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1945. Thirty-eight paratypes as follows : i with same data as holo- 

 type; i, ibid., but June 14; i, ibid., but July 10; 2, ibid., but Septem- 

 ber II ; 5, ibid., but ex Tupaia belangeri versurae, 20 miles west of 

 Myitkyina on Mogaung Road, 2 of these February 16, i March 9, 

 and 2 April 23; 2, ibid., but ex Rattus sp., on Mogaung Road, loc. 

 cit., January 25 ; 3, ibid., but ex Rattus rattus sladeni, on Mogaung 

 Road, loc. cit., May 22; 17, ibid., but ex Rattus rattus sladeni, 15 

 miles west of Myitkyina, October 25 and 28; i ex Rattus fulvescens 

 fulvescens, North Burma, Shingbwiyang, April 6; i ex Suncus cae- 

 rulaeus fulvocinereus, Shingbwiyang, January 10; i ex Suncus, 21 

 miles north of Ledo, Stilwell Road, Assam, October 25 ; 2 ex Suncus, 

 Myitkyina, east side of Irrawaddy River, January 18; i ex Crocidura, 

 Myitkyina, January 17. All collected by R. Traub, H. S. Fuller, D. D. 

 Millspaugh, or Roy Melvin for the U. S. A, Typhus Commission. 

 Holotype (U.S.N.M. No. 2156) deposited in U. S. National Museum. 

 Paratypes distributed as for G. exilis. 



GAHRLIEPIA (GAHRLIEPIA) NETERELLA, new species 

 Figures 27-34 



Diagnosis of larva. — Near Gahrliepia (Gahrliepia) cetrata Gater, 

 1932, regarding the low number of scutal setae and the absence of 

 plumed setae on the palpal tibia, but distinctive in that there are 6 

 usurped dorsal setae on the scutum, not 4 (fig. 169). Further sepa- 

 rable by virtue of the scutum being relatively narrower (ratio 

 PIV : SD = o.^S to 0.40, not 0.42 to 0.46), The only other known 

 Gahrliepia with 6 usurped setae are G. crocidura (Radford, 1946), 

 G. lancearia (Radford, 1946), and G. romeri Womersley, 1952. 

 The first two are considered synonyms, as is pointed out later in this 

 paper. G. neterella and G. crocidura are readily separable in that the 

 scutum of G. neterella is obviously relatively much narrower and 

 longer, i.e., PW 74 not 85; SD 191, not 146, but ASB nevertheless 

 virtually the same. The longer and narrower scutum also serves to 

 separate G. neterella, new species, from G. romeri, in which PW is 

 approximately 86, but PSB 157. In G. neterella, new species, the 

 palpal femoral seta is branched, whereas it is nude in G. romeri. 



Description of larva. — Body: Subovate, about 454x273 microns 

 when somewhat engorged. Eyes double, anteriormost the largest. 

 Gnathosoma: Chelicerae about three and a half to four times as long 

 as broad at base ; with distinct apical tricuspid cap. Palpal setal for- 

 mula B/N/NNN. Palpal claw 3-pronged. Scutum: Long and fairly 

 narrow, about 200 x 96 microns at maxima in rather large holotype. 

 Anterior margin quite straight. Lateral margins with rounded shoul- 



