ISOroDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



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The jil)d()iii('n is dcepl}' set in the tliorux. The first soo-niont has 

 the sides covered ])v the last thoracic seo'iueut. The four following 



Fig. 243. — ;Meineetia (iAUDicHAVDii (After SciiitKDTE and Meinekt). «, Younc; of fikst stage. 

 b. Second i.eg of ahit-t male, c, Lateral view of thoka.x of adult jiale. d, Adi'lt .male. 

 (Enlarged.) 



segments are as wide as the seventh thoracic segment or wider. The 

 sixth or terminal segment is trapezoidal, almost twice as wide as 



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Fig. 244.— JIeinertia (JArniniArnii. a, Second maxili>a. x 3.S. /), Palp of mandible. >, 33. 



c. Leg op seventh pair, x 3. 



long. T mm : i>l nnn. The post-lateral angles are rounded and the 

 posterior margin straight. The uropoda are a litth^ longer than the 

 terminal abdonnnal segment. The inner branch is slightly longer 

 than the outer branch. Both are 

 narrow, elongate, and produced 

 to acute and tapering extremities. 

 The legs are all prehensile, and 

 terminate in short, stout dactyli. 

 There is a high carina on the 

 basis of the last four pairs of legs, 

 the carina increasing in height 

 from the fourth to the seventh 

 pair, where it is extremely high.® 



'' For description of male, feniale, and young of the first stage, see Schjoedte and 

 Meinert, Nat. Tidsskr., (3), XIII, 1881-1883, pp. 335-340. 



Fk;. 245.— Meinertia gaudichaudii (After 



SCHUEDTE AND MEINERT). «, SECOND LEG OF 

 ADULT FEMALE, b, SEVEN.TH LEG OF ADULT FE- 

 MALE. (Enlarged.) 



