no. 3630 CLEPTORIA — HOFFMAN 9 



subcoxal lobes are distinct, but not precisely acute or spiniform; a 

 small field of 6 to 10 setae adjacent to base of each posterior coxa, and 

 a short transverse row of 4 or 5 setae running in from base of each an- 

 terior coxa. 



Legs fairly long and slender, distal end of femora visible beyond 

 paranota when extended laterad and viewed from above; coxae sub- 

 trapezoidal, slightly compressed, 1.25 mm in length and height, with 

 small spine at ventodistal end; prefemora rather short, also com- 

 pressed, 1.5 mm in length and 1.1 mm in height, ventrodistal spine 

 conical, acute, about 0.75 mm long, curved slightly caudad; femora 

 elongated, cylindrical, increasing in diameter from a narrow base, 2.75 

 mm in length, 0.37 mm in basal diameter, distal diamter 0.62 mm; 

 postfemur, tibia, and tarsus each 0.40 mm in diameter and 1.0, 1.0, and 

 1.12 mm in length, respectively. Pretarsus slender, somewhat sinuately 

 curved, distinctly compressed, with a large median and two smaller 

 paramedian dorsal carinae, length about 0.37 mm. Length relationship 

 of podomeres: 3>2>1>6>5=4. 



Anterior legs shorter and heavier than those at midbody, basal 

 joints with dense long vestiture on ventral side. Sternum between 

 third pair of legs produced into a median process of moderate size for 

 the genus (fig. 3) ; sternum of segment 5 produced into two small digiti- 

 form lobes between fourth pah- of legs, and into two broad, flat, ele- 

 vated areas between fifth pair. 



Gonopod aperture large and broadly oval, 4.5 mm wide and about 

 2.5 mm in length at median line, anterior margin distinctly indented 

 across most of its width, prozonite reduced to narrow transverse strip 

 in front of aperture. 



Gonopods (figs. 5, 6) large, massive, compressed, extending forward 

 between legs of segment 6, the ends slightly overlapping. Coxae 

 attached by strip of membrane only, no distinct sclerotized sternal 

 remnant. Coxa massive, subglobose, about as long as telopodital arc, 

 without trace of coxal apophysis, with two macrosetae on dorsal 

 side. Prefemur small, with usual basal enlargement set with long 

 fine setae, a small but distinct, acutely conical prefemoral process 

 originates on dorsal side. Femur (tentatively understood to include 

 telopodite blade as far as setae occur) slender and flattened, strongly 

 bent at middle by torsion of telopodite, which bends distal half both 

 proximally and laterally, so that ventral lateral edge of outer femur 

 is brought into a mesial position. Seminal groove running along middle 

 of femur at base, but changing to lateral edge of telopodite and 

 forming two nearly right-angle turns before running out onto slightly 

 developed short solenomerite. 



Color in life said to be blackish dorsally, with yellow paranotal 

 spots. 



