140 MR. A. D. MICHAEL ON UNRECORDED 



female when distended with eggs is rounder and more arched than is 

 shown in the drawing. 



Ventral surface without hairs or markings ; the epimera of the first pair of 

 legs do not nearly reach the median line ; those of the second pair are joined 

 to the thickened margin of the genital opening, which is broader than long, 

 somewhat curved anteriorly, and with almost square posterior angles ; it is 

 placed between the third and fourth pairs of legs. The anal opening almost 

 reaches the posterior margin of the ventral plate ; it is longer than the 

 genital opening, curved anteriorly, and has curved lateral margins meeting 

 in a rounded point posteriorly. 



Habitat. Six specimens from Mr. Steele^s and Mr. Baker's collections. 



Hermannia phyllophora *, sp. n. (PI 



Length 



Breadth 



Length of legs, 1st pair . 



„ „ 2nd 



„ „ 3rd 



4th 



20. figs. 17-23.) 



about '97 mm. 

 ,, '63 „ 

 •56 „ 



„ -72 „ 



I regret to say that I have been forced to describe and draw this remarkable 

 species from a single specimen, which I am always unwilling to do ; but I 

 had only one, and the creature seemed to me too interesting to be omitted. 

 My specimen is a female. 



Colour dark chitinous brown. 



Texture smooth, but not polished. 



Cephalothorax large, both in length and breadth ; it is slightly bent down, 

 which makes it look shorter than it is, as in the drawing ; it is a good deal 

 arched, especially the central portion of the posterior third which forms a 

 semi-lunar elevation the antero-lateral edge of which is bordered on each side 

 by a short curved ridge springing from the outer anterior edge of the pseudo- 

 stigma. The pseudo-stigma itself is oval, with a sharpish point at the place 

 nearest to the median line of the body. Pseudo-stigmatic organs long, 

 filiform, curving slightly forward toward their distal ends. Rostrum rather 

 small, rounded ; rostral hairs short, fine, curved. No lamellar or inter- 

 lamellar hairs visible in my specimen ; but with a single specimen, although 

 I can say that all the hairs and details described or drawn are present, yet I 

 cannot be equally sure that there may not be others which my specimen has 

 lost. 



Legs rather long for the genus, th4 first pair pass the tip of the rostrum by 

 more than the length of the three distal joints ; the fourth pair pass the 



* <piiWov, a leaf; (popia, I cany. 



