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genus. Sternites marked in front with two short sulci and in the 

 middle with a transverse impression. 



Anal somite; tergite with sides much thickened and raised, poste- 

 rior margin angularly produced; pleurae mostly without pores in the 

 posterior half; anterior half fournished with a depressed area in which 

 are situated about ten large pores ; sternite widened in front , narrower 

 behind. (Anal legs absent.) 



Pleural membrane of the somites very thick and covered with close 

 set, smooth, granuliform tubercles. 



Legs not spined, hairy; (most of them absent). 



Lg. 14 mm. 



This species is very remarkable for the smallness of the claws of 

 the maxillary-feet. In this character it differs from all the species of 

 the genus Cryptops. 



GEOPHILIDAE. 



Mecistocephalus. 



19. Mecistocephalus spissus, Wood. 



Pocock, Ann. Mus. Genov. XXX, p. 424 (1891). 



Sumatra: Mount Singalang. 

 A single specimen , immature and consequently of doubtful identity. 

 This species, originally described from Oahu is not uncommon in the 

 Indo-Malayan area. 



20. Mecistocephalus punctifrons , Newp. 



Sumatra: Manindjau, Singkarah. 

 Java: Buitenzorg, Tjibodas. 

 Flores: Reo, Maumerie, Kotting. 



Orphnœus. 



21. Orphnœus brevïlabiatus , (Newp.) 



Java: Buitenzorg. 

 Celebes: Tete-adji. 

 Flores: Maumerie. 



Gonibregmatus , Newp. 



Body thick, as thick from above downwards as from side to side, 

 scarcely narrowed. 



Head not covering the maxillary feet. 

 Antennœ short and thick. 



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