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inconspicuous accessory hairlets, especially those at the hinder 

 end of the body, which are also slightly stouter and blunter than 

 the others. None of the posterior hairs are especially long. 

 Sterncd jylate trapezoidal, not short, its surface finely reticulated ; 

 its posterior margin is much thickened and slightly concave. 

 Genito- ventral plate narrowed and tapering to a point posteriorly. 

 ^4?i«/j(jZ«fe pear-shaped. Hairs on venter rather numerous ; the}^ 

 are finer and rather longer than those on the uncovered part of 



Text-fieure 27. 



Liponyssus cetliiopicus, sp. n., $ . Dorsal view. 



the dorsum. PeritreQue reaching about as far forwards as the 

 middle of the first coxa. Anteriorly the second coxa has a strong 

 forwardly directed spine; otherwise the coxte are devoid of 

 spines or spurs. First leg long, especially the tarsus, the fourth 

 legs also long; second and third legs much shorter, the former 

 being rather stout. First free (proximal) segment of palp 

 furnished with a process which seems rather flattened and not so 

 spiniform as in some species. 



