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[Scutum broader than long (Africa) . . . parmata 420 



„ sub-circular ...... 9 



Basis capituli shorter than palps ; lateral palpal 



salience rounded (Asia) .... papuana 406 



Basis capituli as long as palps, lateral salience 



pointed (Asia, E. Africa, New South Wales) bispinosa 430 



or (India, Ceylon) parva 437 



[Palp with lateral salience bearing a ventral 

 10. - retrograde point . . . . .11 



I „ without such a point . . . .13 



'Coxal spurs distinct and sharp (Africa) . . calcarata 443 



or c. var. houyi^ 445 

 „ „ weak and inconspicuous . . .12 



(Refer to Figure (Africa, Asia, N. S. Wales) . leachi 465 



I „ „ „ (New Guinea, Queensland) 



spinigera var. novae-guineae 450 



(Trochantal spurs present (Queensland) . . hancrofti 490 



( „ „ absent . . . . .14 



rBasis capituli with sides rounded ; no cornua 



14. -[ (Europe) concinna 455 



[Basis capituli rectangular ; with distinct cornua. 15 



[Tarsi humped (Madagascar) .... simplex 458 



I „ otherwise (Africa) hoodi 485 



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12 



15. 



Larvae. 



We know the larvae of 14 species and varieties. All known larvae 

 have hypostomes with dentition 2 \ 2. 



jBasis capituli with ventral cornua (America) leporis-palustris 391 

 (Basis capituli otherwise . . . . .1 



rPalps, when joined, forming an obtuse angle 



1. -'i (Africa, Asia, N. S. Wales) .... leachi 465 

 I Palps otherwise . . . . .2 



Palpal article 2 not protruding laterally (Europe, 



2. \ Transcaucasia) inermis 365 



.Palpal anticle 2 protruding . . . .3 



^ H. calcarata var. houyi has a slight ventral spur on trochanter I which is not 

 discoverable in the type o. 



