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diverging; no lateral grooves ; numerous unequal punctations, especially 

 evident in the median field. Emargination moderate, scapular angles 

 blunt. Venter : genital orifice between coxae III ; pregenital plate 

 twice as long as broad : median plate long, its postero-lateral borders 

 very oblique ; anus very near the posterior border ; anal plate almost 

 pear-shaped, rounded in front, narrowing behind ; adanal plates with 

 their oblique anterior border much longer than their posterior border. 

 Spiracles very large, long-oval. Gapitulum : base trapezoid dorsally, 

 broader anteriorly, finely punctate, produced to a median retrograde 

 point ventrally ; palps fairly long and broad dorsally, the outer contour 

 straight, the inner convex ; hypostome strongly armed for half its length 

 with 4 | 4 teeth, about 5 per file, terminating basally with 4 strong teeth, 

 2 on either side, the external the stronger. Legs strong, coxa I with 

 short trenchant internal spur, coxa IV with a slight indication of an 

 external spur ; coxae II and III without spurs, but with posterior border 

 very trenchant 



Fig. 217. /. pilosus s : dorsum and venter, spiracle and tarsus 4. The <f to the left 

 (N. 927) is unfed, that to the right (N. 1111) is replete. Specimens from Cape Colony, 

 received (N. 927) from C. P. Lounsbury, and (N. 1111) from A. H. N. Pillers. 

 (Original, G. H. F. N. del.) 



Female (Figs. 218, 219): Body red-brown, with numerous rather 

 long, white hairs. Scutum longer than broad, broadest at its anterior 

 third, cordiform; lateral grooves straight, meeting the lateral borders 

 just behind the rounded lateral angles ; cervical grooves fairly distinct 



