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Sternite XI: On the posterior margin, setae 1 are 12ju long; setae 

 2 are 25ju long; somewhat anterior on the sternite, setae 3 are 29^ long; 

 setae 4 are ll/x long. Formula: 4-4. 



Sternite XII: Near the anterior margin 15;u apart, a pair of setae 

 9iu long; on or near the lateral border, a group of three setae on each 

 side, two are 34^ long, the ^ third is 46^ long; at the posterior tip, a 

 group of four setae 9/i long. Formula: 6-6. 



The number of setae agrees with that given by lonesco (1935) for 

 the genus, and by Gisin (1945) for E. armatum Stach. 



Type.— U.S.N.M. No. 59913. 



i?gmar^s.— The species is described from two males, two females, 

 and one ma turns junior, collected by A. W. Rakosy, at 3,000 feet 

 elevation. Sierra del Avila, Los Chorros, Estado Miranda, Venezuela, 

 in 1947. Each specimen is on a slide. The holotype, male, has been 

 completely cleared in lactic acid, stained with fuchsin, and mounted 

 in damar; the four para types have been mounted in Hoyer solution 



(Fan re). 



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