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Plate XL 



lapi/.r sihestris. 

 Fig. 



121. Head with left feeler (extended), and protliorax with right front leg, 



dorsal view; from Mahe specimen, x 58. 



122. Head with left feeler (contracted), dorsal view ; from Silhouette specimen. 



X 58. 



123. Segments from middle region of feeler, showing the passage from 



contracted to extended condition, x 168. 



124. Fourth, fifth, and sixth segments of feeler, ventral view, showing 



hothriotricha or "auditory" bristles (s). x 420. 



125. Head, ventral view, showing labium : //. gena ; m. mentum ; I. lobe 



(galea and lacinia fused ?) ; p. labial palp, x 58. 



126. First abdominal sternum of male : st. stylet ; v. vesicle, x 58. 



127. Sixth to tenth (vi-x) abdominal terga of male with open forceps, dorsal 



view. X 58. 



128. Seventh abdominal sternum of male, x 58. 



129. Eighth abdominal sternum of male with extruded genital plate (g.p.) 



and gonapophyses (go), x 58. 



130. External reproductive organs of female, ventral view as protruded : 



,(/. p. genital plate ; I. lobe ; g. gonapophysis ; vl. vulva ; s/jc. sper- 

 mathecal opening, x 168. 



131. Papilla at tip of gonapophysis. x 620. 



132. External male reproductive organs, ventral view, as extruded : g. p. 



genital plate ; go. gonapophysis ; r. ridge shielding aperture, 

 x 168. 



133. The same, dorsal view ; tlie aperture (g. a.) showing through the 



translucent genital plate (g.p.). x 168. 



134. Ninth and tenth (;>. jr.) abdominal sterna of male with closed forceps. 



x58. 



Plate XII. 



LepidocaTnpa Jivibriatipes, female. 



Scaling not shown except in fig. 148. 



135. Ventral view : gu, gonapophyses. x 33. 



136. Pdght half of head and pronotum, with seven proximal segments of 



feeler, dorsal view: su, epicranial suture ; s, "auditory" bristles. 

 X 62. 



137. One of the " auditory " bristles from feeler, x 590. 



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