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Description of tlie female of Chordodes allii- 

 bai'batus Moiitg. 



By 



Thos. TT. Moiitüomcry ,|r., Ph. D., 



Tiecturor in Zoolo,i;"y, Uiiivoisity ol" Peiiusylvania. 



With Plate 29. 



The iiuilo aiul type of this species was described by nie in u paper 

 ])ublisho(l in ISDS in this Jonrnal ("Doscrii)tions of two now cxotic 

 species of Chonloiles"). Sinco then I have received, tlirongh tlie kiiid- 

 noss of Dr. Pmimp P. Calvert of the Univcrsity of Pennsylvania, a 

 female specinien, which differs froni the male in certaiu points and 

 heiice Warrants a separate description. This specimen was coUected 

 by the Rev. Mr. Nassau at the Gaboon River, W. Africa; it was found 

 in a jar containing various Orthoptera, from one of which it had [»ro- 

 bably escaped. This female appeared to be mature, with the ovaries 

 filled with ova. 



Cu fiele (surface view in Canada baisam). Scattered t)n the 

 surface of the cuticle are seen groups of high papillae, which a]>pear 

 darker than the iutermediate, lower ones. In the centre of each of 

 these groups lie 2 papillae, of much greater diameter than the othcrs 

 {a Fig. 2); each one of this central pair bears on its sunimit a thick 

 Cluster of long, hyaline hairs, each such Cluster appearing like a white 

 spot to the naked eye; the two pai)illae of each pair are situated 

 close together near the centre of the group. The high papillae sur- 

 rounding this central pair ai)pear the darkest of all on surface view 

 (/> Fig. 2). lietween these groups of high papillae are situated, ch)se 

 together, much more flattened pajtillae, usually of an oval form with 

 their long axes placed i)erpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the 

 body {c Fig. 2); many of these ai»pear ring-shaped, or double ring- 



