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and there serrated ; teeth reddish ; middle lobe of 

 mask produced in an obtuse angle. Several whitish 

 markings in front of the vertex, which is itself pale 

 and conspicuous. Ej'es prominent, hemispherical, situated 

 at the fore corners of the head. Top of Iiead slightly 

 convex. Oeeiput rather broad, rough ; hind margin 

 nearly straight. Protliorax collar-like, a dark patch 

 in centre ; hind margin convex, edged behind with a 

 ring of hairs. Meso-tlioraeie spiraeles dark, vcr\' con- 

 spicuous. Tc'gs long, slender ; fore-legs lomm. long, 

 mid-legs 11 mm., hind-legs i6mm. ; femora ringed with 

 two slightly darker brown bands ; distal extremities 

 of joints dark, especially of tarsi ; fore- and mid-tibiae 

 slightly hairy, hind- apparentl}' not, but rather spiny. 

 JViiig-eases about 5mm.. long. Abdome)i with pale, long, 

 slender, recurxed, mid-dorsal spines on segments 6, 7, and 

 8 ; a pair of lateral spines on 8 and 9, those on 8 being 

 of moderate length, those on 9 conspicuously long — equal 

 in length to the last two segments. Segment 9 truncated 

 behind, 10 small. On each side of the mid-dorsal line 

 a longitudinal line of brown spots, preceded by a whitish 

 suffusion. Outside this row, on each side, more brown 

 and pale spots. At the lateral carina; on each side on the 

 posterior part of each segment a white patch. Abdo- 

 men not conspicuously marked below. Anal appendages 

 short ; iippei- triangular, pointed ; laterals shorter ; lower 

 ones nearly half as long again as upper.^ 



* Described from a nymph-skin found on Ockham Common, Surrey, 

 July 16, 1898. From what was known of the Sympctra of the district, 

 it was conchided that the skin might Ijelong to sangniiieum. Striolatum 

 was excluded simply on the strength of Nunney"s figure in " .Science 

 Gossip," 1894, p. loi, wliich must be looked upon as incorrect, for this 

 year (1899), Avhen ^. striolatiiiii was emerging, empty skins were again 



