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External pedipalpes with the second joint of their interior 
footstalk very much truncated at their internal point, on 
which the palpes are inserted: padpes as long as their 
footstalk ; the joints of nearly equal length. 
Zegs ten: in order 1, 3, 2, 4,5; 2 and 4 subequal; an- 
terior pair equal, didactyle; arms anteriorly spinous ; 
_ hinder pair with compressed tibie, tarsi, and claws. 
Abdomen of the Mare 5; of the Femaxe 7-jointed. 
Tn the Porruni, Portumni, and Lur# (genera, which 
avith Podophthaimus, form a natural group), the first joint 
of the peduncle of the eyes is extremely short: by this 
character alone, therefore, they may easily be distinguished 
from the above genus, with which, in many other charac- 
ters, they agree. hilaied 
