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granular, with rounded and not angled hinder border. Sternite bitu- 

 berculate posteriorly. Sterna of all the segments almost obliterated, 

 the coxa? of the legs being almost in contact. 



Copulatory feet of the male small, short, when at rest, lying in a 

 cavity formed by the elevation of parts of the sternal surface; each 

 foot straight, at the apex dilated bifid and funnel shaped, the superior 

 half of the bifurcation longer than the inferior, both of them biden- 

 tate, and a single slender process rising between them. 



Length of large specimen about 25 mm. 



Lophodesmus gen. nov. 



The 1 st tergite as wide as the 2 nd , expanded anteriorly and laterally 

 and completely covering the head. 



The rest of the segments with strongly developed, sub-contiguous, 

 depressed keels which cover the legs; the summit adorned with two 

 crests , each composed of a series of tubercles , the rest of the dorsal 

 surface strongly sculptured and roughened with tubercles or tubercular 

 elevations. 



Pores situated on segments 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16; situated 

 on the posterior angle of the keels and raised up on distinct subcy- 

 lindrical papillae. 



Anal tergite wide, rounded, with lobate posterior border. Sternite 

 triangular. 



Antennae thick, rather short, the 5 th segment much the longest 

 and thickest. 



Legs robust. Sternal areas very narrow. 



This genus is nearly related to Pyrgodesmus Pocock (Journ. Bombay 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. VII, n°. 2 p. 155) but the strong dorsal crests of the 

 latter are merely represented by two rows of tubercles. 



69. Lophodesmus pusillus sp. n. PI. XXII, fig. 12 — 12a. 

 Flores: Maumerie. A few specimens. 



Colour of dorsal surface an obscure brown; the cylindrical part of 

 the segments, the sternal areas, legs, antenna? and lower half of the 

 head fia vous. 



Head finely hairy below; the forehead covered with coarse brown 

 close set granules. 



