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bristly. Thorax with 2 filaments on either side; as broad as 

 the head and 0.6 mm. long. Pronotum large, parapsidal grooves 

 very faint, and with 2 strong setae on each lateral margin. 

 Sterna more heavily chitinized and very bristly. Abdomen as 

 long as thorax, soft, paler in color, with few bristles, narrowing 

 to an acute tip. Legs stout and strongly bristled. Hind femora 

 more strongly swollen than the others; tibiae all strongly broad- 

 ened apically, the fore tibise shorter than their femora, the middle 

 tibiae as long as, and the hind tibiae longer than, their femora ; all 

 the tibiae are strongly armed with apical teeth, but only the 

 middle and hind tibiae have marginal teeth. Fore tarsi shorter 

 than their tibiae, 2-jointed, the second joint as long as the greatest 

 width of their tibiae; mid tarsi shorter than their tibiae, 4-jointed, 

 the first joint small, but as long as the 2 following together 

 which are minute; the fourth large, twice longer than all the 

 preceding together; hind tarsi longer than their tibiae, first 

 and second with apical angles produced in narrow lobes, longest 

 behind and there provided with single long spines, second smaller 

 than first, third minute, fourth as long as all the preceding 

 together. Claws strong and with large fuliginous pulvilli. 

 Male claspers rather elongate, slightly narrowed apically, the 

 ends somewhat incurved and provided on the outer curve with 

 a heavy retrorse spine, and near the point with a small porrect 

 one. 



Female. — Yellowish, with black markings on dorsum of ab- 

 domen, the ovipositor black, the legs pale yellowish. Head, 

 0.45 mm long; 0.55 mm. wide. Eyes strongly bulging, inner 

 angles of eyes sharp, the face broader at mouth than at inner 

 orbital angles. Lateral ocellus as near to eyes as to median 

 ocellus, but nearer to the occipital margin. Maxillary palpi 4- 

 jointed, the first and third very short, not one-half the length of 

 the second, the fourth as long as all the preceding together, and 

 narrowed gradually to the tip. Labial palpi with the second 

 joint longer and broader than first, but apically narrowed to a 

 teat-like point. Antennae certainly with a distinct joint proxi- 

 mate of scape; scape 6 times longer than wide and with the 

 pedicel pale yellow, the remainder fuliginous; pedicel one-third 

 length of scape, swollen toward tip; 2 ring-joints very small; 

 flagellum with 8 similar joints, the last 3, as usual, forming 

 somewhat of a club. Parapsidal furrows distinct, but very 

 shallow posteriorly. Scutel very large, suborbicular, but broader 

 than long, convex; marginal vein very long, much longer than 

 postmarginal ; the stigmal very small and short and gradually 



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