IN DO- MALA Y SI AN SCHONGASTIELLA 
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the posterior portion of the scutum is not nearly as narrow or ligulate; also distinct in that the 
scutum is smaller, i.e., AW 28-30^ instead of with a mean of 39^; PW about 45, not 52; with 
A-PP 56, not 71, but nevertheless A-P is about 36 while in G. (S) ligula the mean is 39. 
Description of Larva. — Body: Subovate, somewhat constricted at anterior third, engorged specimen 
about 325^ (including mouth-parts) long by 214a. broad; ovate if not fully engorged. Eyes double, 
indistinct in specimens extant; apparently total dimensions about 13x5^. Gnathosome : chelicers about 
four or five times as long as broad at base; with a single subapical notch. Palpal coxae and femora 
punctate. Palpal setae as follows: femoral seta long, nude; genual seta similar, as are the three tibial setae. 
Thus the palpal setae formula is N/N/NNN. Palpal tarsus with a basal striated rod and about 5 bristles, 
some subapical, 4 of these heavily plumose, 1 apparently nude. Palpal claw trifurcate, of which only two 
prongs are readily discernible. Galeal seta simple. Maxillary seta plumose. Scutum: subpentagonal, 
but with angles rounded; with anterior margin slightly concave; broadest at insertion of posterolateral 
bristles (PL), then narrowing noticeably; margins slightly sinuate between anterolateral bristles (AL) and 
posterolateral bristles (PL), and more sinuate between PL and what are here designated as pseudo- 
posterolateral bristles (PPL) caudal margin broadly U-shaped posterior to PPL and extending beyond 
these bristles for a distance of about 1 /8- 1 / 10 length of plate. Dimensions of scutum in holotype : 76 x 50U. 
Lightly punctate, lacking striations of body. Cristae fairly well developed. Pseudostigmatic organs 
(sensillae) somewhat fusiform but with petiolate base; about 40U (total length, including petiole) by 910.; 
barbules rather appressed; inserted at a level more than one-third length between AL and PL. Scutum 
setae well developed, heavily plumose; pseudo-posterolateral bristles (PPL) close together as compared 
with AL and PL. Body Setae: Dorsal setae similar to scutal setae; about 30 in number in rows 2, 4, 6,6,6, 
Standard Measurements in Microns, G. liota n. sp. 
U.S.A.T.C. 
Slide No. 
AW 
PW 
PPW 
SB 
ASB 
PSB 
A-P 
A-PP 
PP 
AL 
PL 
PPL 
DS 
PW 
Coxa II 
PW 
SD 
3,561- 1 
30 
46 
19 
29 
16 
60 
35 
58 
18 
27 
28 
22 
24 
46/43 
= 1.07 
46/76 
= 0.6 
3 , 579 - 2 
33 
49 
21 
31 
16 
60 
36 
56 
20 
27 
28 
23 
24 
49/45 
= 1.1 
49/76 
= 0.6 
1,482-24 
28 
45 
22 
28 
16 
58 
35 
54 
20 
26 
27 
24 
25 
45/42 
= 1.07 
45/74 
= 0.6 
2,044- 5 
28 
43 
21 
27 
15 
58 
35 
54 
20 
26 
28 
22 
25 
43/42 
= 1.0 
43/74 
= 0.6 
3,662- 1 
31 
47 
21 
27 
16 
62 
36 
58 
19 
27 
27 
23 
24 
47/44 
= 1.08 
47/78 
= 0.6 
the rest irregular. With a single pair of sternal setae between bases of coxae I and another smaller pair 
between coxae III. Ventral setae thin, short, plumose, about 40 in number, most about 13 microns in 
length. Legs: Coxae and legs punctate. Coxae I and II unisetose, the seta caudomarginal on II, nearly 
so on I ; coxae III with two submedial setae. Sensory setae as follows : Leg I with 2 genualae, 1 microgen- 
nuala, 2 tibialae, 1 microtibiala, 1 spur, 1 microtarsala proximal to tarsala, I subterminala, 1 parasubtermi- 
nala and 1 pretarsala. Leg II with 1 genuala, 2 tibialae, 1 tarsala spur, 1 adjacent microtarsala and one 
pretarsala. Leg III with 1 genuala. Tarsal claws triunguiculate, the middle claw slightly longer than 
other. 
Type Material. — Collected in Assam, India, from true shrews, by members of the United States of 
America Typhus Commission in 1945. Holotype (U.S. National Museum 2066; U.S.A.T.C. 3561-1) 
ex Suncus caerulaeus fulvocinereus Anderson, 22 miles north of Ledo on the Stilwell Road, 29. viii. 1945. 
A paratype with same data but 28. viii. A paratype ex Suncus , loc. cit. but taken at the 4.6 mile mark, 7. ix. 
A third paratype ex Anourosorex squamipes assamensis Anderson, a short-tailed shrew, but at the 15 mile 
mark, 27. vii. A fourth paratype ex Crocidura sp. at the 21 mile mark, 29. vii. Holotype and two para- 
types deposited in the U.S. National Museum. Two paratypes in collection of senior author. 
Gahrliepia (Schongastiella) erula n. sp. (Figs. 10-17). 
Diagnosis of Larva . — Near G. (S) punctata (Radford, 1946) (figs. 69-76) in that the scutum 
is very broad and long, the scutal depth being over 105 and with PW over 6 o’L Readily 
separable in that the third coxae are unisetose instead of bearing 2 setae ; the lateral margins of 
the scutum are evenly and gently convex, not angulate at level of PW and then rapidly 
converging; with PPW over 64:^, not merely in the vicinity of 41^. 
Description of Larva. — Body: subspherical in unengorged specimens, approximately 2400. long by 
180 broad; engorged specimens ovate, broadest behind coxae III, about 505 x 370(4. Anterior eye 13 X 9 \i, 
posterior eye about 9x4(4. Gnathosome: as in liota n. sp. Scutum: very large, about 130x80(4; elongate 
oval but anterior margin almost straight, very shallowly concave ; lateral margins slightly convex ; posterior 
margin evenly and deeply rounded; extending beyond PPL for a distance nearly one-third length of 
scutum. Sensillae about 36 x 15a., inserted at a level nearly midway between AL and PL. Scutal setae 
nearly contiguous with lateral margins of plate; PPL slightly further apart than are PL. Body Setae: 
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