152 Transactions of the Boyal Society of South Africa. 
Six series of measuremeDts are included in the table below to illustrate 
the inconstancy of the antennal segments : — 
I. 
II. 
III. 
IV. 
V. 
VI. 
VII. 
VIII. 
IX. 
1. 
? 
37 
24 
51- 
24 
34 
34 
44 
2. 
34 
40 
24 
44- 
17 
34 
34 
44 
3. 
34 
37 
24 
401- 
24 
34 
34 
40 
4. 
? 
34 
34 
18 
34 
23 
38 
18 
27 
5. 
34 
37 
24 
18 
30 
24 
38 
30 
47 
6. 
38 
34 
24 
20 
23 
17 
34 
34 
37 
A 
1. 
U. 
III. 
IV. 
V. 
VI. 
VII. 
VIII. 
IX. 
180 
120 
no 
100 
00 
80 
70 
60 
50 
40 
30 
20 
,0 
m 
^■^■^ 
Puto africanus. 
The legs, on the contrary, are remarkably constant. The following 
measurements are approximate for the series : — 
I. 
51 
84 
150 
52 
88 
27 
85 
II. 
51 
84 
164 
52 
102 
30 
95 
III. 
51 
84 
180 
52 
135 
30 
95 
The digitules, both of the claw and tarsus are knobbed hairs. 
The dermis is characterized by numerous small gland-pores either with 
subcutaneous "tubes," or bristle-like hairs. When seen in optical section, 
as in mounted specimens, a region between the insertion of legs III. and 
the anal ring has numerous large pores with short, stout conical spines as 
shown in Plate XXI., Figs. 416 and 41c. The anal ring is broad and bears 
* Without pseudo-articulation. 
t With pseudo-articulation. 
