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Along the (lor.^al wall of tlie cloacal canal is placedtlie accessory 

 piece. It ]s grooved on its ventral surface with curved edges. 

 Tlie cephalic exti'emity is slightly broad. The caudal lies a 



Text-fiffure 67. 



Text-figure 



SOp 



Amira ■plleata Raill., Heniy & Bauclie. 

 Ovum. 



Amira pileata Raill., Henry & Bauche. 

 Female tail. 



short distance cephalad of the apex of the genital cone. Its total 

 length is "IGo mm. 



Habitat. Caecum of the Indian elephant (India). 



Amira sameera, sp, n, (Text-figs. 69-71.) 



Source of Material. — The material consists of a single male 

 discovered accidentally amongst the type material of Pterido- 

 pharynx africana Lane, deposited in the E'atural History 

 Museum. I was enabled to examine this material throuoh the 

 kindness of Dr. Baylis. It was collected at Lawrence Hill, 

 Addo Bush, Cape Province, Africa, and was presented to 

 the Natural History Museum by the Imperial Bureau of 

 Entomology in August 19] 9. This collection had been examined 

 by Lieut, -Col. Clayton Lane, and had been separated by him 

 into two hitherto undescribed species. Careful search through 

 the whole material failed to discover further specimens of 

 A. sameera. 



Shape of body . — Body is stout in comparison with its length. 

 It is 10*5 mm. long. The greatest diameter of the body is 

 about its middle, where it is "45 mm. It tapers slightly 

 towards the head, and also towards the caudal end, just 

 anterior to the bursa, which, however, gives a truncated 

 appearance to the posterior extremity of the male. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1922, No. XIX. 19 



