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Antenna (fig. 8). Only the basal portion is described, as the remainder was 

 missing. The first segment is broader than long; the second longer than broad, 

 constricted at the base and, in addition to spines, bears a group of sense organs of 

 the Hicksonian tj-pe. One of these is shown greatly enlarged in fig. 9. The remain- 

 ing segments show pseudosegmentation, and bear very long spines. 



Eyes (fig. 10). Compound, with 23 facets. 



Mandibles (fig. 11). Very large and heavily chitinised. 



Maxillae (fig. 12). Chitinous rod-like structures, concave on the inner side to- 

 wards the distal end, and terminating in three pairs of processes. 



Maxillary palpi (fig. 13). Consist of four segments, the 4th being flattened and 

 ■expanded towards the apex. 



Abdomen. Globose, about half the length of the entire body, thinly chitinised, 

 and bears long slender spines. On the venter towards the apex is a sac-like protru- 

 sion which is a little more heavily chitinised than the rest, and bears long spines 

 (fig. 14). Inside the sac towards the base is a thick strand which may be muscle, or, 

 being a potash preparation, a structure for the attachment of muscles. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 



1. Vulturops floridensis sp. nov., left wing from above. 



2. Vulturops termitorxim Townsend, left wing from above. 



3. Vulturops floridensis sp. nov., anterior leg (coxa not shown). 

 4a. Vulturops floridensis sp. nov., coxa of front leg. 



4b. Vtilturops floridensis sp. nov. coxa of hind leg. 



5a. Vulturops floridensis sp. nov., tibia of front leg. 



5b. Vulhirops floridensis sp. nov., tibia of hind leg. (Note the three large spines, 

 absent in 5a.) 

 6. J'ulturops floridensis sp. nov., tarsus of front leg. (Note pseudosegmentation, 

 fine striations, toothed claws, and the fine hairs on the second and third seg- 

 ments.) 



7a. Vidturops floridensis sp. nov., first tarsal segment of front leg. 



7b. Vulturops floridensis sp. nov., first tarsal segment of hind leg. 



8. Vulturops floridensis sp. nov., base of right antenna, ventral view. (Note pseudo- 



segmentation, sense organs on the second segment, and long spines.) 



9. Vulturops floridensis sp. nov., sense organ greatly enlarged. 



10. J'ulturops floridensis sp. nov., eye. 



11. Vidturops floridensis sp. nov., left mandible, ventral view. 



12. Vulturops floridensis sp. nov., left maxilla, ventral view. 



13. Vulturops floridensis sp. nov., left maxillary palpus, ventral view. 



14. Vulturops floridensis sp. nov., sac-shaped protrusion on ventral sile of abdomen. 

 All figures drawn with camera lucida by E. Hargreaves. 



