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whence it slopes gradually to the rear slope, which is steeper and 

 covered by the abdomen. 



The front row of £lyes has the centres in a straight line, and is 

 narrower than the second row. The middle eyes are twice the 

 diameter of the side eyes, and all separated by a distance equal to 

 half diameter of side eyes. The front middle eyes are their 

 diameter from the eyes of the second row, and the same distance 

 from the margin of the clypeus. 



The eyes of the second row are twice the diameter of the front 

 middle, and they are half that distance apart. They are their 

 diameter from those of the third row, which are slightly smaller, 

 and twice their own diameters apart. 



The Mandibles are longer than the front patellae, and as long as 

 the front tibiae. They are arched at the basal half, where they 

 are thickly covered with down-lying hairs. They have bare basal 

 spots, and on the lower half, and the inner edge of the upper, are 

 sprinkled with upstanding bristly hairs. They narrow to the 

 front margin, where they are cut off rather straight. The fangs 

 are strong and well curved ; on the inner margin of falx sheath 

 are three large teeth, of which the middle is slightly the largest ; 

 on the outer edge half way down are two teeth, the upper much 

 the largest. 



The Maxillae are arched, broadest at the upper end, curved on 

 the outer edge, and are slightly incurved over the lip. Both lip 

 and maxillae have a fair sprinkling of upstanding bristles. The 

 Lip is one-third broader than long, broadest about half way 

 between base and anterior margin, which is straight with a broad 

 sloping edge, and slight indentation in middle. It narrows to the 

 base, and is barely half the length of the maxillae. 



The Sternum is a bi'oad oval, well raised up at the outer edge, 

 but moderately flat. It is thinly sprinkled with long upstanding 

 bristly hair. 



The Abdomen is ovate, broadest towards the rear, rather straight 

 in front, rounded and high at the sides, rounded at rear, covered 

 with coarse thick down-lying hair, and a few upstanding bristles. 



The Legs are clothed with short down-lying coarse hairs and 

 thin upstanding bristles, the femoral joints not so thickly covered 

 as the remainder. The metatarsi and tarsi of the anterior two 

 pairs have a scopula. On the upper side of all the femora are 



