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are furnished with an appendage, consisting of three 
equal joints. The first pair of legs have the coxae very 
small, being almost covered with the coxae of the second 
pair. The four last joints, except the finger, are 
posteriorly furnished with fasciculi of hairs. The hand 
is not more dilated, hut is twice as long as the wrist ; 
the palm is very short, and hut imperfectly defined ; the 
finger is longer than the palm, sharp, and hut slightly 
curved. The second pair of legs have the coxae large, 
the thigh moderately long, having the anterior margin 
convex, and fringed with two or three closely-set rows of 
long plumose hairs. The next two joints are short, but 
the wrist is twice as long as the hand ; the hand is short 
and tapering to a point, at the extremity of which the 
finger exists as a short straight spine ; the posterior 
margin is furnished with four hunches of hair. The 
next two pairs of legs are moderately long, and ter- 
minate in tolerably long straight fingers. The fifth pair 
of legs have the hand slightly produced at the distal 
extremity against which the short curved finger is 
capable of being shut, and so convert it into a slightly- 
prehensile organ. 
Unfortunately we have only received the anterior 
moiety of an animal of this interesting species, which 
was taken near Banff, by our valued correspondent 
Mr. Edward. 
