PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. fidsS. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE VXH. 



Chondracanthus galeritua, sp. u. (page 317). 



Fig. 1. Female, dorsal view, aud upper half of egg-sacks, enlarged 11 diameters. 



Fig. 2. Same specimen, lateral view, with egg-sacks shown in full, enlarged 11 

 diameters. 



Fig. 3. Female, jiartly contracted specimen, viewed laterally and ventrally, en- 

 larged 9 diameters. 



Fig. 4. Dorsal view of bead and thorax of contracted specimen, similar to fig. 3, 

 showing the manner in which the anterior antennae may be partly with- 

 drawn on to the ventral surface; enlarged somewhat more than fig. 3. 



Fig. ^>. Ventral view of anterior part of head, and of the anterior antennae of 

 f<ame specimen as fig. 4. 



Fig. 6. Male attached to posterior part of body of female, enlarged 52 diameters. 



Fig. 7. Male, lateral view, enlarged 147 diameters. 



