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length of the legs, but as this character is known to be variable 

 in N. tumida, Dana, and other species, it cannot be used as a 

 specific character. 



Hyastenus aries, Lalreille. 



(Fig. 44). 



Pisa aries, Latreille, Encycl. Meth., Entom., x., 1825, p. 140. 



Chorinus aries, Milne Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., i., 1834, 

 p. 315. 



Hyastenus aries, Alcock, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, lxiv. 

 (n. ser.), 1895, p. 211. 



Some confusion having arisen between this and the preced- 

 ing species, I wrote to the authorities of the Indian Museum 

 asking for their assistance to make the matter clear. The 



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Fig. 44. 



