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Palpi 7-jointed; / 1 1 short, broad ; / 2 at least twice as long, 
slightly arcuate; / 3 short; / 4 nearly as long as J. 2, dorsal margin 
irregular ; / 5 smaller than/. 3 ; / 6 longer than/ 3 but shorter than 
/ 4; / 7 small, globose or slightly elongate. Joint 7 and the 
ventral sides of jj. 5 and 6 closely beset with short spines; other¬ 
wise the appendage is almost smooth. The palp is bent down at 
}. 3 and forward again at / 5, so that it is Z-shaped. 
Ovigera 10-jointed in both sexes. Oviger of female slightly 
shorter than fully extended palp ; jj. 1, 2, and 3, short, little if any 
longer than broad, j. 2 arising somewhat from the side of j. 1 ; jj. 4 
and 5 about equal in length, longer than the preceding joints ; jj. 6, 
7, 8, and 9 of nearly equal size, and smaller than the basal joints ; 
j. 10 minute, but bearing two rather long, curved denticulate spines. 
Joints 7, 8, and 9 each bear two denticulate spines ; otherwise the 
appendage is practically unarmed. Oviger of the male longer than 
that of the female and longer than the palp; relative proportions of 
the joints about the same as in the female ; j. 10 very small, but 
slightly larger than in the female and similarly bearing two long, 
curved, denticulate spines, which bend back in such a way as to 
form a hook. Denticulate spines were also distinguished on jj. 9 
and 8, but could not be discerned on more proximal joints. The 
principal flexure of the oviger is between / 4 and/. 5, which is prac¬ 
tically the middle point in the length of the appendage; the distal 
portion is curved sigmoidally. 
Egg masses few, globular, loose. The specimens carrying eggs 
had only one or two masses each. The eggs are relatively large, 
but the masses are of moderate size, there being comparatively few 
eggs in each mass. Eleven of the 29 adult males examined were 
carrying eggs. Ova could be distinguished in the ovaries of many 
of the females. 
Legs about twice as long as body; c. 1, c. 2, and c. 3 all short; 
c. 2 only a little longer than c. 1 and c. 3 ; f. slightly longer than 
1 The abbreviations used here are those which I have employed in another 
paper (Cole, :04). They are so obvious that they hardly need explanation. 
In those appendages in which the joints do not have special names, the first 
proximal joint is designated as j. 1, the second j. 2, and so on. In the case of 
the legs, c.l, c.2, c.3,/., t.l, t.2, ts.l, fs.2, cl., and aux. cl. refer to the coxal, 
femoral, tibial, and tarsal joints respectively, and to the terminal claw and 
the auxiliary claws. 
