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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Mouth 
  parts 
  normal, 
  pedipalps 
  short, 
  with 
  rounded 
  segments, 
  sec- 
  

   ond 
  segment 
  above 
  with 
  a 
  stout 
  plumose 
  hair 
  several 
  times 
  thicker 
  

   than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  segment, 
  which 
  is 
  smooth 
  and 
  setiform. 
  

  

  Leg 
  IV 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  stouter 
  than 
  the 
  remaining 
  

   ones; 
  posterior 
  common 
  coxa 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  5, 
  e, 
  with 
  five 
  very 
  large 
  

   and 
  distinct 
  conical 
  spurlike 
  hairs; 
  all 
  legs 
  with 
  a 
  fairly 
  stout 
  

  

  d 
  

  

  Figure 
  5. 
  — 
  Geckobia 
  philippinensis, 
  new 
  species: 
  a. 
  Hairs 
  of 
  ventral 
  surface 
  in 
  midline 
  of 
  

   body; 
  b, 
  peripheral 
  dorsal 
  hair; 
  c, 
  small 
  hair 
  from 
  middle 
  of 
  dorsum,'^(/, 
  a 
  scalelike 
  ven- 
  

   tral 
  hair; 
  e, 
  posterior 
  common 
  coxa. 
  

  

  plumose 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  segments 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  and 
  a 
  

   long 
  setose 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  surface 
  of 
  segment 
  3, 
  that 
  of 
  leg 
  

   IV 
  weakly 
  plumose. 
  

  

  Additional 
  material 
  examined. 
  — 
  Two 
  females 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  host 
  

   and 
  locality 
  as 
  the 
  types. 
  Dr. 
  Wliarton 
  sent 
  with 
  his 
  material 
  the 
  

   lizard 
  host 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  Manila 
  specimens 
  were 
  taken. 
  From 
  the 
  

   body 
  scales 
  of 
  this 
  gecko, 
  Hemidactylus 
  fre^iatus^ 
  I 
  obtained 
  a 
  single 
  

   female 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  described 
  above. 
  

  

  