NOTASPIS SPLENDENS. 395 



Pseudo-stigmatic organs longisli, with slender pedun- 

 cles and fusiform beads roughened with small points 

 or hairs. I have not observed any interlamellar 

 hairs. Tectopedia small. Apodemata joined to the 

 sternum. 



Legs of moderate length. Femora without blades ; 

 claws monodactyle. Tactile hairs on all tibias; tarsi 

 clothed as usual, and a few fine hairs on the other 

 joints. 



Abdomen an oval varying in proportions ; the larger 

 end forward, the posterior end slightly pointed ; it is 

 without markings but has four longitudinal rows of 

 fine hairs on the notogaster. Genital and anal plates 

 widely separated, the former small, the latter larger, 

 forming a short oblong with rounded corners. 



Nymjpli. 



Noticeable chiefly from the length of the hairs on 

 the back. 



Colour very light bluish-grey, almost white, or 

 colourless ; often having a yellowish tinge where the 

 alimentary canal is situated, the creature being semi- 

 transparent. 



Texture rather polished, but not highly so. 



Cephalothorax without markings. Rostrum pointed, 

 rather narrow, distinctly marked off from the hinder 

 portion of the cephalothorax, which is much wider but 

 not quite so wide as the anterior margin of the abdo- 

 men. Rostral hairs short, sharply curved. Pseudo- 

 stigmatic organs similar to those of the adult. Inter- 

 lamellar hairs long, near together, directed upward and 

 curving forward. 



Legs of moderate length, the fourth pair slightly 

 passing the hind margin ; the two anterior pairs of 

 femora slightly thickened, and the joints having a 

 tendency to a rounded form ; otherwise the legs of 

 about even thickness throughout. Tactile hairs very 



