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-the outline ; covers all of the dorsal surface ; smooth with no punctua- 

 tions ; no marginal grooves ; no eyes ; no cervical grooves ; cervical 

 •emargmation deejJ ; festoons ver}^ short and [)oorly defined ; dorsal porose 

 .areas just posterior of level of coxae 1\', small, and wi(k'ly separated. 

 Ventral surface yellowish white, with alimentary canal sometimes showing 

 through as white ; nunierons fine j^i-^n^ctuations and many short whitish 

 hairs ; festoons much larger than on dorsal surface, and more sharply 

 defined ; sexual orifice opposite coxae 11 ; sexual grooves very divergent 

 behind coxae lY : anus at the posterior quarter of the length ; anal groove 

 senii-circular, opening in front ; ano-niarginal groove very faint ; stigmatic 

 plates large, sub-triangular, a narrow postero-lateral prolongation. 

 Rostruiii colour of shield, long and slender ; base almost triangular on the 

 •dorsal surface, sides rounded, rectangular on the ventral surface, wider than 

 long ; hy])ostonie spatulate, small denticles on the tip, then eight trans- 

 verse rows, three teeth each on each half, the two outer teeth on each row 

 very large and sharp, below these, and extending to the base, are indicaticms 

 of denticles, but represented only by crenulate creases ; mandibles 

 (AT, //) with inner apophysis of digit very thick and stout, recurved at 

 the tip and bearing Ijelow the tip a paired or doulde transverse process with 

 teeth projecting outward, outer apophysis with one large strong tooth 

 bearing two very small teeth on its anterior edge ; palpi elongate, more 

 slender than in exornatuin, excavated on inner edge ; article I very short ; 

 article II constricted at its base, and twice as long as article III ; article IV 

 papilliform, and in a pit on the antero-ventral part of article III. Legs 

 short, but not so thick as in exornatum ; coxae rather short, almost con- 

 tiguous, each with a long sharp spine on the median part cf the ])osterior 

 edge [XV, d) ; tarsi long and slender, sharply attenuated at extremity, a 

 single spur on the ventral surface. 



Female. — Body in a short, wide oval ; convex on the dorsal surface ; 

 uiiengorged 3 mm. long (without rostrum) by 2.5 mm. wide. Shield 

 reddish mahogany brown, clear, cordiform, the lateral angles at the anterior 

 third of the length, the two postero-lateral margins concave, posterior angle 

 rounded ; cervical grooves lacking ; cervical emargination deep ; punctua- 

 tions very small, superficial, and few^ in number, located mostly in 

 the anterior angles. Dorsal surface reddish yellow% grooves very 

 superficial ; eleven marginal posterior festoons, very short ; dorsal 

 porose areas very small, immediately posterior of shield. Ventrcd 

 surface of same colour ; a few scattered wdiite hairs ; sexual orifice 

 opposite the interval between coxae II and III ; anus rather posterior ; 

 anal groove in a wide semi-circle ; ano-marginal groove short ; posterior 

 margin festooned as on the upper surface, only more strongly marked, 

 stigmatic plates large, pale, comma-shaped. Boslruni narrow, long, base 

 with sides rounded, fitted into emargination of shield ; porose areas 

 elliptical lono-itndinally, small and far apart ; digit of mandibles with inner 

 apophysis rather anterior, transverse ; outer apophysis with three teeth 

 progressively increasing ; hypostome wdde, with three rows of teeth on 

 each half, six to seven teeth in each row, many small denticles on tip, and 

 below them the large teeth, then crenulate to base ; palpi narrow. Ler/s 

 of medium length, thick hairs rare and short ; coxae lars^e, narrow, dark- 

 coloured, two long sharp spines on the posterior maro'in of coxae I, a single 

 long spine on median posterior margin of cox'ie II, III, and IV ; tarsi 

 three times as long as wide, those of first pair ]ony:er, and swollen at level 



