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Sphceraspis, Giard, C. E. See. Biol. Nov. 10th, 1894, p. 712. 

 Type, vitium. 



Subterranean, anterior legs of both sexes adapted for digging. 



? . Adult soft, mouth absent, legs and antennae present ; inter- 

 mediate stage hard, globular, more or less like a pearl, with no legs. 



Species. — M. gallicus, Signoret, France ; M. hameli, Brandt, 

 Armenia ; M. perrisi, Signoret, France ; M. polonicus, Linne, 

 Poland. 



M. trimeni, Giard, S. Africa ; M. capensis, Giard, S. Africa. 



M. formicarum, Giiilding, West Indies ; M. rileyi, Giard, 

 West Indies ; M. hiemalis, Ckll., New Mexico ; M. vitium, Giard, 

 Chile. 



Section Spharaspis, Giard. Intermediate stage ovoid, with- 

 out any appearance of segmentation. M. vitium, M. capensis. 



Section Porphyrophora, Brandt. Anterior legs less swollen ; 

 antennae with 7 to 9 joints. M. hameli, M.polonicus, M. gallicus, 

 M. perrisi. 



Coelostomidia, Cockerell. 



Ccelostomidia, Cockerell, * Nature,' Feb. 15th, 1900, p. 367. 

 Type, zealaudicum. 



Coilostoma, Maskell, Trans. New Zealand Inst. xii. (1879), 

 p. 294. lly\)Q, zealandiciim (not Coelostoma, Brulle, 1835). 



5 . Soft, with legs and antennae, but no mouth. Anterior legs 

 in both sexes normal. 



3' . With no caudal brush. 



Species. — G. assimilis, Maskell, C. wairoensis, Maskell, C. 

 zealandica, Maskell, C. compressa, Maskell, and C. pilosa, Mas- 

 kell, New Zealand. 



Subgenus Ultracoelostoma, Ckll. Female. Adult without mouth 

 or legs ; antennae with about five joints, more or less rudi- 

 mentary. C. assimilis. 



Calli2Ja2}2nis, Guerin. 



Callijxippus, Guerin-Meneville, Eev. Zool. 1849, p. 129 ; 

 Fuller, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1899, p. 435. Type, ivestwoodi. 



? . Body more or less triangular, thin in front ; abdomen with 

 only the first two or three segments visible, the rest forming a pouch 

 which contains the eggs. Antennas 10- or 11 -jointed. Mouth absent. 



^ . With a caudal brush. 



Species. — C. westwoodi, Guerin ; C. australis, Maskell ; C. im- 

 manis, Maskell; C. ruhiginosiis, Maskell; G. fariiiosus, Fuller; 

 G. bufo, Fuller : all from Australia. 



Sasakia, Kuwana. 

 Sasakia, Kuwana, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1902 (not yet pub- 

 lished). 



? . "Enclosed in cottony secretion ; antennae 9-segmented ; body 



