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Uropodum exopoditum plus quam dimidio longius quam scapus. 



Color e nigro fuscus ; in trunci segmentis maculse sense aut octonse parvee rotundse in 

 seriem transversam, in caudae segmentis maculae quaternte aut sente ssepe evanidse positse; 

 antennae nigrae. 



Long. 19 mm. Lat. 8 mm. 



Distrihxition. Seychelles Archipelago. I have seen four specimens of this species 

 from Mah^. Two specimens were taken during the Sealark expedition, 3 December 

 1905; the other two, preserved in the Museum at Hamburg, were found by Dr Brauer, 

 2 May 1900. 



11. Mahehia laticauda, n. sp. (Plate 20, fig. 26 ; plate 21, fig. 1 — 6.) 

 Superficies trunci medii sparse granulata, epimerorum segmentorum trunci et cauda 



dense squamata. 



Oculi majores vel magni ; ocelli numero c. 14, posteriores ceteris majores. 



Antennae graciles, longiores, dimidio corpore paulo longiores ; scapi articulus 1 

 brevissimus, articulus 2 brevis, subglobosus, articulus 3 duplo longior quam articulus 2, 

 articulus 4 tertia parte vel plus longior quam articulus 3, articulus 5 quarta parte longior 

 quam articulus 4, gracilis. Flagellum gracile, paulo longius quam dimidium articuli 5 

 scapi, articulo priore plus duplo breviore quam articulo altero, seta apicali instructo. 



Frons ante marginata, utrinque lobata, lobi laterales minores, oblique rotundati, linea 

 marginalis ad mediam frontem fortius procurva. Epistoma in medio convexum, supra 

 eminentia semicirculata marginata infra et ad latera excavatum. 



Trunci segmentum 1 sulco transverso collari minus profundo ; margo posterior 

 utrinque levins incurvus, angulis lateralibus acutis, non retroductis ; epimerum infra procul 

 a margine laterali dente longo, acuto instructum. Segmentum 2 pronoto magno, margo 

 posterior levissime utrinque incurvus. Segmenta 2 — 7 epimeris magnis, tetragonis, paulum 

 obliquis, angulis lateralibus subrectis. 



Caudae segmenta 3, 4 epimeris permagnis ; epimera segmenti 5 valida, oblique 

 tetragona, lateribus interioribus subparallelis. 



Telsum trapezoidale vel triangulum apice late truncate, paululo (septima parte) latius 

 quam longius. 



Uropodum scapus dimidio longior quam latior, exopodito paene dimidio longior. 



Subunicolor, grisea, saepe decelerate pallida ; antennarum articulus 5 scapi parte 

 apicali albida. 



Long. 13 mm. Lat. 7 "5 mm. 



Distribution. Seychelles Archipelago : Mah^ ; many specimens taken on " Montagne 

 Alphonse, Cascade, 1800 feet," in the days 30 Nov., 2 Dec, 4 Dec. 1905 : Praslin, three 

 specimens from 1000 feet under dead palm leaves. 



12. Mahehia bicornis, n. sp. (Plate 21, figs. 7 — 11.) 



Tota superficies densius et scabrius maxime ad latera et in epimeris trunci 

 granulata. 



