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Mr. 11. \Y. Brolemann on a peculiar 



the two semicyliudrical buds (/>) spoken of as met with in 

 normally developed immature males. 



Fig. 1. 



Ventral view of the 7th segment of an immature Brachydesmtts superus, 

 Ft/.., at its last larval stage, showing- the semicyliudrical bud-shaped 

 gonapods {b) in front of the 9th pair of legs {P9). 



Fig. 2. 





The membranous pouch (p) tipped with the semicylindrical buds (6), 



shewing- the preformed gonapods (dotted). 



co — eoxal process; te s= telopodite or second joint with its posterior 



ridge (r 7) and its anterior process (r .). From the side, P 9 = right 

 limb of the 5'tli pair. 



Throughout the transparent membrane of the pouch (/>) 

 opaque yellow central masses assuming the shape shown in 



