162 DEGEERIA. 



The antenn96 are about three fifths of the length of 

 the body. The basal segment is rather shorter, and 

 the apical rather longer, than the two middle ones, 

 which are of about the same length. Besides the short 

 hairs pointing forwards, the three basal segments have 

 a few rather longer ones, which stand out at right 

 angles to the segment itself. 



The brown band on the head between the eyes also 

 projects a little behind them. 



The mandibles have respectively three and five, 

 rather blunt teeth. 



The body is somewhat thickly clothed with hairs, 

 which are of three sorts : — first, the ordinary short 

 hairs, which are spread pretty evenly over the whole 

 surface, as well as over the appendages; secondly, 

 longer clubbed hairs, as in PI. LXY, fig. 8 ; these gene- 

 rally stand at right angles to the skin, and are charac- 

 teristic of Degeeria and Orchesella ; they occur only on 

 the body ; thirdly, long, serrated hairs, most of which 

 lie along the body, but some of those at the posterior 

 extremity, as well as a few scattered ones on the legs, 

 stand out at right angles. Lastly, there are on the 

 fourth abdominal segment a few still longer, serrated 

 hairs which have a curious bend near the middle, as in 

 PL LXY, fig. 7 ; this bend is not accidental, as might 

 at first be supposed, but is always present. 



The feet have two claws and one tenent hair ; all 

 these pairs are alike. 



Degeeria cincta, Lubbock. 



Degeeria cincta, Lubbock. Trans. Linu. Soc, 1862. 



PL XXXV. 



Body fusiform, dark brown ; posterior part of head 

 and of meso-thorax, as well as the anterior portion of 

 the fourth abdominal and the two posterior abdominal 

 segments, pale-yellowish. 



