126 (DR. A. C. OTTDKM\Ns). NOTES OK ACAUT. 



even observed with immersion. Anus flanked by a pair of feather- 

 like hairs. 



Penis visible by transparency of dorsal shield, somewhat crooked 

 (fig, 40); sometimes straight (fig. 43) according to its situation 

 in the body. 



Maxillae. Coxae forming the underside of the capitulum, with 

 a rounded lobe anteriorly, lying somewhat over the trochanter, or 

 base of palp. At the base of this lobe is planted a hairy hair, 

 reaching the top of the «claw.» Palps 5-jointed. Trochanter short, 

 dorsally by a fold appaiently two-jointed. Femur well-developed. 

 Genu and tibia short. Tarsus known as the appendelicum. Dorsally 

 the femur with 1 hair almost centrally; the genu proximally and 

 outward; the tibia close to the tarsus, and quite distally the so 

 called «claw», which has basally and inward 2 tubercles; tarsus 

 with only one comb, which comparatively is smaller than the larger 

 one of the ?. fentrally the femur with 2 long hairs in its proximal 

 half, one more in-, the other more outward; genu bare; ti hia with 

 2 hairs, one close to the tarsus, the other outward; tarsus with 

 the known 2 claw-like hairs. 



Peritrema not forming a fold forward like in the nymphae and 

 females, but gently bowed backward, so that it forms with its 

 congener an arched line (fig. 40.) 



Legs (fig. 40). The two fore-pairs slenderer than the two hind- 

 ones. Femur 1, 2, 3, 4, genu 1, 2, 3, 4, and trochanter 3 with 

 a feather each. Tarsus 1 with a tolerably long «ol factor ic» hair 

 in the middle of it dorsal side. Other sense-organs: on genu 4, 

 tibia 1. 2, 3, 4, distally and dorsally there is a more or less short, 

 sausage-like hair ; this is almost egg shaped on genu 4. 



Female (fig. 44). Length 560 — 800 ,«. — Colour pale yellow, 

 with a longitudinal white stripe over the dorsum (light refracting 

 contents of intestinal ti'ack ; this stiipe is dark, almost black under 

 the microscope.) Shape well known. — jft'.<'/^r/*e; smooth in the shields, 

 finely wrinkled in the unprotected parts. — Borsai side (fig 44) 

 protected by two shields. Anterior shield trapezoidal, wider than 

 long, wider posteriorly, with 3 hairs in each anterior and 1 hair 



