70 



sFlasfellum as long as fifth joint; fourth joint little 

 longer than third joint, and shorter than fifth or second-. 



» Segments of the thorax naked, smooth, posterior mar- 

 gin concave'. 



Telsum » almost truncate at apex, narrower at base 

 and sides excavate «. 



» Caudal appendages much longer than broad, apex 

 truncate and more than twice as narrow as base, outer 

 margin straight, inner having a rectangular notch near apex«. 



Arm. Vitiensis Dollf. Bui. Soc. etud. sc. Paris. XII. 

 is certainly different from the species of Dana, perhaps it 

 will be identical with Spher. testudinalis B.-L, V 



SectioIX. I give below description of the only species 

 known to me. The most remarkable character for this group, 

 which is not found in other species is the superior margin 

 of the epistoma which has a tumored part to both sides 

 before the eyes. 



26. Spherillo dispersus. 

 (Tab. Vni fig. 10). 



Ovalis, sublsevis, convexiusculus, nitidus, minute reti- 

 culate punctatus, 



Oculi magni, fere totum latus occupantes; ocelli nu- 

 mero c. 24. 



AntennjB longiores, dense hirsutse ; scapi articuli 2. et 4. 

 subseque longi; flagelli articulus prior altero plus triplo 

 brevior. 



Caput perbreve et latum. Epistoma margine superiore 

 crassiore, maxime in lateribus tumido, a fronte stria vel sulco 

 discreto eamque non superante; frons utrinque ante oculos 

 fossa parva porifera instructa. Clypeus lobis perparvis, ro- 

 tundatis. Linea marginalis verticalis utrinque ad oculorum 

 marginem anteriorem ducta, epistoma non attingens. Tuber- 

 cula antennaria majora. 



Trunci segmentum 1. epimeris integris, infra plica ob- 

 tusa vix discreta instructis: segmentum 2. epimeris integris 



