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f. Pygidium with three pairs of lobes; median pair of lobes 

 narrow, rounded; second and third pairs of lobes broader 

 than long, lateral margin oblique, notched; pectinae not 

 longer than lobes, furcapectinae, arranged 2, 2, 2, 0; 

 lateres irregularly dentate; paraphyses with second and 

 third pairs subequal in length and two or more times 

 as long as first pair. Massachusetts, Galapagos Islands 



on smilax, Croton. smilacis Comst. 



ff. Pygidium with four pairs of lobes; median pair of lobes 

 somewhat triangular, distal end with distinct point, 

 distinct mesal and lateral notches; second pair of lobes 

 narrower than median, longer than broad, convergent 

 caudad, distal end rounded or pointed, distinct lateral 

 notch; third pair of lobes as broad as long, rounded at 

 distal end, mesal and lateral notches, mesal sometimes 

 faint; fourth and fifth pairs of lobes more or less dis- 

 tinct, triangular, serrated, these probably projections; 

 pectinae arranged 2, 2, 3, 3, 0; paraphyses short, club- 

 shaped, pair located opposite second, third, and fourth 

 incisurae, between incisurae named and between me- 

 dian pair of lobes with a chitinous knob. Ceylon on 



Pothos. pothi Green. 



dd. Pygidium with two pairs of paraphyses. 



e. Pygidium with one paraphysis located in each second and 

 third incisura, mesal paraphyses slightly larger than lat- 

 eral; three pairs of lobes, median pair broad, truncately 

 rounded, entire; second pair of lobes smaller than me- 

 dian and larger than third; third pair bluntly rounded; 

 pectinae slender, arranged 2, 2, 3, 0; lateres strongly, 

 irregularly serrate; vulva located some distance cephalad 

 of anus; calles distinct, mesal calles fused. Targionia 

 glomerata Green. India on Saccharum.__0Zomerata Green, 

 ee. Pygidium with paraphyses located two in each second in- 

 cisura, mesal about twice as long as lateral and extending 

 cephalad beyond level of anus; two pairs of lobes; me- 

 dian pair of lobes large, elongate, mesal margins prac- 

 tically contiguous, distal end rounded, strong lateral 

 notch; second pair of lobes of same general shape as me- 

 dian, very much smaller, more pointed, notch stronger; 

 each lateris short distance cephalad of second lobe with 

 two small pointed projections, cephalad of these three 

 large broad strap-shaped pectinae, cephalad of these two 

 small pointed projections, margin cephalad of these ser- 

 rulate; vulva located some distance cephalad of anus. 



Philippine Islands on "rosal" or "campopot." 



tayabana Ckll. 



SPECIES OF MONAONIDIE'LLA 

 a. Pygidium with a single pair of paraphyses. 



b. Pygidium with median pair of lobes adjacent, ends rounded and 

 emarginate; plates short and spiniform; each lateris serrate with 



