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iuward aud backward. The weak skiu (except a portion 

 behind the shield, limited by the 6 long hairs which are 

 planted in the posterior edge of the shield) is densely 

 hairy; the hairs are here minute bristles. Four small 

 vertical hairs are directed forward. 



Ventral side (fig. 2). Trito sternum (fig. 5) with very 

 small trapezoidal basal piece or trunk, aud very long flat 

 laciniae, which are in fact prolongations of the trunk as they 

 do not show any demarcation or less chitinisation. The 

 laciniae are provided with very few (about 4) beards or 

 hairs on each side. — Sternal, metasternal, genital, ventral 

 aud inner sides of pedal shields fused. Yet the demarcation 



ZVotes from the Leyden Museum,* Vol. XXIA^. 



