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transversa granulorum deletiorum, in epimeris linea elevata, 

 oblique transA'ersa munita; cetera superficies densissime et 

 minutissime squamata. 



Oculi majores; ocelli numero c. 20. 



Antennae tertia corporis parte vix longiores; scapi arti- 

 culus secundus quarto subaequalis; flagelli articulus 1. triple 

 brevier quam articulus 2. 



Epistoma margine superiore frontem paulum superante. 

 in medio impresso et fisso. Clypeus lobis parvis, rotunda- 

 tis. Linea verticalis minus crassa. 



Trunci segmentum 1. carina deletiore post in dentem 

 obtusum, peene deletum desinente; segmentum 2. epimeris 

 ante paululo crassioribus, nullo processu inferiore; margo 

 posterior priorum segmentorum leviter, sequentium levissime 

 utrinque incurvus. 



Telsum tertia parte longius quam latins, in medio sa- 

 tis coarctatum; apex basi paulo ])revior, margine postico 

 subrecto. 



TJropodum scapus paulo longior quam latior; latus ex- 

 terius subrectum, latus interius leviter incurvum. Exopodi- 

 tum minimum, duplo mode longius quam latins. Endopo- 

 ditum mediocre, apicem telsi fere attingens. 



Color brunneus, maculis crebris flavis vel albidis con- 

 spersis. 



Long. 7—7,5 m. m. Lat. 3,5 — 3,7 m. m. 



Patria: Chatbam Islands (Prof. Schauinsland in Mus. 

 Bremen). 



32. Spherillo chatliamensis. 



Armadillo speciosus Chilt. Tr. Lin. Soc. Lond. 1901. 146. 



Patria: Chatham Islands. (Mr. Hutton sec. Chilton). 



Remarks: I have above, JSTo. 24, given the reason why 

 I dont believe that the Arm. speciosus Dana is identi- 

 cal with Arm. speciosus Chilt. The description of Chilton 

 agrees in the most parts with the relations of Sph. canali- 

 culatus B.-L., but in this species the telsum has a remar- 

 kable character, which scarcely would have escaped the 



