NOTASPIS PEOTINATA. 389 



but cannot be distingished without a considerable 

 amplification. 



NoTASPis PEOTINATA,* Michael. PI. XXXII, figs. 1 — 6. 



Notaspis pectinata, Micliael. Jouni. Roy. Mierosc. Soc, series ii, 



vol. V, p. 392. 



Average length about '42 mm. 

 Average breadth about '22 mm. 



A small species but not one of the smallest in the 

 genus ; it is readily distinguished by the form of the 

 pseudo-stigmatic organs. 



Colour rather light yellow-brown. 



Texture smooth but not quite polished, there are no 

 punctures visible with, say, 200 diameters amplification, 

 but a few slight irregularities often break the surface. 



Shape almost fusiform. 



Cephalothorax rather small, its base considerably 

 narrower than the anterior margin of the abdomen, but 

 the sort of lateral shelf which carries the tectopedia is 

 wide. Rostrum pointed; rostral hairs of moderate 

 length. Palpi not showing. Lamellce mere ridges^ 

 YQVj short, and sloping forward and inward, but with 

 a considerable space between their anterior ends. 

 There is a second pair of ridges, more curved, at the 

 base of the rostrum. No translamella. Pseudo-stig- 

 mata small and lateral. Pseudo-stigmatic organs very 

 long, sinuous, i. e. doubly curved, forming a line of 

 beauty i the general direction being backward, upward, 

 and outward. They are slightly thickened in the middle 

 and have afeiv widely separated pectinations upon the 

 middle and part of the anterior portion, these are on 

 one side only and often difficult to see. Interlamellar 

 hairs setiform, of moderate length, not nearly so long 

 as the pseudo-stigmatic organs. Apodemata joined to 

 the sternum. 



* Pectinatus, made like the teetli of a comb. 



