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bands of a dark yellowish-brown colour ; it then abruptly changes colour, and tapers 
a little to its junction with the body. 
The Chelifori are rudimentary, and arise from the cephalon dorsal to the proboscis, 
and rather in advance of its origin. The scape is short and stout, slightly curved, and 
with the distal extremity oblique. Articulated to it is a mere knob which bears at its 
extremity a minute tubercle in a distinct socket, and on its outer border a small 
spine. The entire appendage is covered with minute spinous setae. 
The Palps are nine-jointed, and arise from the cephalon immediately below and 
external to the chelifori. The first joint is small, and the second is very nearly four 
times as long, the third is again small, and the fourth nearly twice as long as the 
second. The remaining five joints are together but little longer than the fourth, 
and differ but little in size; the terminal one, however, is the longest of this series. 
The entire appendage is covered rather irregularly with the characteristic small 
spinous setae of the animal. They are not numerous on the proximal four joints, 
but on the remaining five they are rather longer and finer, as well as being a little 
more abundant. 
The Ovigers are ten-jointed, and arise ventrally at the angles formed by the first 
pair of lateral processes and the body. All the joints are small, the second and 
fourth being a little the longest (fig. la). The first joint is very small but stout, the 
second and fourth are the longest and sub-equal, the third is shorter and slightly 
curved. From the fourth the three following joints progressively decrease a little in 
length, the first three forming a curve in the natural position of the appendage. All 
these joints are stout, the three terminal ones becoming more and more slender; the 
eighth joint, though more slender, has the same character as the preceding, the ninth 
is a little shorter, and the last one is the longest of the four terminals. The entire 
limb is covered, but not thickly, with small setae ; they are most numerous on the 
fourth, fifth, and sixth joints, on the latter of which they are conspicuous only on the 
outer side of its curvature. The remaining four joints form a curve in a contrary 
direction, and on the inner side of this curve is a row of stout curved setae, increasing 
in size and strength to the end of the terminal joint, where they form a conspicuous 
group. These spines are quite simple, and the last joint does not bear a claw, though 
it seems adapted for one. 
The Legs are stout but not of any excessive length, being something like 62mm. 
The second coxa is fully as long as the other two together, and the proportions of the 
remaining joints are as—15 : 13 : 17 : 1 : 5. The first coxa is marked with a median 
dorsal and ventral line which separates the muscles moving the succeeding joint, the 
distal margin is tuberculated dorsally like the lateral processes, but only to a very 
slight extent; the second coxa is conspicuously wider in diameter at its distal than at 
its proximal extremity. All three are covered with very small but stout setae. The 
femur is a stout joint, its distal extremity being raised dorsally into a slight angular 
ridge ; the entire joint is covered with the characteristic setae with the exception of a 
