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areas. Antennae slender, elongated, joints grooved on their 
outer sides, with 3-jointed flagellum. First maxillae, outer lobe 
terminates in four stout curved spines and four finer inner ones 
which latter have bifurcated ends. Second maxillae thin and 
plate-like, the inner one terminating in a brush of fine setose 
spines. Segments of the mesosome strongly convex, the lateral 
plates of 1 to 4 slightly overlap one another posteriorly, whilst 
those of 5 and 7 are produced backwardly, especially the 7th. 
Maxillipedes poorly developed, with the inner lobe the larger. 
Metasome narrow, lateral plates small and slightly incurved. Uro- 
poda with elongated, somewhat flattened basal plate, which extends 
beyond the telson; exopodite long and pointed, endopodite elong- 
ated. Telson very short and broad, terminally rounded or pointed. 
Although I have carefully examined a number of specimens 
I have not so far been able to find any antennules. Apart from 
the maxillae, the mouth parts are of little value here for purposes 
of generic distinction. 
Respecting the affinities of this genus it is not possible to say 
much, as our knowledge of the Indian and Asiatic Terrestrial 
Isopoda is, as yet, so fragmentary. In the form of the cephalon, 
the mesosome, and metasome and the uropoda, Burmoniscus 
undoubtedly shows a remote relationshp with Philoscia, at least 
the Asiatic Philoscias, although these also are, as yet only imper- 
fectly understood. 
Burmoniscus kempi, n. sp. 
(Pl. xix, figs. 1—8). 
Body oblong oval, dorsal surface convex, smooth and shiny. 
Cephalon (figs. 1 and 2) larger than in B. moulmeinus, Cllge., 
and partly flanked by the lateral plates of the Ist segment of the 
mesosome, emarginate, median and lateral lobes absent; epistoma 
almost vertical. Eyes absent. Antennae (fig. 3) slender and elong- 
ated, especially the 4th and 5th joints, peduncular and flagellar 
joints grooved on their outer sides, flagellum 3-jointed, terminal 
joint with long fine style. First mawxillae (fig. 4), outer lobe termin- 
ates in four stout curved spines and four inner ones deeply bifur- 
cated, inner lobe rounded terminally with two setose spines. 
Second maxillae (fig. 5) thin and flexible, somewhat thicker on the 
inner side, on the outer side it is produced into a thin plate with 
radiating thickened arms, anteriorly terminating as a flattened 
tooth, and a smaller one on the inner side, between the two the 
inner lobe forms a brush-like mass of setae. Maxillipedes (fig. 6) 
poorly developed, the inner lobe the larger. Uropoda (fig. 7) with 
elongated, somewhat flattened basal plate which extends beyond 
the telson, grooved dorsally between points of articulation of 
exopodite and endopodite; exopodite long, stout, and slightly 
ridged dorsally on the outer side, endopodite elongated, and com- 
paratively not so stout. Telson (fig. 8) short with the posterior 
