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base with 12 distinct teeth per external file, besides finer denticles and 
a large corona. Venter: genital orifice between coxae II; spiracle 
large, with well-marked postero-lateral elongation. Legs relatively 
strong. Coxae I-IV with a long, pointed, retrograde spur, longest on 
coxa 1; trochanters with pointed spurs. Tarsi short, tapering from 
near the pseudo-articulation, bearing a small distal spur, and, in some 
specimens, a slight median protuberance ventrally. Pads almost as long 
as claws. 
Fig. 7. IIaemaplnjsails montgomenji S , dorsum, right palp (P) in profile, spiracle, anal 
grooves, coxae with trochanters, tarsus 4. (G. H. P. N. and F. M. H. del.) 
Female (Fig. 8). Scutum: 1. 0 9, w. IT mm.b cordiform, with 
moderate lateral angles, broadly rounded behind. Cervical grooves 
1 All of the females were but partly gorged; they measured, roundly, L. 4 mm. 
