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genus.  Sternites  marked  in  front  with  two  short  sulci  and  in  the 
middle  with  a  transverse  impression. 
Anal  somite;  tergite  with  sides  much  thickened  and  raised,  poste- 
rior margin  angularly  produced;  pleurae  mostly  without  pores  in  the 
posterior  half;  anterior  half  fournished  with  a  depressed  area  in  which 
are  situated  about  ten  large  pores  ;  sternite  widened  in  front ,  narrower 
behind.  (Anal  legs  absent.) 
Pleural  membrane  of  the  somites  very  thick  and  covered  with  close 
set,  smooth,  granuliform  tubercles. 
Legs  not  spined,  hairy;  (most  of  them  absent). 
Lg.  14  mm. 
This  species  is  very  remarkable  for  the  smallness  of  the  claws  of 
the  maxillary-feet.  In  this  character  it  differs  from  all  the  species  of 
the  genus  Cryptops. 
GEOPHILIDAB. 
Mecistocephalus. 
19.  Mecistocephalus  spissus1  "Wood. 
Pocock,  Ann.  Mus.  Genov.  XXX,  p.  424  (1891). 
Sumatra:  Mount  Singalang. 
A  single  specimen ,  immature  and  consequently  of  doubtful  identity. 
This  species ,  originally  described  from  Oahu  is  not  uncommon  in  the 
Indo-Malayan  area. 
20.  Mecistocephalus  punctifrons ,  Newp. 
Sumatra:  Manindjau,  Singkarah. 
Java:  Buitenzorg,  Tjibodas. 
Flores:  Reo,  Maumerie,  Kotting. 
Orphnœus. 
21.  Orphnœus  brevilabiatus ,  (Newp.) 
Java:  Buitenzorg. 
Celebes:  Tete-adji. 
Flores:  Maumerie. 
Gonibregmatus  j  Newp. 
Body  thick,  as  thick  from  above  downwards  as  from  side  to  side, 
scarcely  narrowed. 
Head  not  covering  the  maxillary  feet. 
Antennœ  short  and  thick. 
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