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The entire animal is covered with setae ; on the body they are quite small. The 

 length of the body is 8 mm., its width 5'5 mm. 



The Proboscis is not half the length of the body, cylindrical, with a constricted 

 base, and truncate at the extremity. It is finely setose throughout. 



The Chelifori are strongly developed. The scape is a single joint longer than the 

 proboscis, richly supplied with setae, which are most conspicuous on the inner side, 

 some of the dorsal ones being very powerful ; the distal fringe is strongly developed, 

 the setae being of varied size. The chelae are as long as the scape, the palm fairly 

 stout and covered completely with short setae, which extend well on to the immovable 

 finger. The two fingers are slender, much curved at the tips, and furnished with a 

 large number of closely set teeth, which are fairly regular in size. 



The Palps are five-jointed, and rise below the chelifori, at the side of the proboscis. 

 The first joint is very small ; the second is the longest ; the proportion of that to the 

 remainder is 5, 4, 2'5, 2'5. The entire limb is setose, setae being fairly plentiful 

 on the second joint and becoming more numerous to the distal extremity of the 

 appendage. They are thickest on the ventral surface of the two terminal joints ; the 

 third and fourth have well-developed distal fringes. 



The Oviger is ten-jointed, and rises ventro-laterally just in front of the first pair of 

 lateral processes. The first three joints are very small and stout, the second and third 

 being subequal, the latter having, as usual, a very oblique termination ; the fourth is 

 slightly curved, about as long as the first three together, and stouter distally than 

 proximally ; the fifth is fully half as long again, more strongly curved, enlarged 

 distally, and having a curious constriction about a quarter of its length ; the sixth is 

 about one-third the length of the fifth, and has a well-developed setose tubercle at its 

 extremity ; the seventh joint is articulated at the outer angle of the sixth, but this is 

 not always easy to observe. The four terminal joints differ but little in size ; the first 

 three progressively decrease in length, and the fourth is as long as the second. 

 The terminal claw carries upwards of a dozen slender teeth. The denticulate spines 

 are in a single row of 12, 8, 7, 10 on the four joints. Each spine is a stout blade 

 with from five to seven lateral teeth ; the middle ones are the largest, and the 

 distal ones only exist as a mere trace. The entire appendage is setose ; the setae are 

 small ; the fourth joint carries them on the outer side of its curve, the fifth also, but 

 distally they are much more evenly distributed ; the sixth is completely covered, and 

 the four terminal joints are provided dorsally with numerous setae, longer than else- 

 where. The oviger of the female presents considerable differences from the above. 

 The limb is much more slender ; the fourth and fifth joints are large, slightly curved, 

 stoutest distally, and subequal in length. The setose tubercle at the extremity of the 

 sixth joint is not noticeable. The number of denticulate spines on the various joints 

 is not quite constant, nor are the teeth on the terminal claw. The setose covering is 

 not so well developed. 



The Legs attain a length of 32 mm. Of the three coxae, the second is about as long 



(ROY. soc. EDIN. TRANS., VOL. XLVI., 174.) 



