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r>r. W. T. Oalmnn on (he 



the proboscis was "distinctly loiir-clcrt at its apox — a pecu- 

 liarity, as far as I know, hitherto unknown aiuon<r l*ycnoj^ons," 

 and "tliat the palpi consisted ot nine segments. Lonian, in 

 P.) 11 (Abh. k. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. RliAnclien, Suppl. B(l. ii. 

 Abh. 4, p. 0), pointed out, on the evidence of sketches of the 

 holotv]K> which I sent to hiu), that both these statements were 



FiR. 1. 



Ascorhynchus micheiiicus (Slater), holotype, dorsal view. Lege omitted. 



wroncr, and he identified tlie genus with the earlier Aaco- 

 thynclnis of Sars and the species with the G namptorJn/nchus 

 ravx'ipes of Bohm. 



Lonian's determination of the genus is certainly correct, 

 but 1 am not convinced that his identification of the species 

 is so. 



Description. — The specimen is probably a female, the 

 genital openings on the last two pairs of legs being distinctly 



