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and hairs did not indicate the true homologies, the first 

 pair of tectopedia might well be taken for the lamella. 

 Translamella a similar bar. Pseudo-stigmatic organs 

 long, clavate, gradually thickened from the proximal 

 until near the distal end ; rough, with small points or 

 spines. First tectopedia rough, reticulated, straight 

 blades or bars, more dorsal than usual ; bordering the 

 square region secondly above referred to, and joined 

 to the lamella by a transverse bar at the rear of that 

 region. Second tectopedia also largely developed. 



Legs rather short, fourth pair not reaching the hind 

 extremity. Coxse but little seen from the dorsal 

 aspect ; femora rough ; genuals longer than usual and 

 more distinctly divided into peduncle and head than is 

 generally the case with this joint. The tibiee of the 

 two front pairs of legs, especially the first, are the most 

 remarkable features of the species ; they seem dispro- 

 portlonateh/ large and have almost globular heads, with 

 a strong apophysis in the upper median hue bearing 

 the large tactile hair ; short slender peduncles spring 

 from the upper rear part of the globe. Tactile hairs 

 on all the legs, but much larger on the first pair ; a 

 whorl of short curved hairs on most joints ; tarsi 

 clothed as usual. Claws monodactyle. 



Abdomen shield-shaped with curved sides ; its antero- 

 lateral angles are produced into well-marked points, 

 v/hich curve towards the pseudo-stigmata, so that from 

 the dorsal aspect two open spaces are seen, bounded on 

 the outside by these points and anteriorly by the coxae 

 of the third pair of legs. Immediately behind the 

 anterior margin there is a broad, rounded, transverse 

 elevation, not reaching the lateral margin ; behind this 

 is a deep linear depression, and then the centre of the 

 abdomen, until within a quarter of its length from the 

 hind margin, is occupied by a domed lump, followed 

 by a smaller one, which touches the hind margin. 

 Exterior to these elevations the abdomen is a broad, 

 almost flat expansion, which seems to form a flat 

 annulus round the central elevation; at the extreme 



