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together ; a very long hair on the 2nd and 5th, and a slightly shorter one on the 8th ; 

 there are two spines on the 8th and one on the 7th. Legs normal. Stigma tic spines 

 (fig. 21,6) covering a large and somewhat pyriform area, the length of which is nearly 

 equal to twice the length of the antennae ; the spines, with the exception of a small 

 I roup near the stigmata, are obconical and the space between them with bands of 

 dark granular bodies, which collectively form a polygonal reticulation (fig. 21, c) ; 

 the small proximal group of spines (fig. 21, d) are longer than the others and pointed. 

 No trace of marginal spines. Derm thin and transparent after maceration ; rather 

 thickly set with minute pores and minute scattered spines. Caudal process surrounded 

 by a porose zone of brown chitin. Length, 3 9-46 mm. 

 South Africa : 1914 (E. cVEmmerez). 



Inglisia theobromae, sp. nov. 



Female test (fig. 22, a). Strongly bilobed, the lobes forming two cones, which are 

 confluent at their bases ; each cone is rounded ventrally and almost flat dorsally, 

 with the ends truncated. In the younger forms the cones are fixed at an angle of, 

 approximately, 45° ; in the old adults they are much more diverted and in some 



Fig. 22. Inglisia theobromae, Newst., sp. n., $; a, test; b, anal append )ges 

 of test; c, e, antennae; d, stigmatic and marginal spines. 



instances assume an almost horizontal position. The cones are strongly fluted 

 vertically and very finely striate transversely. Colour pinkish buff with a faint 

 pearly lustre. Anal aperture (fig. 22, b) in the young adults with a pair of thin, trans- 

 lucent, waxen plates, upon which there rests a pencil of thick, white, waxy filaments 

 with truncated ends ; the latter are held in place by the anal lobes and their accom- 

 panying bristles. Above the lobes a small irregular mass of dusky secretion. 

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