MYRIAPODA — BRuLEMANN. 



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Patella : — On all legs : 1 anterior ; 1 dorsal median ; 1 posterior. 

 The ventral surface is destitute of spurs, but bears 

 two spines which are the tip-spines of the ventral- 

 anterior and ventral-posterior row of spines of this 

 joint (Fig. 4). 



Tibia : — Leg 1 : dorsal ; 1 ventral median and 1 ventral 

 posterior (the latter may be missing occasionally). 



Legs 2-14 : 1 dorsal median ; 1 ventral median and 1 ventral 

 posterior. 



Leg 15: 1 dorsal median ; ventral. 



The following table shows the number of rings of the protarsus 

 and of the tarsus of each le°; : — 



On another specimen with anal legs broken at the tip, over 

 three hundred rings could be numbered. It may be that this 

 figure is far from the true number of rings as, towai'ds the end, 

 these grow smaller, less distinct and very irregular, so as to 

 render it a difficult task to distinguish then from one another. 



Spines are to be found on the femora, the patella, the tibia 

 and the protarsus. They begin to appear on : — 



the femora from the 4th pair of legs. 



the patella from the 4th or 5th pair of legs. 



the tibia from the Gth pair of legs. 



the protarsus from the 5th or 7th pair of legs, as per adjoined 



table : — 



