GORDIANS OF CEYLON. 35 



The specimen is incomplete, since it lacks the posterior part of 

 the body ; but from the examination of the structure of the 

 external layer of the cuticle, it seemed to me to belong to an 

 undescribed species. As such I have described it under the name 

 Chordodes Skorikowi. The description, now in the Press, is 

 included in the report relating to the above-mentioned collection, 

 to be published in the "Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de 

 r Academic Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg." 



The specimens which I have received from Dr. Willey belong 

 to this same species, and as they are uninjured I am able to fill up 

 the gaps which were inevitable in the original description. 



1. Female. [Collected by J. H. Leak, Esq., C.C.S., Kurunegala.] 

 Total length 355 mm. [rather more than 14 inches]. 

 Maximum width 2 mm. 



2. Female from Kandy, taken in the act of issuing from the 

 body of a species of Mantis. Collected by E. E. Green, May, 1902. 



Total length 340 mm. 



Maximum width 2 mm. 



The colour [in spirit] is pale brown, whitish at the extremities 

 of the body. The form is that which is characteristic of the 

 females of Chordodes. 



The outer cuticular layer presents : — 



(1) Mulberry-shaped areolae with not very prominent tuber- 

 cular protuberances, of pale yellowish-brown colour. 



(2) Papillary areolae like the preceding, sometimes rather larger, 

 more pronounced and darker, scattered here and there, frequently 

 united in couples. 



(3) Papillary areolae like the preceding, which are produced at 

 the apex into a delicate ref ringent process, slightly recurved. 



(4) Papillary areolae like those of the second category, disposed 

 in groups of seven, eight, or ten around two larger papillae, 

 crowned at the summit with transparent hairs. Those placed along 

 the median ventral line show tufts of long transparent processes. 



(5) Here and there, more especially on each side of the median 

 ventral line, are to be noticed spiniform transparent processes, of 

 roughly conical shape, not curved at the apex. 



