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articulation. The fourth joint is somewhat shorter than the second, 

 slightly curved; 7.5 still shorter and bent sharply back on the under side 

 of the fourth ; j',6 very small, oval ; the fifth and sixth together scarcely 

 equal the fourth. The third, fifth, and sixth joints are sparingly beset 

 with rather stiff bristles, some of which on/. 6 are directed backward. 



Eggs on ovigera in several globular masses. 



Legs slender, second pair about two and one half times as long as the 

 animal ; c.i short, little longer than broad ; c.z rather over twice the length 

 of c. i ; at about the middle of the dorsal side is a slight rounded protuber- 

 ance ; in the male the ventral side extends at the distal end into a consider- 

 able projection, on which are several small bristles, and at the end of which 

 is the genital opening. The female lacks this projection, but the distal 

 end of the joint is swollen and the genital opening is situated on a slight 

 prominence of its own a little way back from the tip. Third coxal joint 

 rather longer than first ; like all the joints out to /.2, it becomes gradually 

 larger distally. Femoral joint nearly as long as whole of coxal region, 

 commonly larger in the female ; produced dorsally at the distal end into 

 a rounded projection very similar in shape to that on the dorsal side of 

 the lateral process and the genital prominence on the second coxal joint ; 

 from this projection grows a long, slender bristle. In the male there is 

 another process on the femoral joint, just beyond the middle on the 

 dorsal side ; it is drawn out into a narrow tube which projects distally ; 

 at its end is the opening of the so-called agglutinative gland, the secretion 

 from which is supposed to be used in gluing the egg-masses together. 

 Second tibial joint slightly longer than f.i ; neither quite so long as/ ; at 

 the distal end of /.i is a projection similar to that on/, but smaller, and 

 likewise furnished with a rather long bristle ; about one fourth of the dis- 

 tance from the distal end of 2, on the dorsal side, is a slight nodular 

 protuberance from which projects a long, delicate bristle. First tarsal 

 joint very small, roughly triangular, with a broad base ventrally bearing a 

 few moderately strong spines, and a narrow knob dorsally; ts.2 compara- 

 tively slender, about equal in length to c.2, not strongly curved, but 

 appearing arched on the ventral side in consequence of being much 

 expanded at the base, where it is armed with 2 stout, distally curved 

 spines and a few strong bristles. The proximal half of the remainder of 

 the ventral margin, the sole, is armed with a series of close-set distally 

 curved spines, varying in number from 7 or 8 to 1 1 ; along the distal part 

 extends a thin, lamellar, knife-like chitinous plate along the sides of which 

 are a few very small bristles. Claw long, falciform, reaching back as far 

 as the heel of ts.2 ; inner edge thin and knife-like. Auxiliary claws very 

 small but distinct. The legs are very sparsely hairy ; besides what have 



