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and flanking the anus a pair of ditto. More externally and 

 nearly on a line with this pair a pair of ditto. Lateral long 

 hair slightly longer than the half of the body, nearly exactly 

 on the edge, and quite before the epimerite III. Small lateral 

 hair as long as trochanter III, a little inside and a little 

 before the long one. 



Mandibles normal. 



Maxillae. Underside of head noticeably square (compare 

 with cT). Subcapital median tubercle not very distinct (Fig. 45), 



Legs I inclusive the caruncle as long as the width of the 

 abdomen. Legs II a little shorter and narrower. Legs III and 

 IV as thick as legs I, and relatively short. Femur II exter- 

 nally with low but dark chitinous crest (compare with cT). 



Male (Fig. 46). Length inclusive mandibles and abdom- 

 inal lobes 584 jj.. Colour brown, lighter than the female. 

 Shape elongate, widest between legs II and III, from here 

 rapidly tapering forward, so that the fore-body is triangular, 

 slowly tapering backward. Abdomen posteriorly with deep 

 bee-hive-shaped incision reaching forward to the level of 

 caruncles IV, and with transparent margins. A little behind 

 the line that goes through the top of the incision the abdomen 

 is laterally two times suddenly but slightly narrowed. Tex- 

 ture smooth on the shields; wrinkled in the soft part. 



Dorsal side (Fig. 46). Prosomatic margin dark 

 and wide, except the most anterior part and the part behind 

 trochanter I, but here the dark chitinization is more inward. 

 Anterior dorsal shield occupying the whole space within 

 this margin. Between this shield and the posterior one there 

 is only a very narrow band of soft skin. Posterior shield with 

 wide and dark abdominal lateral margins. Lateral shields with 

 anterior edge running obliquely inward and backward. Hairs. 

 The prosoraatic long hairs on a level with the anterior edge 

 of trochanter II, thus far forward, near the dark margin. The 

 accompanying minute hairs on the same level. In the middle 



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