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space at the base of the plate, may be seen a small forked rod, 

 the fork pointing forwards. I am unable to say definitely 

 whether this is the penis-rod attached to the end of the extru- 

 sible sac, or whether it is merely a median chitinisation of the 

 basal plate, 



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Tricliodectes latus. Male copulatory apparatus. X 200. 



BP. Basal plate; FR. forked rod ; LB. lanceolate band (endomeral) ; 

 P. paramere; TS. preputial sac. 



Teichodectes crassus Nitzsch (10, p. 53). 



Eighteen specimens from the Common Badger (Meles meles 

 Xiinn.). 



The male copulatory apparatus of this species agrees very 



