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It is evident, that Eustathia cultrifera and Chauliaeia securigera 

 are relate to each other ; for both are provided witli only one 

 median vertical hair , and both their males are provided with 

 enormous transparent enlargements of the anal suckers, arrange- 

 ments hitherto unknown in Äcaii ; but the difference in the dorsal 

 shields and is the shape of the creatures themselves is reason 

 enough to place them in two different genera. 



3. Varchia gamhettae Oudms. (Fig. 17 — 19.) 



1904, Nov. 1. Pteralloptes gamhettae nov. sp. Oudms. in Ent. Ber., 

 no. 20. p. 194. 



1905, Juli 1. Varchia gamhettae Oudms. in Ent. Ber., v. 1. p. 240. 



Female. — Length 295 ^ (fig. 17). — Colour pale 

 yellow. — Shape like that of Pteralloptes stellaris (Buchh.), but 

 wider ; abdomen posteriorly five-lobed ; medial lobe small ; legs III 

 and IV extraordinarily developed, so that this $ simulates a c/'. — 

 T e X t u r e smooth on the shields ; finely wrinkled in the unpro- 

 tected parts. 



Dorsal side (fig. 17). Anterior dorsal shield more 

 than one and a half time longer than wide , with straight sides 



Fig. 17—19. Varchia gamhettae (Oudms.). $. 



and slightly rounded angles. Posterior dorsal shield about two 

 and a half time longer than wide, with rounded anterior angles, 

 slightly sinuate lateral sides and concave posterior side. Anterior 

 lateral sides small, parallelogram-shaped. Middle lateral shield 

 small and narrow , simulating a dorsal coxal plate. Posterior 

 lateral shield slightly wider, simulating a dorsal coxal plate. 

 Finally we must direct our attention to somewhat A-shaped 



