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ANiSTALS OF THE TkAJs^SVAAL MuSEUM. 



thirds very sliaq^ and projecting ; the posterior angles prominent but not 

 spmiform^ prolonged in front by a slight projection, which bounds a de- 

 pression on the dorsal surface almost equal to a third of the width ; hypo- 

 stome wide, slightly spatulate, six rows of strong teeth ])resent ; palpi as- 

 wide as long, convex on their external edges ; the first article scarcely 

 visible, the second nearly twice as wide as long, prolonged in a strong retro- 

 grade spine on its postero-ventral margin, and bearing a fringe of whitish 

 hairs on the inner ventral margin ; the third article without ventral spines ; 

 the fourth article small, and hidden in the pit of the third article. Ijcgs- 

 strong ; coxae I as long as the dorsal surface of the rostrum, divided into 

 two strong, sub-equal contiguous spines which form three-quarters of their 

 length ; coxae II and III divided on their posterior margins into two flat, 

 sharp spines, wdiich are as wide as long ; coxae IV large, almost as wide as 

 long, 2^rovided on their posterior margins with two long narrow 

 sub-equal spines, well separated from each other, the inner one 

 a little larger, not as long as the coxa ; article II of the first pair of 

 legs provided near the distal extremity with a spine, dorsal, retrograde, flat,, 

 aliform and as Avide as long ; articles III, IV and V short and thick ; tarsi 

 small, sloping at the distal end, Avith a small spur and Aveak claAVS. 



Female. — Body OA^al, G mm. long (rostrum included), ^) mm. Avide, sides- 

 convex. Shield (VII, h) scarcely longer (2.5 mm.) than Avide (2.3 mm.) 

 irregularly oval, deep chestnut broAvn ; cervical grooves deep in front, pro- 

 longed almost to the posterior margin ; ' lateral grooves deep and wide each 

 joining the corresponding cervical grooves in front and behind, and formed 

 by punctuations in lines ; punctuations large, not very numerous, more- 

 numerous outside the lateral grooves, about a score in the median area ; a 

 fcAV very fine punctuations near the lateral margin ; eyes similar to those of 

 the male ; situated slightly in front of the lateral angles, bordered on the 

 inner margins by four large punctuations. Dorsal surface Avith a very fcAV 

 very short hairs ; two deep marginal grooves ; three longitudinal giooves, 

 the median of AAdiich is confined to the posterior quarter, the other tAvo are 

 symmetrical, extending from the posterior margin, and Avidening out in 

 front they join the postero-lateral margin of the shield ; the festoons are 

 very distinct. Ventral surface has grooves Avell formed, punctuations fine, 

 a very fcAV short hairs ; stigmatic plates Avide, sub-triangular (oval with an 

 outer prolongation), Avhitish in colour. Bostrum (VII, h) 1.2 mm. long;' r 

 dorsal surface of base nearly three times as wide as long, half as wide as the 

 dorsal shield ; lateral projecting angles near the middle of the length, the 

 posterior angles wide, and not projecting, scarcely passing beyond the 

 margin ; porose areas oval, nearly tAvice as long as Avide, parallel, separatecT 

 by a distance equal to their small diameter ; hypostome as in the male ; 

 palpi more than tAvice as Avide as long ; article II longer than Avide, and 

 longer than article III, prolonged in a short retrograde spine on its posterior 

 ventral margin. Legs long, not so strong as those of the male ; coxae I as 

 in the male, spines just as strong ; coxae II, III and IV Avith two short 

 flat spines, diminishing in size from coxae II to W, on the last of Avhich 

 they are small and Avidely separated (VII, i), article II of the first pair of 

 legs, as in the male ; the other articles (tarsi included) larger and not so 

 thick as in the male. 



Hosts. — Hedgehog (Erinaceus frontalis, Bennett). 



Halitat.- — Pienaar's Eiver and Pretoria, TransA-aal. 



The type specimens of this species Avere originally collected by Dr. 

 Oough, of the Transvaal Museum, from hedgehogs taken near Pretoria in 



