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1. CANDACE PECTINATA, nov. sp., PI. X, figs. 1 12; 

 PI. VIII, figs. 1415. 



Body elongated and slender; anterior antennse 

 (fig. 3) as long as the body, 24-jointed, the thickened 

 basal portion 7 -jointed, the remainder of about equal 

 thickness throughout and extremely slender; third 

 joint the largest, eighth to eleventh very short, seven- 

 teenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth the longest, the 

 whole sparingly setiferous : right antenna of male (fig. 1) 

 very slender beyond the hinge-joint and only slightly 

 swollen in the middle ; joint next above the hinge of a 

 smoky brown colour, armed with a crest or comb of 

 large and strong deeply coloured spines ; the joint 

 immediately above this principal armature and that 

 below the hinge bear dentated plates of the usual 

 character (fig. 2). The posterior antenna is large and 

 stout, the main branch bearing two and the secondary 

 branch one terminal brush of about six long setse. 

 Mandible-palp triangular, with two short setiferous 

 branches (fig. 4) at the terminal angles. The basal 

 portion of the maxilla (fig. 5) bears at its apex one 

 very long and several shorter setse ; styliform process 

 slender and carrying two apical setae. First pair of 

 footjaws long and strongly armed; second pair 

 slender (fig. 6). Inner branches of the swimming feet 

 two-jointed throughout (fig. 7) ; marginal spines of the 

 outer branches very small ; swimming setse all densely 

 plumose beyond the middle ; terminal spine of outer 



