72 



!A11 the legs equal in size, provided 

 with claws and sucker .... Sternostoma Berl. et Trt. 

 Legs 1 very thick, without sucker . Ancystropus Klti. - 



21. Uropoda javensis Oudnis., nov. sp. 



(With Plate III, fig. 45—48) 



Uropoda javensis is closely related to Uropoda krameri Can. 



Length of male 595 p., of female 630 p. Colour a dark brownish- 

 red. Form o val. 



Fig. 45 shows us a female seen dorsally. The dorsal side is 

 quite polished, with numerous fine hairs. Near each hair there is 

 a dull patch, which when seen with low powers, resembles a 

 pore. The median shield is distinct, only an teriorly coalesced 

 with the circumjacent ring formed by the fusion of the lateral 

 and posterior shields. 



Fig. 46 and 47 represent the ventral sides of female and male. 

 Sternal and anal shields coalesced ; metapodial shields distinct. 

 The stigma is small ; the peritrema runs obliquely forward and 

 outward, till it reaches the margin just before the chitinous ridge 

 which separates the pits for the third and second legs, then it 

 bends and follows the margin till it reaches the pit for the first 

 leg. The tectum ends in a broom of spines. 



Of the chelae (Fig. 48) the movable finger is crooked and scarcely 

 longer than the immovable one. 



The genital aperture of the male (Fig. 47) is nearly circular 

 and situated on a line running between the coxae 2 and 3. The 

 coxae of the first pair bear chitinous knobs on their outer side. 



The genital aperture of the female (Fig. 46) is very large, 

 occupying nearly the whole space between the coxae. The coxae 

 of the first pair are not so knobby as those of the male. 



The tarsus of the first pair of legs is nearly cylindrical; those 

 of the other legs taper gradually toward the end. All the femurs 

 bear a longitudinal chitinous blade on their ventral side. 



Habitat: a bale of këtan (a kind of rice). 



Patria: Java. 



