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erect, and tubular. The chelophores are short and robust with the chela 
placed transversely in front of the mouth. The scape is short and thick, expanded 
towards the extremity. The length of the scape is about two and a-half times 
its mean width. The hand is slightly longer than the scape. The palm is stout 
and rounded, with a wreath of short bristles round the base of the fingers. The 
fingers are short, with smooth blades which have a. slight tendency to cross at 
the extremities. The moveable blade is external. The ovigers are ten-jointed, 
with incomplete separation of the third and fourth joints. A long terminal claw 
is present which is finely toothed. 
Figure 6 . Parapallene famelica spec. nov. Holotype male; dorsal view omitting legs. 
Figure 7. Parapallene famelica spec. nov. Holotype male; ventral view of proboscis, 
figure 8. Parapallene famelica spec. nov. Holotype male; terminal joints of the oviger. 
Figure 9 .—P arapallene famelica spec. nov. Holotype male; third left leg. 
The legs are extremely long and slender. The first and third coxa; are 
short, the second is about two and a-half times the length of the first. The 
