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PROCEEDINGS OF THE \ ITIONAL Ml si:i l/. 



vol 38. 



Fig. 1.— Meinertia gaudichaudd. (after Schicedte and Mein- 

 ert). a, adult female, b, adult female. c, lateral \ik\v 

 of thorax. (Enlarged.) 



Thefirst antennae are composed of seven articles, the two first ones 

 being almost fused: the} extend jusl below the eye. The second 

 antennae are composed of nine articles and extend to the posterior 

 margin of the head. The basal articles of the first pair of antennae are 



t, adjacent on the ven- 



tral side. The arti- 

 cles of both pairs of 

 antenna 1 are greatly 

 dilated and flattened. 

 The maxillipeds have 



a palp of two articles. 

 The palp of the man- 

 dibles is composed of 

 t liree articles, the ter- 

 minal one being very 

 slender and minute. 

 The second maxillae 

 terminate in two 

 lobes furnished with 

 small hooks. 

 The first segment of the thorax is longer than any of the others, 



being 6 mm. in length; the second and fifth segments are subequal, 



each being 1 nun. 



long; the third and 



fourth are each 5 nun. 



in length : the sixth 



segment is •"> mm. 



long; the seventh is 2 



mm.long. Theante- 



ro-lateral angles of 



the first segment are 



narrow and acuteand 



are produced forward 



to about the middle 



of the head. Theepi- 



mera are distinctly 



separated on all the 



six following seg- 

 ments. They arenar- 

 row, elongated plates, not extending quite to the posterior margin 

 of t lie segment s. 



The abdomen is deeply set in the thorax. The first Segment has 

 the sides ei.veled by the last thoracic segment. The four following 



segments an' as wide as the seventh thoracic segment or wider. The 

 sixth or terminal segment is trapezoidal, almost twice as wide as 



\ll IM RTIAGA1 DICHAUDD.I vf 1 f I: Si II!'! I'll: \M> MErNERT). 



ii, rOUNG OF FIRST STAGE, b, SECOND LEG OF \M IT HALE. 



ITERAL \Ii:\V OF THORAX OF AI>Ui.T MALE. </, ADULT KALE. 



