DAMiEUS NITENS. 409 



Damjius NITENS,* Eock, PL XXXIV, figs. 1—8. 



Oppia nitens, Koch. Heft 3, pi. x. 



Averaofe leno-tli about '51 mm. 



Average breadth about '29 mm. 



Average length of legs (first pair) about -35 mm. 



Average length of legs (second pair) about "32 mm. 



Average length of legs (third pair) about '38 mm. 



Average length of legs (fourth pair) about '48 mm. 



Colour variable, some specimens are yellow-brown, 

 rarely very light, some are rich chesnut-brown ; all 

 intermediate shades are found. 

 ^ Texture highly polished. 



Shape a long oval, more pointed anteriorly than 

 posteriorly. 



Cephalothorax pyramidal, long, being nearly one 

 third of the entire length. Eostrum narrow, consider- 

 ably arched ; slightly rounded at the tip ; rostral hairs 

 fine and near together. The hairs on the terminal 

 joints of the palpi often show beyond the tip of the 

 rostrum, almost in the central line. Dorso-vertex 

 slightly domed, leaving a somewhat depressed band 

 between it and the abdomen. Lamellar hairs persisting 

 on the anterior edge of the dorso-vertex although 

 there are not any lamellae. Pseudo-stigmata small, 

 dorsal, near together. Pseudo-stigmatic organs long, 

 standing upward or slightly recurved; and having 

 long, slender peduncles, and short, slightly lanceolate 

 heads. Interlamellar hairs very small and fine. No 

 tectopedia ; but there is a chitinous shelf on each side 

 carrying the first leg, and slightly cleft to give play to 

 it. No opisthophragmatic processes. Sternum well- 

 marked. Apodemata joined to the sternum. 



Legs long and extremely fine, joints mostly clavate ; 

 but the legs are not so long, nor the joints so clavate 



* Nitens, sLining. 



