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^[Li'fhohius shwiensi'sj sp. n. 



, of very small size. 



Antennce composed of 19 segments. 



Eyes composed of a small number of ocelli (5 or 6) arranged 

 in two rows. 



Coxce of maxillipedes anteriorly truncate, armed with 4 + 4 

 acute subequal teeth. 



Terga rather strongly wrinkled, the eighth, tenth, twelfth, 

 and fourteenth posteriorly emarginate, the ninth, eleventh, and 

 thirteenth with their posterior angles dentate. 



Cowal pores few in number, circular, and arranged in a 

 single series. 



Anal legs moderately robust ; claw single ; armed beneath 

 (coxa), 1, 3,2, 0. 



Generative forceps of the female armed with two pairs of 

 spurs and with trilobate claw. 



Length 7 millim. 



Loc. Tsu-Shima {Hoist Coll.).'] 



[Lithobius Jlolstit, sp. n. 



Colour castaneous, pale yellow below. 



Antennce hirsute, composed of 19 to 21 segments. 



Eyes composed of about 6 ocelli arranged in two rows. 



Coxce of maxillipedes produced and armed with 2 + 2 con- 

 spicuous teeth. 



Tergites moderately smooth, all the angles squared or 

 nearly so. 



Coxal pores round, in a single series, 3, 4, 4, 4. 



Anal legs armed beneath 0, 1, 3, 2, ; claw with a basal 

 spur. 



Generative forceps of the female with two large diverging 

 basal spines and the claw obsoletely trifid. 



Loc. Ashinoju, Japan {Hoist Coll.). Also a mutilated 

 specimen of what is possibly the same species from Tsu- 

 Shima.] 



The three species here named may be recognized as 

 follows : — 



a. Coxal pores very nunaerous and arranged in 



several series ■. asperatus, L, Kocli. 



b. Coxal pores few in number and arranged in a 



single series. 

 a}. Terga wiinkled, mostly emarginate, the ninth^ 



* Species not obtained during the cruise of the 'Penguin ' are placed 

 •within brackets. 



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