410 BRITISH ORIBATIDiE. 



as those of many other species of the genus. Claws 

 monodactyle. Tactile hairs on all the legs. Coxae of 

 third pair of legs approximately globular, the fine, 

 proximal ends of the femora inserted under the 

 coxse ; each of these coxse bears a straight, horizontal 

 spine pointing outward, as in Notaspis bipilis, but 

 much smaller, and a fine flexible hair below it. There 

 is a whorl of fine, curved hairs near the distal end of 

 each of the three central joints of each leg. The tarsi 

 are sparsely clothed with very fine hairs. 



Abdomen a short oval, very rounded anteriorly, but 

 with a slight tendency to be pointed posteriorly. 

 Notogaster highly polished, without any markings ; 

 the central part of the progaster has a tendency to 

 fade into the cephalothorax. The notogaster bears a 

 row of about five long, filiform, slightly-curved, white 

 hairs along each side, some distance within the lateral 

 margin ; a pair of similar hairs on the same transverse 

 line as the third pair of lateral hairs, but nearer the 

 median line of the body ; and a pair of smaller hairs 

 at the posterior end, lower in level. All these hairs 

 are found to be imbricated if seen by a high power 

 (say 500 diameters). Genital and anal plates far 

 apart, the former small and square, the latter more 

 pentagonal. There is a small, tooth-like projection of 

 the ventral plate between the third and fourth pairs of 

 legs. 



Nymph. 



Colour almost white, with a greenish-grey tinge. 

 Tip of rostrum and legs pinkish, both colours very 

 light ; whole body translucent. 



Texture finely punctured, smooth but not polished. 



Shape long pyriform. 



Cephalothorax. — Rostrum slightly bifid anteriorly, 

 from the mandibles generally showing ; plainly divided 

 from the remainder of the cephalothorax by a constric- 

 tion, so as to look like a caput. Palpi long, very mobile, 



