Cakpentiok — The Afiertjijota of the Si'/ieliclles. 17 



This species is not closely allied to any mentioned in Esclierich's 

 " System " (1904), bnt it comes very near to A. Vodtxkowi, subsequently 

 described by him from Madagascar ('10), which differs from A. Scotti mainly 

 in having only seven marginal combs on the thoracic terga and only three on 

 each side of the tentli abdominal teigum. The jaws of A. Scotti resemble 

 rather closely those of A. elongata. Some details for comparison are shown 

 on Plate VIII (figs. 92-3, 96, 98), but they do not call for special description. 

 In the leg (fig. 100) the shin iias the usual prominent spur overhanging 

 the base of the proximal segment of the foot, whose third (distal) 

 segment carries between the two claws a slender, almost straight, claw- 

 like empodium. 



NiCOLETIINAE. 



Escherich ('04) included four genera — Atelura, Lepidospora, JSTicoletia, and 

 Trinemophora in this sub-family ; the two former only are represented in 

 the collection from the Seychelles. Atelura, as understood by Escherich, 

 includes a number of small, scaled, blind insects, resembling Lepismae in 

 general aspect, which live as the guests of ants and termites. Silvestri ('08) 

 has referred some of Escherieh's species of Atelura to several distinct genera. 

 Only a few species of Lepidospora are known from various tropical and sub- 

 tropical countries ; these are large, scaled, free-living, bristle-tails. Possibly 

 some examples of the wide-spread scaleless Nicoletiae await discovery in the 

 Seychelles. 



Atelura Heyden. 



Two dried specimens represent this genus in the collection. They appear 

 identical with or very close to one of Escherieh's species of this genus in the 

 wide sense, and as they are unsuitable for microscopic examination, I refrain 

 from any attempt to discuss their relationship among Silvestri's groups. 



Atelura nana Escherich. 



In the small size (under 2 mm. long), pale colour, and long dense bristly 

 covering (two or three rows on the thoracic segments) the Seychelles speci- 

 mens agree closely with this species described from South Africa ('04, p. 127, 

 fig. 53), where it was found in nests of Fhcido/ejmnctulata Mayr. 



Locality. — Mahe : Pound Island (from nest of Pheidole in broken stone, 

 19th July, 1908, two specimens). 



Lepidospora Escherich. 

 Escherich founded this genus ('04, pp. 131-2) for the reception of the 

 species L. Braucri, described by him from a single male specimen which was 



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