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divergent, pointed, irregularly dentate; second pair of lobes incised, 

 minute, inconspicuous; plates stout, arranged 0, 1, 3, those of ea^h 

 lateris arranged 1-1-1-0-0; genacerores 3-4(6-6)8-8; spiracerores want- 

 ing; anus located slightly cephalad of vulva. Ceylon on Arundinaria. 



arundinariae Green. 



SPECIES OF COOLEYASPIS 



Body greatly elongated, length four times its width, thorax two and 

 one-half times as long as wide; median pair of lobes rounded, not 

 oblique, serrate; second pair of lobes incised, mesal lobelet much 

 larger than lateral, prominent, projecting farther caudad than median 

 pair, margin of lobelets rounded at distal end, entire; plates spine- 

 like, arranged 0, 1, 4, those of each lateris arranged 1-1-1-1; genacerores 

 4-5(8-10)23-30; mesospiracerores 4-5, metaspiracerores wanting; 

 brevaceratubae prominent on pygidium and preabdomen; anus eight 

 times its width from caudal margin; cephalad of anus transverse 



group of 14-15 genaceroris-like pores. Uganda, Africa 



praelonga Newst. 



SPECIES OF SINISTRASPIS 



Body with sinistral margin of preabdominal segments bearing large 

 spine-like setae on prominent tubercles, each with brevaceratuba ; pygi- 

 dium with deep pygidial incision; median pair of lobes oblique, mesal 

 margins oblique, finely serrate; second pair of lobes incised, mesal 

 lobelet longer than broad and projecting caudad of median pair of 

 lobes, distal end bluntly rounded, entire, lateral lobelet similar in 

 shape to mesal, smaller; plates few in number, arranged 0, 0, 3, those 

 of each lateris arranged 1-1-1; altaceratubae eight on each side; spira- 

 cerores wanting; anus nearly twelve times its width from caudal mar- 

 gin; genacerores 0-2(5-6)5-8. Barbados on palm (?Thrinax) 



unilateralis Newst. 



SPECIES OF AUGULASPIS 



Pygidium of adult female with deep angular pygidial incision; median 

 pair of lobes small, each forming the end of a projection limiting one 

 side of pygidial incision, longer than broad, bluntly pointedly round- 

 ed; other pairs of lobes wanting; plates arranged 0, 2-3, those of each 

 lateris located one near median lobe and two or three near cephalic 

 end, plates small, blunt, rudimentary; brevaceratubae forming two 

 distinct broad bands; anus located near mesogenacerores, vulva lo- 

 cated slightly caudad of anus; mesospiracerores and metaspiracerores 

 forming more or less crescentic group of many cerores; marginal and 

 submarginal altaceratubae present; genacerores 26-26(19-22)32-44. 

 German East Africa. nudata Newst. 



SPECIES OF GRAMENASPIS 



Pygidium with median pair of lobes low and broad, broader than long, 

 rounded, entire; second and third pairs of lobes incised, mesal lobe- 

 let much larger than lateral, approximating median lobe in size, all 

 entire, broadly rounded ; plates wanting in all incisurae and on lateres ; 



