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smooth , tlie posterior ones minutely striped (shagreened) , the 

 sternites nearly smooth. The two first tergites and the last one 

 entire, the rest divided longitudinally; the last sternite entire, the 

 rest appears divided. Along the hinder margins of the tergites 

 and the sternites rather long, pointed hairs, on the last somites 

 some longer ones intermixed. 



Palps scarcely as long as the body, if this be not much con- 

 tracted, glossy. Coxa smooth, the inner and the upper side of 

 femur dispersedly and minutely granulated, the rest of the palps 

 nearly smooth. Of the hairs of the palps some, especially on the 

 inner side, are slightly dentated, the rest pointed, all rather long, 

 on the fingers some very long ones intermixed. — Trochanter 

 stalked, longer than wide, the inner side slightly convex, on the 

 outer side at the base a rounded protuberance, on the upper 

 surface near the extremity a stronger and rather acute protube- 

 rance. Femur with a short and strong stalk, rather slender, in 

 the female the proximal ~ of the inner side is slightly convex , 

 the distal tw^o thirds very concave, the outer side strongly widened 

 from the base and then regularly and moderately convex; femur 

 (in ) in all very narrowing tow^ards the extremity. In the male 

 femur is less concave on the inner side and less narrowing towards 

 the extremity. Tibia with a rather long stalk, oblong, the inner 

 side rather regularly and moderately convex, the outer side fi'om 

 the stalk slightly convex, more strongly so towards the extremity; 

 in all somewhat broader than femur. Hand with a short stalk, 

 with rounded and somewhat oblique base, broader than tibia, 

 moderately convex on both sides, the outer side passing with a 

 slight sinuation into the fingers. Fingers moderately strong, some- 

 what curved, considerably shorter than the hand. 



Mandibles: galea (in 9 ) strongly curved upwards, with three 

 teeth on the under side, of which the most posterior one is fixed 

 about midway and rather long, the two others gradually shorter. 

 In the male the galea is a little more slender and shorter, with 

 only very tiny teeth in the point. 



Legs with pointed hairs, the femora of the two last pairs of 

 legs very broad. Claws simple. 



Length of the largest specimen 2,7 mm. 



Measurements: cephalothorax : long. 0,64; lat. 0,.^)f). Femur: 

 long. 0,o6; lat. 0,22. Tibia: long, (stalk excepted) 0,40; with 



