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DR JOHN RENNIE ON 



Width at broadest part of body, '10 mm. 

 Length of giiathosoma, '03 mm. 

 Length of first, second, or third legs, "05 mm. 

 Dorsally the body shows definite segmentation. 



On the ventral side there is a distinct transverse furrow behind the second 

 pair of legs. The gnathosoma is bluntly triangular and freely movable, and in 



Text-fig. 1 . — Dorsal view of body of immature female, 

 showing distribution of liairs. The anterior por- 

 tion of the two main trachese are shown. 



Text-fio. 2. 



a, Fourth leg of male ; b, fourth leg of female ; c, second leg 

 of male ; d, first leg of male. 



the middle line in front the mandibles are frequently to be seen protruded as a 

 pair of slender curved needles. The two anterior pairs of legs are directed forward 

 or outwards, and some distance apart from the third and fourth pairs. 



Body Hairs. — On the dorsal surface there are eight pairs of hairs fairly 

 evenly distributed along the body (text-fig. l). There is a short pair anteriorly, 

 directed forward close to and upon each side of the gnathosoma, arising on the 

 medial side of the stigmata. A second pair arises opposite the second pair of legs, 



