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FiH- 68.— /*. woreaui, 



Hainb., Scheme 



of dentition. 



Fig. 69.— /". 'iiinraui, Rainb., Maxilhe 

 and labium. 



Ftdci'!^. — Dark-browii, iicarly black, .sh-ontc, 

 porreeted, curving' dowiiwards, arched, cli)t lied 

 Avitli loiifj hairs or bj'istles ; inner and outer 

 angles fringed with long, reddish haii'S ; 

 angles of the furrow of each falx armed with 

 a series of nine strong, coniform teeth ; be- 

 tween these two rows there is in addition, a 

 series of smaller teetli, and this series ex- 

 tends fi'oni the base to the aj)ex (fig. 68) ; 

 fioigs black, and shining. 



Ma.fill(i'. — Rather short, 

 but strong, reddish-brown, 

 arched, the surface studded 

 with numerous short, coni- 

 form S|)ines, which latter are 

 most thickly clustered near 

 the base; the surface is also 

 rather thickly clothed with 

 long haii-s, while the inner 

 angle of each maxilla is 

 tliickly fringed with red haiis (fig. 69). 



Labi li 111. — Rather longei' than broad, free, concolorous with 

 maxillae, rounded at base and apex, arched both longitudinally 

 and transversely, and for about two-thirds of its length from 

 apex densely studded witli small conifoi-m spines. 



Sternum. — Concolorous also, nai'i'owest in 

 front where it is deeply excavated to receive 

 the lip; middle i-ather flat; sides, anterior 

 and postei'ior angles soniewliat curved and 

 sloping ; sigilla large, sub-nsarginal ; |)Oster- 

 ior ])air largest and deepest; anterior {)air 

 less distinct; surface clothed with black 

 bri8t,les ; lateral and posterior any-les fi^ingfed v\f..'iQ.—P.inoream, 



' .... ' ^_. " Hainb., sternum. 



With yellowish liairs (ng. 70). 



Ahdomen. — Obovate, dark-brown, nearly black both above 

 and laterally', strongly arched, moderately liair}- ; underside 

 concolorous except for the chitinous plate above the rima 

 epigasteris, and the plates of the pulmonary sacs, which are 

 yellow ; the chitinous plate in front of the ritmi epigasteris has 

 two large and deep sigilla — one on either side. 



