BY DR. H. SCHOTT. 125 



Bromacanthus n. g. 



Body elongate, narrow, somewhat sinuate on the dorsal side 

 between Abd. Ill and IV. Antennae nearly of the length of 

 the body, the apical joint slightly annulated. 



Antennal organ II consisting of two free staffs and Ant. 

 organ III of two staffs within a skin-fold. I have not been 

 able to discover any terminal organ on Ant. IV. 



Eyes 8 + 8, the proximal ones distinctly smaller than the 

 others, placed on oval spots with irregular contours ; claw joints 

 slender, upper claw with a proximal double tooth and a distal 

 one; pseudonychia small, easily overlooked. The empodial 

 appendix concave, the tips of it curved upwards on the two first 

 pairs of legs and reaching to the proximal tooth of the upper 

 claw, on the third pair of legs longer and extending to the 

 distal tooth. Tibiotar.sal sensitive setae incrassate towards 

 the apex, thin and reaching to the distal tooth. The hind legs 

 possess on the interior side of the femur a mysterious organ 

 consisting of two rows of dark skin pieces. In most of the 

 individuals examined these are spiral-shaped and their edges 

 undentate. Only in one specimen they seem to be spoon- 

 shaped with serrated margins. It is possible that this femoral 

 organ has something to do with the feeling. 



Furcula with nearly parallel sides, manubrium slightly 

 shorter than dentes, which on the inside are armed with two 

 double rows of spines, one dorsal and one ventral. The spines 

 of the dorsal row are robust, and split up at the base in such 

 a way, that they strikingly remind one of an open ear of oats 

 (hence the name). They are erect and are combined with 

 obliquely-placed, nearly needle-shaped smaller spines. In the 

 ventral row the spines are slightly longer, very sharp and 

 directed downwards and also combined with smaller spines. 

 All spines, also the smaller ones are more or less split up in 

 a characteristic way. Miicrones indistinctly set off from 

 dentes, as long as broad, with three teeth, of which the middle 

 one is bigger than the other ones and curved upwards. 



Scales thin, brownish, in the free end mostly circle round, 

 sometimes with irregular contours, but never sharp. They 

 are very finely striped and continue on the antennae right out 

 to the terminal joint. Hairs on the abdomen badly preserved. 

 There is a tuft of setae at the sides of mesonotum, thinly 

 placed longer setae on the ventral side of the big abdominal 

 segment and some stronger setae <jn the apical segment. 



