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44. Chelifek similis Balz. (Plate XXXT. figs. 30 a-f.) 

 1891. Lamprochernes similis Balzan, (i i) p. 517^ pi. 9. figs. 8-8 a. 



Male. 



Cephalothorax. — Large distinct ocular spots found. The cephalothorax, which is 

 distinctly longer than wide, has two transverse stripes, of which the anterior almost 

 straight one is very broad and prominent, while the posterior is slightly curved 

 forwards in the middle and not very distinct. The integument is smooth or almost 

 smooth in the middle, but laterally minutely and not very distinctly granular, and 

 appears polished in front of the anterior stripe ; the ha,irs are moderately long. 



Aldomeii. — The abdomen, which is fairly long and slender, has all the tergites, with 

 the exception of the first and the eleventh, longitudinally divided. The almost smooth 

 tergites have along the hindmost margins from 14-18 hairs, which in the same 

 segment vary from rather short, with a few distal teeth, to very long, almost simple 

 ones, but as a whole increase in length towards the end of the abdomen ; in addition 

 to these hairs, a long median as well as a single lateral hair (seldom two) on each side 

 are observed. One of the hairs in the row, which already in the fourth tergite is 

 conspicuous by its length, increases in length and is gradually placed somewhat more 

 in front of the marginal row, towards the tip of the abdomen, so that it becomes in 

 the tenth tergite a completely simple " tactile " hair, placed distinctly in front of the 

 row. The eleventh tergite bears two pairs of " tactile " hairs, like the one above 

 mentioned exceedingly long and slender ; the corresponding sternite bears two and the 

 tenth only a single pair of these hairs. 



Antennce. — The fairly long and slender galea, which extends very much beyond the 

 terminal hair, is bifurcate from the middle, each branch with from 2-6 teeth, almost 

 exactly as figured by Balzan (pi. 9. fig. 8 a). 



Palps (PL XXXI. figs. 30 a-f). — The palps are almost smooth, only the trochanter 

 being rather indistinctly granular posteriorly, the femur minutely, but fairly distinctly 

 so anteriorly, and the tibia, as well as the hand at the base of finger, not very distinctly 

 granular anteriorly ; the hairs are long or very long. The trochanter, which is about 

 1"5 as long as wide, is anteriorly slightly convex, and posteriorly produced into a rather 

 low rounded protuberance ; dorsally it is prolonged into a deep, conical, somewhat 

 rounded protuberance ; the trochanter is much deeper than wide and even deeper 

 than the femur. The femur has a short and fairly well-defined stalk, beyond which 

 it is scarcely attenuated towards the end. It is about 2*3 longer than wide; the 

 anterior outline is very slightly convex and then concaA^e, while the posterior, beyond 

 the stalk, is not very abruptly convex and then almost straight ; dorsally it is rather 

 suddenly convex beyond the stalk, then gradually convex, not gradually sloping to the 

 tip, but terminally with a slightly marked concavity. The tihia, which has a fairly 

 long and not very well-defined stalk, is as long as, but somewhat Vv'ider than, the femur 



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