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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  VOL. 
  98 
  

  

  granular, 
  without 
  any 
  knobs, 
  tubercles, 
  or 
  processes. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  

   spine 
  at 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  posterior 
  corners 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  processes. 
  

   Eye 
  tubercle 
  erect, 
  leaning 
  forward, 
  bluntly 
  pointed, 
  without 
  eyes. 
  

  

  Proboscis 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  trunk, 
  bluntly 
  ovoid, 
  directed 
  downward. 
  

  

  Chelifore 
  somewhat 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  proboscis, 
  with 
  

   conspicuous 
  spines 
  on 
  the 
  scape. 
  Chela 
  rudimentary, 
  w^ith 
  small 
  

   processes 
  instead 
  of 
  fingers. 
  

  

  Figure 
  42. 
  — 
  Ammothella 
  profunda, 
  new 
  species: 
  a, 
  Dorsal 
  view 
  of 
  trunk; 
  b, 
  lateral 
  view; 
  

   c, 
  terminal 
  joints 
  of 
  oviger; 
  d, 
  palpus; 
  e, 
  third 
  leg;/, 
  tarsus 
  and 
  propodus. 
  

  

  Palpus 
  slender, 
  recurved, 
  somewhat 
  longer 
  than 
  proboscis, 
  the 
  

   terminal 
  segments 
  conspicuously 
  spinose 
  on 
  the 
  ventral 
  surfaces. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  about 
  seven-eighths 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  trunk, 
  reaching 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  coxal 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  pair 
  of 
  legs. 
  

  

  Third 
  leg 
  slender, 
  with 
  femur 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  spines 
  distally, 
  the 
  first 
  

   and 
  second 
  tibiae 
  with 
  two 
  dorsal 
  rows 
  of 
  long 
  spines 
  whose 
  length 
  

   is 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  times 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  joint, 
  and 
  with 
  shorter 
  spines 
  

   ventrally. 
  Propodus 
  without 
  a 
  heel 
  but 
  with 
  two 
  large 
  basal 
  spines 
  

  

  