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thorns a little curved toward the praetarsus and a longer 

 thorn curved over the praetarsus. Praetarsus II (of the two 

 specimens examined by me the praetarsus IV were not 

 spread out) (fig. 4) with a four-lobed supra-unguinal 

 sticking piece; claws strong, more or less S-shaped and 

 proximally provided with a hole (or less cbitinized spot?). 

 Female. Length., measured 12 specimens, 1800 — 2070 ;Ci, 

 width 1260 — 1590 ;a. — Colour and texture like in the male, 

 — Shape, when virginal, like in the male; when pregnant, 

 comparatively very wide and rounded ; yet the shoulders 

 above legs I and II are distinct; the posterior edge of the 

 body a little concave, and here quite in the median line a 

 minute part of the anal shield is discernible. 



Dorsal side (fig. 10) protected by one shield, the length 

 of which, measured 12 specimens, is 1650 — 1710 /C^, 

 and the width 960 — 990 [jl. The anterior edge of the 

 shield is sinuated and follows exactly the outline of the 



Notes from the Leyden Miuseum, Vol. XXIV. 



