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granular,  with  rounded  and  not  angled  hinder  border.  Sternite  bitu- 
berculate  posteriorly.  Sterna  of  all  the  segments  almost  obliterated, 
the  coxae  of  the  legs  being  almost  in  contact. 
Copulatory  feet  of  the  male  small,  short,  when  at  rest,  lying  in  a 
cavity  formed  by  the  elevation  of  parts  of  the  sternal  surface;  each 
foot  straight,  at  the  apex  dilated  bifid  and  funnel  shaped,  the  superior 
half  of  the  bifurcation  longer  than  the  inferior,  both  of  them  biden- 
tate,  and  a  single  slender  process  rising  between  them. 
Length  of  large  specimen  about  25  mm. 
Lophodesmus  gen.  no  v. 
The  1st  tergite  as  wide  as  the  2nd,  expanded  anteriorly  and  laterally 
and  completely  covering  the  head. 
The  rest  of  the  segments  with  strongly  developed,  sub-contiguous, 
depressed  keels  which  cover  the  legs;  the  summit  adorned  with  two 
crests,  each  composed  of  a  series  of  tubercles,  the  rest  of  the  dorsal 
surface  strongly  sculptured  and  roughened  with  tubercles  or  tubercular 
elevations. 
Pores  situated  on  segments  5,  7,  9,  10,  12,  13,  15,  16;  situated 
on  the  posterior  angle  of  the  keels  and  raised  up  on  distinct  subcy- 
lindrical  papillae. 
Anal  tergite  wide,  rounded,  with  lobate  posterior  border.  Sternite 
triangular. 
Antennœ  thick,  rather  short,  the  5th  segment  much  the  longest 
and  thickest. 
Legs  robust.  Sternal  areas  very  narrow. 
This  genus  is  nearly  related  to  Pyrgodesmus  Pocock  (Journ.  Bombay 
Nat.  Hist.  Soc.  VII,  n°.  2  p.  155)  but  the  strong  dorsal  crests  of  the 
latter  are  merely  represented  by  two  rows  of  tubercles. 
69.  Lophodesmus  pusillus  sp.  n.  Pl.  XXII,  fig.  12  — 12a. 
Flores:  Maumerie.  A  few  specimens. 
Colour  of  dorsal  surface  an  obscure  brown;  the  cylindrical  part  of 
the  segments,  the  sternal  areas,  legs,  antennae  and  lower  half  of  the 
head  flavous. 
Head  finely  hairy  below;  the  forehead  covered  with  coarse  brown 
close  set  granules. 
