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movable process. The latter (F) is large, triangular, with the 

 distal side rounded and longest and the upper proximal side 

 shortest, the larger portion of the process lying from the point of 

 insertion downwards. Tlie distal margin of this finger bears 

 numerous small bristles, which are nearly evenly distributed, one 

 below the apex being noticeable by its somewhat larger size. 

 The manubrium (M) is curved and widest in the centre, being 

 canoe-shaped. The ninth sternite has a broad vertical arm, the 

 proximal portion of the horizontal arm also being broad. The 

 distal portion is at first narrow and then widens again, the apex 

 being curved upwards and ventrally furnished with seven pairs 

 of bristles {IX. st.). — $. The seventh sternite (text-fig. 122) 

 is almost gradually narrowed in lateral view and divided by a 

 neai'ly central apical sinus into a rounded upper lobe and a broader 

 and less rounded ventral lobe. The eighth tergite bears 3 or 

 4 bristles above the stigma aird several smaller ones proximally to 

 them. There are no bristles below the stigma, but the lower half 

 of the segment has 6 or 7 strong bristles along the edge, and 1 to 

 3 large ones on the side ; proximally to these lateral bristles there 

 are about 6 to 8 smaller ones. At and near the apical edge, on 

 the inner surface, there are two rows of bristles, 4 or 5 at the edge 

 and 5 proximally to them. The upper apical angle of the segment 

 is produced into a prominent point. The eighth sternite bears no 

 bristles and ends on each side in a long slender point. The tail 

 of the receptaculum seminis is about twice as long as the head • 

 of the same. 



Three males and two females from Yu-lin-fu, Shensi, 4000 ft., 

 taken ofi" Myospalax fontanieri. 



Stenoponia, gen. nov. 



S 2- Similar to Hystrichopsylla Tasch. (1880), but differs in 

 very essential characters as follows :■ — - 



The labial palpus consists of only one segment instead of five 

 and does not extend much beyond the apex of the maxilla. The 

 genal process is narrow and short, and does not reach further 

 backwards than the uppermost spine of the genal comb. The 

 club of the antenna is short in both sexes, being but little longer 

 in the c? than in the $ . The sensory plate of the ninth 

 abdominal tergite is more convex than in Hystrichopsylla. The 

 first pair of bristles of the fifth tarsal segment is placed in between 

 the second pair in all the tarsi. The $ has only one receptaculum 

 seminis instead of two. 



Type: tripectinata Tiraboschi (1902), described as Hystricho- 

 psylla. 



13. Stenoponia C(Elestis, sp. n. (Text-figs. 123, 124.) 



5. Similar to S. tripectinata Tirab. (1902), but at once 

 distinguished by the dilSerent shape of the head. In tripectinata 

 the distance from the frontal corner to the first spine of the genal 



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