simple hairs are found every- 

 where; the fingers bear besides tactile hairs. The trochanter, which is a little 

 longer than broad, has the anterior surface gradually convex beyond stalk, while 

 the posterior margin is more abruptly convex; dorsal surface is not produced into 

 a posterior tubercle; the femur, which is 25 longer than broad, has an almost 

 straight anterior outline, and a posterior, which is abruptly convex just beyond 

 stalk, but then moderately so. The tibia, which is as long as but distinctly broader 

 than the femur, is anteriorly beyond stalk distinctly convex and then moderately 

 concave, while the posterior margin is almost straight beyond the slightly marked 

 basal elevation and later on towards the end distinctly convex. The hand, which 

 is a little shorter, but 14 broader than the tibia, and l(i longer than broad, is 

 not as broad as deep and scarcely longer than the fingers, which leave a wide 

 space (?) between them, when closed; the anterior outline is more suddenly and more 

 distinctly curved than the posterior, and so is the dorsal more than the ventral. 



Coxae. — The coxae of the fourth paire are square, slightly widened out 

 towards the extremity, and almost twice as long as broad ; the anterio-interior 

 corner is produced forwards to a point, while the posterio-interior is rounded or 

 obtuse-angled; the inner margin is only half as long as the straight posterior one. 



Legs. — The hairs of the legs are fairly long and slender and most of them 

 are not completely simple, but provided with a few teeth or a single tooth; on the 

 ventral surface of the tibia terminally and the tarsus basally in the fourth pair of 

 legs a few curiously shaped hairs are found; they are moderately long, very slender, 



