262 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



Fam. APHORURID^. 



Genus Aphorura MacG. 



Aphorura inerinis TuU. 



(Plate 1, Figs, 1-5.) 



Tullberg, p. 18. 

 ■ia (L.) Lubbock, p. 303, PI. 22, Figs. 27, 28. 

 Tullberg, p. 154. 



" pp. 55, 56. 



Lubbock, pp. 191-193, PI. 46, PI. 56, Figs. 24-26. 

 Packard, pp. 28, 29. 

 Parona, pp. 609, 610. 

 Oudeinans, p. 90. 

 Uzel, p. 75. 

 Schott, p. 24. 



" pp. 88, 89. 

 MacGillivray, p. 313. 

 Loiinberg, p. 165. 

 Schott, p. 128. 

 Reuter, p. 33. 

 Schott, p. 187. 



Schaffer, pp. 161, 163, Taf. 2, Figs. 17-21. 

 Lie-Pettersen, p. 21, 



White (Fig. 1) ; the contents of the stomach appear as a broad black- 

 ish stripe. Eyes absent. Postautennal organ (Figs. 2, 3) elongated, 

 parallel-sided, of eight or nine elements. Pseudocelli of the head ten in 

 number (Fig. 2), of which three lie behind the base of either antenna, 

 and four occupy the posterior border of the head. Antennae (Fig. 2) 

 shorter than the head, of four segments, related in length as 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 ; 

 antennal organ (Fig. 4) consisting of a dorso-lateral group of four chiti- 

 nous, finger-like processes, accompanied by setae, on the anterior part of 

 the third segment. Body elongated, clothed with short bristles and tuber- 

 culated more finely than the head; the number of pseudocelli on the 

 dorsum of each successive segment is, respectively, 0, 4, 4, 6, 6, G, 6, 4, 0. 

 Legs stout, bristly ; superior claws (Fig. 5) stout, curving and tapering 

 uniformly from a broad base, untoothed ; inferior claws slightly shorter, 

 slender, gradually attenuating into a fine filament. Ventral tube present ; 

 furcula absent. Length, 1.8 mm. 



One hundred and forty-two specimens examined, which were collected 

 at Komaba, Tokyo, October 9, 27, and November 14, ,1894. 



