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distal fringe. The chelae are much longer than the scape, and the fingers are longer 

 than the palm, which is minutely setose throughout. The dactyli are much curved at 

 the tips, and provided with very numerous slender and close-set teeth. 



The Palps arise immediately outside the chelifori. They are long and slender, the 

 second joint not quite reaching to the extremity of the proboscis. As usual, the first 

 joint is very small, and the second is the longest of the appendage, the proportions 

 of the four joints being 7, 4'5, 2, 3. The second joint bears only a very few setae, 

 and these distally ; the third is also scantily setose ; the fourth joint is well provided 

 with setse along its ventral margin, and the terminal one is similarly provided, but these 

 are smaller and extend to the dorsal surface. 



The Oviger is ten-jointed, the first three joints being short and stout ; the second 

 and third are subequal in length. The fourth is long and rather stout ; the fifth is 

 more than half as long again, and quite the longest of the appendage. It is greatly 

 curved, proximally very slender, but gradually becoming much enlarged distally. It 

 bears fine setse along the inner side of the curve, and a row of spinous papillae on the 

 opposite side of the enlarged extremity. The sixth joint is curved in the opposite 

 direction, and rather more than one-third the length of the preceding. It is covered 

 with fine setae on the outer part of the curve. Both these joints are measured across 

 the curve. Of the four terminal joints, the first is longest, the other three being 

 subequal. The terminal one bears a claw nearly as long as itself; this is armed with a 

 dozen slender teeth with fairly wide intervals between them. All the four joints are 

 setose dorsally. The denticulate spines are numerous 15, 9, 8, 9 and consist of a 

 slender tapering and flattened shaft with three rather long lateral teeth on each side, 

 and these only rarely arise opposite to one another. The spines are rather worn, 

 especially on the two distal joints. 



The Legs are of great tenuity, and attain a length of about 55 mm. Of the three 

 coxae, the second is much longer than the other two together, measuring but little less 

 than 5 mm. in length. The proportions of the three following are 10, 12 - 5, 19. The 

 tarsus and propodus together measure rather more than 4 mm., the latter being the 

 longer joint and carrying a very long slender claw without auxiliaries. The limb is 

 setose throughout, the setae being arranged for the most part in rows. A lateral line 

 is readily distinguishable. On the first coxae setae are rather scanty ; on the second 

 they are not plentiful, except ventrally and distally, where they form a fringe ; on the 

 third they are fairly uniformly distributed, and a distal fringe is present. On the 

 femur they are sparsely distributed and form a dorsal distal fringe. On the ventral 

 surface of this joint there is a row of very small tubercles. On the tibiae the setae 

 become much more numerous and longer, especially towards the distal extremity of 

 the second, where they approximate to those found on the succeeding joints. On the 

 tarsus and propodus they are short and very close set, particularly the ventral row ; 

 the dorsal setae are somewhat more spinous. 



The Genital apertures of the male occur on the second coxae of the three posterior 



(ROY. soc. EDIN. TRANS., VOL. XLVI., 1(56.) 



