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are furnished with an appendage, consisting of three 

 equal joints. The first pair of legs have the coxae very 

 small, being almost covered with the coxae of the second 

 pair. The four last joints, except the finger, are 

 posteriorly furnished with fasciculi of hairs. The hand 

 is not more dilated, but is twice as long as the wrist ; 

 the palm is very short, and but imperfectly defined ; the 

 finger is longer than the palm, sharp, and but slightly 

 curved. The second pair of legs have the coxae large, 

 the thigh moderately long, having the anterior margin 

 convex, and fringed with two or three closely-set rows of 

 long plumose hairs. The next two joints are short, but 

 the wrist is twice as long as the hand ; the hand is short 

 and tapering to a point, at the extremity of which the 

 finger exists as a short straight spine ; the posterior 

 margin is furnished with four bunches of hair. The 

 next two pairs of legs are moderately long, and ter- 

 minate in tolerably long straight fingers. The fifth pair 

 of legs have the hand slightly produced at the distal 

 extremity against which the short curved finger is 

 capable of being shut, and so convert it into a slightly- 

 prehensile organ. 



Unfortunately we have only received the anterior 

 moiety of an animal of this interesting species, which 

 was taken near Banff, by our valued correspondent 

 Mr. Edward. 



