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found them twisted in the mycelium in which the 

 parents Hved, and this was the position the eggs were 

 deposited in when laid in my cells. 



Distribution. — The first place where I found this 

 species was in the thatch of an old cottage in Warwick- 

 shire, which was being pulled down. I have since 

 found a few individuals in the New Forest. I am 

 not aware that it has ever been recorded elsewhere. I 

 found several specimens in the thatch. 



DAMiEus TENUiPES,* MicJiael, PI. XXXVI. 



Damaus tenuipes, Michael, Joui-n. Roy. Microsc. Soc, ser. ii, 



vol. V, p. 395. 



Average length about '67 mm. 



Average breadth about '45 mm. 



Average length of legs (first pair) about '77 mm. 



Average length of legs (second pair) about '67 mm. 



Average length of legs (third pair) about '84 mm. 



Average length of legs (fourth pair) about 1*34 mm. 



This species has a strong resemblance to D. tecticola, 

 but does not appear to be identical. The principal 

 differences are, firstly, that the legs of the present 

 species are considerably longer in proportion, and more 

 slender; secondly, that the pseudo-stigmatic organs 

 of D. tecticola are long and setiform, gradually dimi- 

 nishing to a point, whereas those of the present species 

 are thickest near the distal end (the shape is described 

 below) ; thirdly, that the chitinous projection between 

 the first and second leg has a strong anterior curved 

 point in D. tecticola which is absent in the present 

 species ; and fourthly, that the hairs on the notogaster 

 gradually diminish in length in the present species 

 from the progaster to the hind margin, whereas in D. 

 tecticola the posterior hairs are as long as the anterior. 



Colour brown, of medium depth, and having the 



* Tenuis, slender ; pes, a foot. 



