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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Apical 
  plates 
  (AP): 
  Large, 
  dorsolateral, 
  heavily 
  chitinized, 
  finlike 
  

   plates 
  upon 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  genital 
  tube 
  (fig. 
  49, 
  a, 
  b). 
  

  

  Bacvli: 
  RodHke 
  structures 
  of 
  heavy 
  chitin 
  between 
  the 
  other 
  

   plates 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  genital 
  tube. 
  These 
  sometimes 
  act 
  as 
  supports 
  

  

  Figure 
  49. 
  — 
  Genital 
  structures 
  of 
  Eupagoderes 
  cf. 
  desenus-californicus 
  section: 
  a. 
  Female 
  

   genital 
  tube, 
  dorsal 
  view; 
  b, 
  female 
  genital 
  tube, 
  ventral 
  view; 
  c, 
  female 
  genital 
  tube, 
  

   lateral 
  view 
  (dorsum 
  to 
  left); 
  d, 
  receptaculum 
  seminis; 
  e, 
  median 
  lobe 
  of 
  male 
  genitalia, 
  

   lateral 
  view; 
  /, 
  median 
  lobe 
  of 
  male 
  genitalia, 
  dorsal 
  view. 
  See 
  text 
  (pp. 
  486-487) 
  for 
  

   further 
  explanation. 
  

  

  