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densely covered with setai, a (aw being placed also at tiie 

 outer distal angle ; the projwdos is narrow and about as long 

 as the carj)us is broad ; it expands slightly distally, curves 

 inwards, and bears long sette on both margins ; the dact^los 

 is less than halt' as long as tiie i)ropodos, and ends in two 

 long stout setffi. 



The legs (>f' the first pair (Plates I. and II. figs. 8 a, 8 Z>, 8 c, 

 8d) are very different in shape in the two sexes. It will be 

 convenient to describe those of the female first, as they are the 

 more normal in shape. The basos (see fig. 8 a) is subrec- 

 tangular and about twice as long as broad, the ischios is 

 about as long as the basos but slightly narrower, the meros is 

 triangular, expanding distally, the antero-distal angle slightly 

 produced and bearing a single stout seta, a few seta3 being also 

 present on the posterior margni ; the carpus is also triangular, 

 but is larger and broader and lias the postero-distal angle 

 produced, the distal end of the joint being straight but 

 oblique ; there are a itw tine setee on the anterior margin and 

 the posterior margin is supplied with about six stout spini- 

 form setaj and a few fine scattered hairs ; the propodos is 

 consitlerably narrower than the carj)us, but of about the same 

 length, the anterior margin is convex and bears several fine 

 setge, there are usually a few also on the posterior margin and 

 at the end, the largest being situated at the rounded postero- 

 distal angle ; the dactylos with the claws is as long as the 

 posterior margin of the propodos, it bears a few fine sette, and 

 ends in two distinct claws, the outer one fully twice as large 

 as the inner. 



From the figure and description given it would appear that 

 the first pair of legs in the female in this species is not very 

 dissimilar from that of ]\lanna Kr'dijeri^ Goodsir, as drawn 

 and described by Bate and Westwood, though they state 

 that only the male of that species is known, and their figure 

 would therefore presumably apply to the male. 



In the viale the first pair of legs are very large and 

 peculiar in shape. The first joint (tig. 8 c/), wdiich might at 

 first sight be taken for the coxos (epimeron), but is really tlie 

 hasos^ is very short and small, and from it arises a very large 

 ischios. This joint is large and subrectangular, not quite 

 twice as long as broad, and the whole joint is filled with a 

 very powerful muscle, which moves the next joint and with 

 it the remainder of the limb. In front the ischios is deeply 

 grooved and receives the distal portion of the limb wlien bent 

 back ; at the base it is the inner portion of the ischios tliat is 

 produced forwards, while at the distal end the outer portion 



