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of leg II. Abdomen with a few short, simple bristles. Legs 
large, stout; leg I about as long as the body without the beak, 
tarsus twice as long as tibia and clothed with many prominent 
Figure 1. Bdella magna n. sp.; dorsal view of cephalo-thorax with mouth-parts. 
hairs; leg IV extending beyond the tip of the abdomen by the 
full length of the last three segments. Total length of body 
including the beak, 1.86 mm.; width, 0.65 mm. 
