HYPERIDEA. 



993 



two, very small, four-jointed, third joint longer than second. Feet 

 all nearly naked, four anterior small; hand of second pair trans- 

 verse, serrulate below, lower angle not prominent; hand of first pair 

 serrulate below, nearly square, with the lower angle triangularly 

 prolonged, palm entire. Second- and third pairs longer, subequal; 

 fifth and sixth subequal, coxae broad ; seventh small, coxa much 

 shorter and very narrow, the following part minute (half shorter 

 than coxa). 



Plate 68, fig. 4 a, animal, enlarged; b, dorsal view; c, antenna; d, 

 first pair of feet ; e, second pair ; /, termination of sixth pair ; g, ter- 

 mination of abdomen ; h, liver glands. 



Fifteen miles west of Savaii, one of the Samoan Group, March 5th, 

 1841. 



Length, three lines. Colour, yellowish. Posterior angles of abdo- 

 minal segments obtuse. Sixth segment abruptly smaller near apex, and 

 terminating in a small obtuse extremity corresponding to the seventh 

 segment. All the stylets extend beyond the apex of the abdomen ; 

 the second pair very little the shortest. Antennas very small, hardly 

 one-fourth as long as the height of the head. Apical joint minute and 

 terminating in a very short seta. 



The hands of the four anterior feet have a few serrulations on the 

 lower margin of the hand, but none on the palm, and are without 

 setae. The next four legs are nearly twice longer ; the next four longer 

 than the preceding. Seventh pair with the coxa about half as long 

 as coxa of sixth pair, and hardly half as wide. The fifth joint of 

 sixth pair is minutely serrulate along inner margin. 



The liver glands (7i) are oblong, and are attached to each side of 

 the intestine, below the stomach. 



Daira in^quipes. 



Caput subrotundatum. Thorax l-articulatus y segmento primo breviore. 

 Antenrwe pa?'va3, b-articulatw, supra parce brevissimeque setulosce. 

 Pedes 4 antici parvidi; manus parts secundi subtriangidata, digito 

 immobili late triangulato, intus et extus acut(> serrato. Pedes tertii 



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