4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol. 124 



have seen in the family. The subterminal outer postfemoral lobe 

 not only is enlarged but also is reflexed somewhat proximad toward 

 the seminal groove and is overhung partially in that area. 



Figure 1-4. — Median sternal process of third segment, caudal aspect, in four species of 

 Cleptoria: 1, C. divergens; 2, C. rileyi; 3, C. macra; 4, C. abbotti. 



Sterna. — The sternum of the third segment in the male is modi- 

 fied by being produced distally into two elongate midventral lobes 

 that are coalesced except for the extreme apices. As shown in figures 

 1-4, these sternal knobs extend ventrad almost as far as the ventral 



