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vulva there extends backwards a shallow groove beset with a low 

 of coarse pores. The anterior end of each groove reaches as far 

 forwards as the corresponding end of the vulva, but the posterior 

 end reaches considerably farther back, nearl}' to the hinder end 

 of the area of naked skin. The low ridges between these pos- 

 teriorly converging grooves and the vulva are scantily hairy, and 

 constitute the labia of the latter orifice. 



Text-fia;ure 7. 



Paradn.rurits hermaphroditus. 



A. Gland and external genitalia of half-grown female. gL, anterior end of glandular 



area; v., vulva, surrounded bj- short hairs; p., row of secreting pores; a., anus, 



B. The same of adult male, gl., glandular area flattened ; p., prepuce at its 



anterior end ; sc, scr-otum ; a., anus, with orifices of anal glands. 



C. Transvers'e section of glandular area of male. gL, right portion of gland; 



p., penis. 



This gland differs from that of the female P. larvatus in the 

 absence of distinct labia, as in the case of the males of the two 

 species. 



