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ou each side a row of twelve to fonrteen long bristles, and in frout of it eight to 

 fourteen more bristles, some of which are situated close to the row and are also 

 long. The eighth tergite has one to three small bristles above the stigma, 

 a ventral jiatch of eleven to fonrteen, and an internal patch of eight small ones. 

 The eighth sternite (Vlll. st.) is somewhat contracted in the specimen from which 

 our figure is taken. The anal sternite bears on each side a moderately long, stout 

 bristle in the middle, sometimes accompanied bv a smaller one, and a snbapical 

 pair of long ones. The st\let is long and slender, surpassing in length the third 

 hiudtarsal segment. Below the stylet there is a solitary long bristle ou the anal 

 tergite. The head of the receptaculnm semiuis (R.S.) is twice as long as it is broad, 

 being also longer than the tail. 



The !>cnlpture of the surface of the body and legs is very feeble in both sexes, 

 the lines being hardly traceable on the legs. 



Length (mounted specimens) : 6 3"2 mm., ? 3'5 mm. 



13 c?c? and 20 ? ? from Mt. Kinangop, Aberdare Range, Brit. E. Africa, 

 11,000 ft., February 23, 1910, off Tachi/ori/ctes audax ;— type. 



1 ? from Mt, Kinangop, February 24, 1910, off Otomi/s irroi-ntus. 



7 Jc? from Mt. Kinangop, February 28, 1910, found in killing bottle. 



4 cJcJ and 3 ? ? from Aberdare Mts., February 13, 1910, off Tachjoryctes 

 audax. 



B. Proboscis not nearly reaching to ape.x of foreco.xa ; at the most two 

 bristles below stigma on abdominal tergites II and III; longest apical bristle of 

 second hindtarsal segment at most extending to the base of the fourth segment ; 

 metepimerum with less than ten bristles. 



23. Ctenophthalmus eumeces sp. nov. (text-fig. 19). 



Only the <S known to us. 



Head. — The s])ines of the genal comb are pointed. The rostrum reaches to the 

 apical third (about) of the foreco.xa. The frons bears two rows of bristles, and the 

 occijmt three rows. 



Thorax. — The pronotal comb contains si.xteen spines. There are ten bristles 

 in the postmedian row on the three thoracic tergites on the two sides together, the 

 two lower ones being rather further apart than the others. The mesopleura bear 

 eight bristles, the metepisternum two, and the metepimerum five to seven arranged 

 in two rows. 



Abdomen. — Each tergite bears two rows of bristles, the first tergite having 

 an incomplete third row. The first bristle of the posterior row is placed below 

 the stigma, while the first bristle of the preceding row is placed above the 

 stigma. The sternites of segments III to VI have on each side a row of 

 three bristles, and in front of it one or two, seldom three, additional smaller 

 bristles, segment VII bearing in the type-specimen four bristles in the postmedian 

 row. 



Legis. — The small ajiical ventral bristle on the inner surface of the hind- 

 femur is short and rather stout. The longi'st bristle of the second hindtarsal 

 segment reaches a little beyond the apex of the third segment. The fourth 

 segment is not quite twice as long as it is broad in the hindtarsus. The 



