NO. 1170. THE FAMILY (iOMI'UODESMIDJC— COOK. 735 



and somewhat inflated at the base of the carina', a character which is 

 stronj^ly developed in AulodeHmuH and only slightly in AntrodeioiivH 

 Mfelli/'ir. 



First segment less broadly emarginate in the middle of tbe posterior 

 edge; the form, slope, and margins are closely similar to those of A. 

 steliifer. 



Lateral carinas slightly narrower than in A. xtetli/er, the posterior 

 corners of posterior segments slightly less produced, the rounded ante- 

 rior corners slightly more prominent. 



Preanal scale less narrowed toward the apex, the setiferous tuber- 

 cles not 80 close. 



Sterna even more sparsely hirsute, the transverse ridges less i)rora- 

 inent. 



Process of sternum of sixth segment subquadrate, slightly broader 

 at base and the distal angles more rounded: the process is minutely 

 apiculate in the middle of the straight distal edge: the apiculus is small 

 and weak compared with the thickened apex of the same structure in 

 A. (ftelli/er, where there is no transverse distal edge and the lateral 

 corners project beyond the sides of the jirocess below. 



Sternum of fifteenth segment with ])rocess short and broad, the cor- 

 responding depression of the fourteenth segment very slight. 



Sternum of eighth segment with the transverse ridges of the poste- 

 rior pair of legs short (narrow) and ]>roduced to be nearly as high as 

 broad; the corresponding ridges of A. HteUifer are also prominent but 

 not produced. 



Legs of male moderately hirsute, about as in .1. xtelli/er; they are 

 slightly more slender proportionally than in that species, but the infla- 

 tion of the dorsal face of the second joint is distinctly greater. 



Copulatory legs broken at the base of the ungual portion ; the remain- 

 ing basal part of the second joint is shaped closely like that of A. 

 Htellifer and is slightly broader. 



Color, according to Karsch, dirty testaceous; carina- testaceous 

 yellow ; also a large subdisciform spot on the posterior margin of carinif- 

 erous .segments, strongly narrowed at the sides, Fiom the specimen 

 it would apjiear that the yellow spot is rather subcrescentic, occupying 

 nearly half of the posterior subsegment in the middle and tapering off 

 on each side to the base of the carina. The legs were evidently dark 

 red, as in yl. Htellifer. 



Length, 48 mm.; width, 1<>,."» mm. 



Locality. — ^Nlombassa. The typical and only specimen is a male col- 

 lected by Hildebrandt and belonging to the Jierlin Museum, No. 802. 



The cfdor pattern of this species is not essentially diflerent from that 

 of A. steliifer, which has the carina- yellowish and the posterior part 

 of the segments sometimes with an oblique light band, and this, if 

 developed, would have the shape of the spot described for luridm. 



On ac;cr>unt of the broken antenna- and copulatory legs the generic 

 reference of this species is not made with confidence. It possesses 



