184 A NATURALIST IN THE TRANSVAAL. 



abbreviated, irregular, longitudinal striolse. The pores con- 

 spicuous, in the middle of the hinder half of the somites, half- 

 way up the side. Anal somite closely punctulate and reticu- 

 lated throughout, the caudal process compressed ; the valves 

 convex, not compressed, but with a strong marginal sulcus. 

 The teeth at the summit of the valves nearly erect, spiniform, 

 almost in the same line as the posterior margin of the valves. 

 The fine fringe along the hinder margin of the tergites perfectly 

 even. 



Number of somites 63. 



Length about 45 millim. (R. I. P.) 



