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and a narrow transverse chitinized band just within it. Temporal margin 

 with three or four small spines ; a long hair and a long stout spine at the 

 posterior lateral angle. 



Antennae close to the anterior margin of the head, the first segment 

 large, the second more slender and about as long, the third, fourth and 

 fifth shorter, subequal. 



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Fig. 10. — Linognathoides inomatus n. sp. ; head and pleural plates of female. 



Thorax wider than the head, widest across the middle, the lateral 

 margins at first diverging sharply, then nearly parallel. Anterior margin 

 with a deep V-shaped notch, the posterior margin nearly straight. 

 Sternal plate kite-shaped, the posterior margin slightly concave. First 

 pair of legs small, with slender, slightly bifid claw ; the second and third 

 pairs larger, and nearly equal to each other in size, the claw not extreme- 

 ly heavy. 



Abdomen without tergal and sternal plates, the body-wall presenting 

 a reticulated appearance. First segment narrow, with one transverse 

 row of six hairs, the outer hair on each side being very short. Second 

 segment with two rows of hairs, the first of five, the second of eight. 

 Third to seventh segments with two rows of eight hairs. Eighth segment 



