416 BRITISH ORIBATtDTE. 



Legs long and tliin, with clavate joints ; but neither 

 the whole leg nor the peduncles of each joint are as 

 long as in D. davipes. The legs are of the typical 

 Damans form, but not carried to excess. The 

 peduncles of the front femora and the distal part of 

 the front tarsi are, however, very thin. There is an 

 irregular whorl of thick, sharply-curved, brown hairs 

 on each joint except the coxae and tarsi. Each tarsus 

 bears a large chitinous spike on its upper median line 

 near proximal end, and a number of fine hairs. 



The Abdomen is globose, very finely punctured all 

 over the notogaster. The progaster is considerably 

 raised above the cephalothorax. The notogastral plate 

 is strongly turned over (returned) on to the ventral sur- 

 face^ particularly at the posterior margin ; it embraces 

 the edges of the ventral plate whicli is very small. 

 There is a small projection between the third and fourth 

 pairs of legs (not visible in the plate), and there is a 

 row of brown, chitinous, spike-like hairs round the hind 

 margin and the hinder part of the lateral margins. 



I am not acquainted with the immature stages of 

 this species. 



Distribution. — This creature was first sent to me 

 by Mr. E. Bostock who found two specimens at Stone 

 in Staffordshire. I have since found a single specimen 

 at Keswick (Cumberland). It was found in moss on 

 the ground in each instance. These are the only 

 specimens I know of. 



The specific name was suggested by the discoverer. 



Dam^us teoticola,* sp. nov. PI. XXXV. 



Average length about "65 mm. 



Average breadth about '45 mm. 



Average length of legs (first pair) about 70 mm. 



Average length of legs (second pair) about '52 mm. 



* Tectum, a roof ; colo, I inhabit. 



