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legs. Claws slender, with sharp tooth before the apex, before this 
in the hind foot traces of microscopic denticles. Empodial appendix 
in the form of a straight seta. | 
The following parts carry scales :—The anterior side of the ends 
of the femora, the outer side of the bases of the tibiz, the meso- 
thorax, the fore wing squame rather closely, further on the upper 
side of the abdomen, the sides of segments 3-7 and the 8th and 
9th segments. Scales more or less slender or compressed fusi- 
form. 
Lepolepis Ceylonica, n. sp. (Figs. 24, 114-116, 118-120). 
Ochreous yellow, the femora, tibie, and first tarsal joints 
somewhat darker. Eyes black, the ommatidia standing out glossy 
yellow. Wing squame clear brown, 9th segment and telson brown. 
Head shaggily hairy, especially in front and at the sides. Appen- 
dices anales very stout, very faintly curved inwards. Scaling brown 
The scales of the wing rudiments long and narrow, those of the 
abdomen short and compressed. Scaling of upper side of abdomen 
compact. Ratio of hind tarsal joints as 54: 1: 1. Ctenidiobothria 
absent from the first hind tarsal joint. 
Length of body 3-31 mm. ; abdomen 1? mm. ; head length # 
mm. ; antennez about 2} mm. 
Ceylon. Peradeniya. ‘Two females, on walls and ceilings inside 
houses ; collected and preserved in alcohol by Mr. E. E. Green. 
Lepidilla, Ribaga, 1905. 
Ribaga. Redia, vol. Il. (1904), 1905, p. 99, Taf. 9. 
Inner maxilla three-tipped. End joint of maxillary palp axe- 
shaped ; second and third joints with external end spurs. Antennz 
multiarticulate (?), the antennary joints are more than three times 
longer than thick. Ocelli absent. Eyes large, finely hairy in 
front. Sagittal suture and frontal suture distinct. Prothorax feebly 
developed, not pushed below the mesothorax, but very short. Fore 
wings presumably squamiform, but broken off. Hind wings not 
developed ; mesothorax, metathorax, and first abdominal segment 
(median segment ?) closely conjoined as in all Atropide ; the last 
named segment is as broad as the metathorax. Abdomen 10-jointed, 
including the telson. Telson trilobate, the side lobes each with a 
setiform appendix analis. Tibize with two end spurs, those of the 
two hinder pairs of legs with numerous setz. Claws slender with 
sharp tooth before the apex and before the tooth numerous micros- 
copic hairlets. Empodial appendix in the form of a curved seta. 
