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Atoals of the Tramsvaal Museum. 
third, very sharp and projecting ; the posterior angles prominent but not 
spiniform, prolonged in front b}^ a slight projection, which bounds a de- 
pression on the dorsal surface almost equal to a third of the width ; hyp;o-. 
stome wide, slightly spatulate, six rows of strong teeth present ; poalpi as- 
wide as long, convex on tlieir 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. Legs 
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, which are as wide as long ; coxae IV large, almost as wide as 
long, provided 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 wide as long ; articles III, IV and V short and thick ; tarsi 
small, sloping at the distal end, with a small spur and weak claws. 
Female. — Body oval, 6 mm. long (rostrum included), 3 mm, wide, sides 
convex. Shield (VII, h) scarcely longer (2.5 mm.) than wide (2.3 mm.) 
irregularly oval, deep chestnut brown ; 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 
few 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 with a very few 
very short hairs two deep marginal grooves ; three longitudinal gi ooves, 
the median of which is confined to the posterior quarter, the other two are 
symmetrical, extending from the posterior margin, and widening out in 
front they join the postero-lateral margin of the shield ; the festoons are 
very distinct. Ventral surface has grooves well formed, punctuations fine, 
a very few short hairs ; stigmatic plates wide, sub-triangular (oval with an 
outer prolongation), whitish in colour. Rostrum (VII, h) 1.2 mm. long f 
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 twice as long as wide, parallel, separated 
by a distance equal to their small' diameter ; hypostome as in the male ; 
palpi more than twice as wide as long ; article II longer than wide, 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 with two short 
flat spines, diminishing in size from coxae II to IV, on the last of which 
they are small and widely 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 (Brinaceus frontalis, Bennett). 
Habitat.* — Pienaar’s River and Pretoria, Transvaal. 
The type specimens of this species were originally collected by Hr. 
Gough, of the Transvaal Museum, from hedgehogs taken near Pretoria in 
