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and one on the outerside just on the apical angle ; tibia of 

 leg ii. has four long, strong spines on the underside ; tibia of 

 leg iii. has a number of spinelike bristles ; while tibia iv. has 

 one strong spine on the outerside at its apex ; metatarsus of 

 leg i. has two stout spines seated one behind the other on the 

 outerside near the base, four on the inner angle (also placed 

 one behind the other), and one at the middle of the apical 

 angle ; metatarsus ii. has four strong spines on the outer angle, 

 and two on the inner; metatarsus iii. has a row of four stout 

 spines on the apical angle on the underside ; metatarsus iv. 

 has two sti'ong spines, one behind the other, on the angle 

 near the base, and two on the apical angle on the undei-side ; 

 each tarsus armed with two strong spines. Chdrs long and 

 powerful, the superior ones armed each at base with two 

 strong teeth ; ungual tufts long, thick, obscuring claws. The 

 following ai-e the leg measurements in millimeters : — 



Piilpi. — Long, sti'ong, similar in colour and clothing to legs, 

 armed with numerous powerful spines, and terminating with a 

 single powerful tarsal claw at the base of which there is an 

 exceedingly large tooth ; femur, bowed. Measurements in 

 millimeters as follows : — Coxa, 5.2 ; trochanter and femur, 

 9; patella and tibia, 7.8; tarsus, 5.6; total, 27.6. 



Falce:^. — Black, shining, porrected, curving downwards, 

 arched, transversely wrinkled on upper surface, where each is 

 armed with several large and powerful and numerous short, 

 strong spines (fig. 3). The larger s])iiies are slightly curved 

 and finely striated ; apices suri'ounded witli a fringe of long, 

 stiff, red bi-istles ; inner margin of the furrow of each falx 

 armed Avith nine strong, coniform teeth, and the outer mai'gin 

 with seven ; in addition to these a few sn)all, granular teeth 

 form an intermediate row near the base (fig. 4), outer margins 

 fringed witli long red hairs ; f<()iijs black, shining, powerful. 



