392 NOTES ON GEOPHILID.E — COOK AND COLLINS. 



Sternum of prehensorial feet with chitinous lines, anteriorly scarcely 

 emarginatej claw with a small tooth at base. 



Scuta strongly convex, not sulcate. 



Spiracles round, decreasing posteriorly ; spiracle-bearing scutellum 

 one-third as large as the prescutellum and about equal in size with the 

 post and middle scutella, and between two and three times as large as 

 the episternal scutella; episternal prescutellum very small. 



Ventral pores wanting. 



Pleurae of last segment with many pigmented pores ; last sternum 

 oblong, its presternum divided. 



Anal legs six-jointed ; armed with a large claw, sparsely clothed with 

 long hairs; not enlarged in the female. 



Anal pores present. 



From ScJiendyla this genus differs in the free or nearly free labrum, 

 the three dentate lamellte, the chitinous lines, the ventral pores want- 

 ing, the divided presterna, the numerous pigmented pleural pores, the 

 anal pores, and the large claw of the anal feet. 



From Pectiniunguis it is distinct in the free or nearly free labrum, the 

 free labial and maxillary sterna, the large processes wanting, the claw 

 of the maxillary palpus not excavate, the chitinous lines, the round 

 spiracles, the ventral pores wanting, the numerous pigmented pleural 

 pores, the divided presterna, the anal pores, and the large claw of the 

 anal feet. 



The teeth of each of the dentate lamellse are graded in size, the one 

 toward the pectinate lamella being in every case the largest ; their 

 number varies from three to five. 



The condylus is rounded conic, similar to that of Scliendyla, but 

 broader, its base also extending considerably beyond its sides. 



The interior labial processes are not coalesced with the basal joint 

 of the palpus, except possibly a very little at base. 



The process of the basal joint of the palpus is covered with fine, 

 hair-like papillae. 



The claw of the maxillary palpus is not fringed on the basal third, 

 nor does the fringe extend quite to the apex. There may be other 

 spines on the base of the claw, and not in line with the fringe. The 

 number of hair-like spines which compose the fringe varies from three 

 to seven, the usual number being six. 



Escaryus phyllophilus, sp. uov. 

 Plate XXXIV, Figs. 9-11, and Pi. xxxv, Figs. 12-15. 



Moderately robust, slightly attenuate anteriorly, strongly posteriorly; 

 pale yellowish-brown ; feet and body sparsely hirsute. 



Antenna? of moderate length, the last joint equaling the two pre- 

 ceding joints taken together. 



Cephalic lamina subquadrate, slightly longer than broad (13:11), the 



