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Paraliodes incurvata, n. sp. 

 (Figure 215) 

 Length 5!);) to 7'2() micrm. Color dark brown, ahnost black. Abdomen without 

 wings. Mandible stout chelate. No lamelltB nor tectopediuni. Rostral hairs 

 curved, stout and smooth. I,aniellar and interlaniellar hairs arising from tubercles, 

 straight, stout, smooth and separated but slightly more than rostral hairs. Pseudo- 

 stigmatic organ rather short; with large, gradually clavate, finely pitted head, 

 pointing forward, upward and slightly to the side. Femora swollen, with rudi- 

 mentary blades. Abdomen broadly ovate with three rows of stout smooth hairs 

 on each side of dorsum, similar to those on the cephalothorax. The first row of 

 hairs are slightly curved and lie about half way from the median line to the 

 margin. The hairs of the sub-marginal row are also only slightly curved, while 



Figure 215. Paraliodes incurvata 



those in the marginal row are strongly bent. The marginal and sub-marginal 

 rows of hairs extend about half as far forward as the other row. On the front, 

 upper portion of the abdomen, almost directly over the angle between cephalothorax 

 and abdomen is a broader hair which is coarsely serrate on the anterior edge. Th<' 

 legs are short, about half the length of the body and moderately set with fine 

 pectinate hairs. A simple, longer hair on distal end of penultimate joint. Unguis 

 tridactyle. A deep re-entrant fold of the integument, shown in side view and by 

 dotted line in dorsal view, marks the suture between dorsal and ventral plates. 

 Many specimens, under boards, Claremont, Cal. 



Hermannia hieroglyphica ii. sp. 

 (Figure 216) 

 Length .'!71 micrm. Color brown with black markings, rough and deeply scul))- 

 tured. Abdomen without wings. ^Mandibles chelate; no lamella", translamella. 



