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TERRA NOVA" EXPEDITION. 



less tlian half as long as eighth ; ninth longer than eighth and, together with it, equal 

 to sixth. The whole palp beset with spinules, most numerous on distal segments. 



Oviger with fourth segment equal to sixth. Special spines of the distal segments 

 in four rows with some additional spines irregularly placed. At the distal end of last 

 segment is a large curved spine opposed to the claw and forming with it a sub-chelate 

 termination to the limb (Text-fig. Id). All the segments of the oviger are hispid. 



Fig. 1. — Colossendeis scotti, sp. n., Male. A. Dorsal view of body with palp and coxfe of one side. 

 B. Ventral view of proboscis. C. Lateral view of body with palp and oviger. D. Terminal 

 segment of oviger, further enlarged. E. Third leg of right side. 



Legs rather stout, femur not more than nine times as long as thick. Femur and 

 first and second tibiae successively decreasing in length. Tarsus a little longer than, 

 and claw nearly ecjual to, propodus. 



Surface of body nearly smooth, proboscis with scattered setae becoming more 

 numerous at the tip, legs set with very short spinules, which are more numerous, and 

 arranged in rows, on the distal segments. 



