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of the first leg. The outer edge is distinctly divided into 

 three lobes, of which the anterior is much the largest. 

 The second leg is articulated immediately behind the 

 projection, and behind this leg is a very much smaller 

 tooth-like projection. 



Legs extremely long and thin. The femora of the 

 first and fourth pairs, the tibiae of the fourth pair, and 

 the tarsi of all the legs are of remarkable length and 

 tenuity. The coxae of the two hind pairs of legs are 

 large, and each has a sort of projecting blade on the 

 posterior lower edge. The femora have slender pedun- 

 cles and clavate heads, ivhich are sharply marlced offfroin 

 the peduncles. The peduncles of the first and fourth 

 femora are three times as long as the heads. Grenuals 

 and tibiae thin, slightly larger towards the distal ends. 

 Tarsi with elongated, more or less diamond-sLaped 

 proximal portions, and long, slender, distal parts, 

 slightly undulated near the claw. There is a whorl 

 of thick, black, imbricated, stiff, curved hairs or spines 

 on each of the three central joints of each leg; one 

 similar on the peduncle of each femur, two on each 

 coxa of the third and one on each coxa of the fourth 

 pair, and one on each tarsus of the third and fourth 

 pairs. There is a fine tactile hair on each tibia, not 

 very long, and all the tarsi have fine hairs. Apode- 

 mata short, not nearly reaching the sternum. 



Abdomen almost globular, standing considerably 

 above the base of the cephalothorax. There is an 

 anterior depressed portion of some size at the antero- 

 lateral angles ; to this the two hind pairs of legs are 

 articulated, the first being on a projection. There is 

 a smaller, solid, blunt projection further forward, 

 almost touching the tooth-like projection of the cephalo- 

 thorax, and there are very small projections both in 

 front of and behind the insertion of the hind coxa. 

 There is an elliptical series of about fourteen black 

 hairs on the notogaster, similar to those on the leg, 

 but larger and curving outward ; two pairs of finer 

 hairs on the posterior margin, lower in level ; and two 



