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middle. Eyes middling; ocelli at)()ut 10. Antennae: first joint of 

 fiag-ellum three times shorter than the second. Pereion: first seo"ment 

 with a wide, double, antero-median tul)ercle; lateral edges not raised; 

 coxopodite hardly perceptible, as a feeble ridge. Second segment 

 without a distinct coxopodite. Pleon, telson: sides of the pleon 

 depressed; processus of the nfth segment widening at the apex. Pleo- 

 telson longer than wide, smooth; sides feebly curved; apex one-third 

 narrower than the basis. Uropoda neai'ly straight; endopodite extend- 

 ing to two-thirds the length of the pleotelson; exopodite very small, 

 placed near the middle of the internal edge of the basis (upperside). 

 Color: dark gray, with a narrow light longitudinal line in the middle 

 of the pereion and light lineohe on both sides. Dimensions: d b}" 4^ 

 mm. " — DoLLFUs. " 



CUBARIS VITICOLA (Dollfus). 



Armadillo viticola Dollkus, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1896, pp. 396-397. 

 Cubaris viticola Rich.\rdson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, 1901, p. 571. 



LocaUtte><. — Grenada, Balthazar, Chantilly, West Indies. Second- 

 growth woods, beaten from vines and brush, 250 feet and 400 feet. 



''Body very convex in the middle, rather depressed on the sides, 

 covered with transverse lines of granulations. Cephalon: prosepis- 



FiG. 684.— Cubaris viticola (Aftek Dollfus). o, Head and first two segments of thorax 

 (UPPER SIDE), h. The same (underside), c. Fifth and sixth segments of abdomen with 



UROPODA (UPPER SIDE). (?. THE SAME (UNDERSIDE). 



toma plain, fore edge slightly arched in the middle. Eyes moderate; 

 ocelli 12. Antennae short; first joint of the tlagellum three times 

 shorter than the second. Pereion: first segment with four large 

 antero-median granulations; lateral edges hardly raised; coxopodite 

 distant from the edge, crested and ended by a tooth-like diverging 



a Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1896, p. 390. 



