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iinarnicd abdomons. A row of cig-ht spines on tho gastric area is 

 arranged in size as follows: The gastric pair is th(^ largest; the next 

 are the second and fourth pairs; those of the tliii-d pair are little more 

 than spinules; a little behind the third and fourth paired spines of 

 the front row is a spinule, and on the sides are two other paired spines. 

 On eacli of three females there is a denticle near the extremities of a 

 ciliated line forming the anterior margin of the posterior l(>h(» of tlie 



Fig. is. — MUNiD.i sculpta, >; 'J. 



gastric area. These spinules are wanting in the three males, in the 

 fork of the cervical suture are three or four spines; on the border 

 behind the suture there is a row of from three to live paired spiiudes. 



The rostrum extends beyond the eyes by more than one-half of its 

 length, it is slender, slightly compressed, and is obscurely serrated 

 above. 



The su])raocular spines extend to about the middle of tiie ev<'. The 

 antero-lateral spines equal the supraoculars in length. 



