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margin of less chitinised skin, siraulating au eiilargemeut of the 

 very dorsal shield. Behiud this margin the soft colourless skiu is 

 visible. The fore-half of the dorsal sbield bears three transverse 

 rows of long spines; the hiud-half, inclusive the chitinized and 

 the colourless margin ten rows of smaller spines, arranged iu 

 beautiful bows, running from the median line backward and then 

 ontward ; the bows apparently reaching the shoulders. 



The epistoma (Fig. 16) is a feathered pointed blade. 



The ventral side (Fig. 17) shows a subpentagonal sternal shield, 

 wide auteriorly, very narrow posteriorly, reaching the level of 

 the centers of the coxae 4. On the sides of the sternal shield 

 tliere are two comma-like chitinizations of the skin, belonging 

 to the margius of the foveae of the legs 3 and 4, and imitating 

 metasterual shields. 



The anal shield is elliptical. A broom of spiues surround the 

 anal shield, fusing with the numerous spines of the dorsal 

 side. 



The hypostoma (Fig. 17) has broad borns and apparently no 

 iuuer malae. 



Tiie peritrema (Fig. 17) is long, projecting before the palps. 



The legs are short, strong, with a few small bristles. The 2d. 

 leg is the strougest aud smallest; than follow the lst., 3d. and 

 iiually the last pair. The tarsus 4 bears long bristles or spines 

 and a pedunculated ambulacrum (a long praetarsus), a feature 

 which Emeus halleri shows iu a less degree. 



The hairs or spines of the body have trausparent distal enlarge- 

 ment with feathered edges; this is wider iu short spines, uearly 

 invisible in long oues (Fig. 18). 



Habitat: decaying leaves. 



Patria: Borneo. 



21. Key to the species of Emeus Mégn. 



Hairs of margiu of body small . . 2. 

 Hairs of margin of body loug, distinct 4. 



