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shield shagreened ; cervical grooves concave outward, prolonged to near 
the middle ot the shield ; lateral grooves deep, not passing beyond the-' 
first testoon, punctuations on tire lateral margin not contiguous, but 
distinct ; three longitudinal grooves in tire posterior portion ; festoons 
short, with punctuations distinct, continued on the exposed portion of 
the body; eyes small, reddish brown in colour; spherical m orbits. 
I entral surface glabrous, with short hairs, a "reddish yellow in colour ;. 
sexual orifice opposite the anterior edge of coxae IT ; anal plates triangular 
{IX, a), posterior edge rounded, reddish brown m colour, punctuate, with or 
without short hairs ; a very short spine opposite the centre of the eyes ;. 
festoons faintly marked, median festoon often prolonged, into a short 
point. IStigmatic plates {VIII, i) reddish brown in colour, comma-shaped, 
with a postero-dorsal prolongation. Rostrum reddish brown in colour ; base- 
wider than long, bearing punctures near its posterior margin, which is 
straight ; lateral angles projecting sharply near anterior third of length ;. 
manuibles (A i, i) with process of inner apophysis of digit conical, divided 
into tv 7 o teeth on its outer edge ; outer apophysis bears two teeth ; the lower 
one stronger ; hypostome with six rows ot teeth ; palpi longer than wide ;. 
article 1 with a tringe of hairs on its meclio-ventral margin ; article II 
wider than long with a row of hairs on the corresponding margin ; article 
III wider than long. Legs saffron coloured, of medium length ; coxae I 
produced into a point anteriorly, which may be seen from the dorsal 
surface, posterior margin divided into two large teeth ; the other coxae- 
each with two short teeth on their posterior margins. Tarsi relatively 
long, two terminal, consecutive spines, except on tarsi I ; the caruncle 
passing slightly beyond the middle of the claws. 
Female.— Body oval ; deep chestnut brown in colour ; often with 
reddish spots on fully engorged specimens ; may reach a length of 14 
mm. by a width of 10 mm., and a thickness of 8 mm. Shield (X, a) short 
oval in shape ; sides slightly sinuous, 1.9 m.m. by 1.6 mm. wide ; blackish 
brown in colour, shiny ; surface entirely shagreened ; cervical grooves 
extending to the posterior quarter of the shield; no marginal groove; 
eyes hemispherical, small, shiny, reddish brown in colour, near the middle 
of the length ; in orbits. Dorsal surface of abdomen, in young specimen, 
bears a deep lateral groove, which extends to the antepenultimate festoon ; 
punctuations large, except near the shield, in the bottom of each a very 
small white hair ; four short anterior grooves and three long posterior 
ones ; festoons well marked ; when engorged only indications of the longi- 
tudinal grooves and the festoons persist. Ventral surface smooth 
with fine punctuations, bearing small whitish hairs ; sexual orifice small, 
opposite first intercoxal space ; sexual grooves extend to posterior 
margin ; anus rather anterior. Rostrum reddish brown in colour ; base- 
wdcler than long, posterior angles scarcely noticeable ; porose areas 
deep, elongate ; mandibles with process of inner apophysis of digit 
tridentate, middle tooth longest, outer apophysis with three teeth,, 
posterior the strongest; hypostome with six rows of teeth; palpi 
elongate ; article II longer than wide ; article III only slightly longer 
than wide ; a fringe of stout hairs on the medio-ventral margin of articles 
I and II. Legs saffron coloured, longer than those of the male ; coxae 
small ; coxae I deeply bidentate ; coxae II, III. and IV each with two small 
teeth on their posterior edges ; tarsi longer than those of the male, spines 
of tarsi II, III, and IY not so strong as in the male ; caruncles similar to 
those of male. 
