1891.] ASSOCIATION OF GAMASIDS WITH ANTS. 649 



L^LAPS MYRMOPHiLA, n. sp. (Plate XLIX. figs. 4-4 b.) 



2 6 



Length, about 



Greatest breadth, about 



Length of legs, 1st pair, about . . 

 » 3j 2na ,, „ . . 



,, ,, oi Q ,, ,, 



4 th 



millim. millim. 



•68 -66 



52 -42 



52 -50 



46 -30 



39 -31 



62 -57 



Colour lightish chestnut-brown. 



Texture highly polished, entirely without markings. 



Shape inversely oval, i. e. the larger end forward ; the anterior 

 margin projects very slightly above the rostrum, but this projection 

 is rounded. The hinder part of the body is much more attenuated 

 than the front part. The female is considerably wider in pro- 

 portion than the male, but still diminishes to a rounded point 

 behind. Dorsal surface considerably arched, particularly the an- 

 terior and central portions. 



Mandibles of male (fig. 4 a) have the fixed arm of the chela 

 greatly curved near the end, which forms a strong tooth ; there is 

 anotlier large tooth close behind, and a much smaller one further 

 back ; the movable arm also ends in a strong curved tooth, just 

 opposite that of the fixed arm, and has one other strongish tooth. 

 Attached to the side of this arm is a large appendage, which is as 

 thick as the arm and projects beyond it ; it is of about equal breadth 

 until near the distal end, then it suddenly diminishes and has a very 

 small bifid termination. Epistome (fig. 4 h) almost five-sided, the 

 median side very short, with a small point at each end directed for- 

 ward ; the whole anterior portion of the epistome is edged with very 

 fine points or teeth. There are a few extremely fine and small 

 white hairs on the dorsal surface, too small to be depicted in a 

 drawing on the scale of the figure ; one pair, however, near the 

 posterior end are considerably larger, although still small. 



The under surface of the female has the plates arranged in a 

 manner similar to that figured in Lcelaps cuneifer. 



Legs in both sexes without apophyses ; all legs terminated by 

 claws and caruncles. 



Hub. Found commonly in the nests of Afhtenog aster testaceo- 

 pitosa, Luc, near Ajaccio, in Corsica. 



L/ELAPS EQuiTANs, u. sp. (Plate L. figs. 5-5 b.) 



2 



millim. 



Length, about -62 



Greatest breadth, about '50 



Length of legs 1st pair, about. . '50 



., 2nd „ „ .. -29 



j» » 3ru „ ,) • • '31 



„ 4th „ „ .. -38 



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This species has more resemblance to Leelaps hilaris, Koch, than 



