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ante subtus paiilo crassioribus; margo posterior utrinque 

 leviter incurvus. Pronotum segmentorum tertia parte dorsi 

 vix brevius. 



Caudse segmeiita duo priora brevia, segmentum 1. fere 

 obtectum; epimera segmenti 3.-4.-5. subdistantia, epimera 

 segmenti 5. valde divergentia, niillo processu inferiore. Pleo- 

 podes primi paris amborum sexuiim areis opercularibus 

 nullis. 



Telsum paulo latius quam longius, in medio fortius 

 coarctatum; basis et apex subteque longa, margine postico 

 leviter curvato, angulis externis late rotund atis. 



Uropodum scapus nonnihil longior quam latior ; latus in- 

 terius ad apicem fortius incurvum ; apex leviter rotundatus. 

 Exopoditum mediocre, angulo superiori scapi lateris interio- 

 ris insertum, duplo vel fere triplo longius quam latius, api- 

 cem scapi non attingens. Endopoditum satis longum, apicem 

 telsi fere attingens. 



Color brunneus, ad latera linea longitudinal! macularum 

 obscuriorum ornatus; epimera pallidiora. 



Long. 6 m. m. Lat. 3 m. m. 



Patria: Bismarck Archipelago? Four specimens were 

 taken in the botanical garden at Hamburg by Dr. L. Keh, 

 who says he has found them among plants imported from 

 Bismarck Islands. (Mus. Hamburg). 



I insert here with some hesitation: 



27. Spherillo Sarasinorum. 

 Armadillo sarasinorum Dollf. in Weber, Reise Niederl. O.-Ind. IV 

 358. Tb. 13. f. 1. 



Patria: Celebes, at Masarang (Dr. Sarasin). 



Mr. Dollfus says of this species in his description: 

 »prosepistome ne depassant pas le front, mais formant seule- 

 ment un rebord un peu epaissi de chaque cote«;, and the 

 other characters given by this author do not prevent this. 



Sectio X. The few species I have placed in this 

 group seem all to be very alike. They have most often 



