74 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I28 



Diagnosis of larva. — Close to G. crocidura (Radford, 1946) but 

 separable in that there are 9 usurped setae on the scutum, not 6. Re- 

 sembles G. crocidura regarding measurements, but scutum stated to 

 be even more pentagonal than in G. lancearia (Radford, 1946), which 

 v^^e deem a synonym of G. crocidura, almost pointed posteriorly. 

 Palpal formula, B/B/BNB. Palpal claw 3-pronged, according to 

 Fuller (in MS.), Scutum strongly punctate. First 3 usurped setae 

 in a horizontal line ; remainder not symmetrically arranged, scattered 

 over posterior half of scutum, Sensillae missing in only specimen 

 extant. Dorsal setae 38 in number; arranged 2.6.6.8.6.2.6.2 (exclud- 

 ing usurped setae). With about 66 ventral setae; true ventrals about 

 29 microns in length; postanals about 60 microns. Coxae i -setose. 



STANDARD MEASUREMENTS OF HOLOTYPE IN MICRONS * 



fe^m^ ^ ^ ^ >A ^: ^^ PE. PK pw 



•^0,1^^ a, ^'^a, Q Coxa II SD ASB Tarsus HI 



SI 85 51 26 ii6t 34 46 57 48-54 ••• 0.6 3-3 



* After Radford. 



t Fuller (in MS.) cites this as 85.5 in the type and must have used this figure in preparing 

 his published key (1952) for separating G. longipili from G. crocidura. 



Type material. — Holotype ex a shrew, Suncus caerulus fulvoci- 

 nereus (Anderson) (as Suncus (Crocidura)), Manipur, Imphal, 

 May 8, 1945, collected G. H. Q. India Field Typhus Unit. Depos- 

 ited in British Museum (Natural History). No other specimen 

 known. 



GAHRLIEPIA (GAHRLIEPIA) ROMERI Womersley, 1952 



Figure 194 



1952, Gahrliepia (Gateria) romeri Womersley, Rec. South Australia Mus., 

 vol. 10, Nos. 1-2, pp. 284, 308, pi. 83, fig. I. 



Diagnosis of larva. — Womersley states that "this species is very 

 near to, and may only be a variant of G. crocidura Radford. It ap- 

 pears to differ, however, in the standard data, particularly the larger 

 PSB and A-P, the position of SB, and in the smaller number of 

 dorsal setae," Eyes 2 + 2, small. Palpal setal formula, N/N/NNb. 

 Palpal claw described as 2-pronged. Scutum nonornate, "finely punc- 

 tate . . . strongly produced behind line of PL and taking in 6 extra 

 setae of the second and third dorsal rows ; SB wide apart and about 

 midway between AL and PL." With 36 dorsal setae arranged 

 2.8.6.6.6.4.2.2 (excluding usurped setae) ; from 36 to 42 microns 

 long (the shorter ones posteriormost). With about 54 ventral setae; 

 true ventrals apparently 22 microns in length ; postanals 36 microns. 



