and second joint are coalescent; at the side of this compound joint distally is a little papilla bearing a minute point. The terminal

TEXT-FIG. 71.-Philacroterium cribellatum Att. First maxillae.

TEXT-FIG. 72.-Philacroterium cribellatum Att. Telopodite of second maxillae.

TEXT-FIG. 73.-Philacroterium
cribellatum Att. Telopodite
of maxillipedes.

joint indistinctly separated from the preceding one; the lateral aspect of the terminal joint with little points similar to those of the

preceding joint; at the tip, and near the tip on the inner side, one small point. On the inner side and at the base of this projection one long bristle (text-fig. 72). Mandible with a simple fringe of comblike teeth. Maxillipedes (text-figs. 73 and 74): the coxa large, with dispersed hairs, without chitinous lines. The joints of the telopodite small; first and second joint coalescent, the suture between these

TEXT-FIG. 74.-Philacroterium cribellatum Att. Anterior end of 9,
ventral surface.

two joints remaining as a short line on the lateral face; the inner side of the fused joint has two bristle-bearing papillae. The following joint, i.e. the tibia, has a similar one. The maxillipedes do not reach the frontal margin. Claw smooth, a small basal tooth present. Tergites not sulcate; the main tergites with two, the intercalar tergites with one row of hairs. The posterior margin of sternites 1-3 weakly angular, the remaining sternites rectilinear. Sternites with dispersed punctuation and hairs. The procoxae of the first pedal segment meet in front of the sternite. On the following five or six segments the middle of the intercalar sternites is concealed by the

sternites; further, the intercalar sternites are undivided and freely

TEXT-FIG. 75.-Philacroterium cribellatum Att. Posterior end of 9, ventral surface.

visible. No ventral pores. Last sternite broad, a little narrowed posteriorly. Coxa of last legs with numerous freely opening ventral pores of various size. Terminal claw present. In the ♂ the last legs are moderately incrassate and densely covered with hairs ventrally; the last joint with long scattered hairs (text-fig. 75). The genital sternite of the with two small circular porose areas, distinct after maceration in caustic potash (the was not macerated, and therefore the areas were not visible). Terminal pores present. Cape Province.-Table Mt., Plat

teklip Ravine (7675); Cape Peninsula (23354), Kalk Bay (150118),

Ceres (7522), Kogman's Kloof (1680),

Hottentots Holland (1003), Houw
Hoek, Caledon (7617, 7346).

83. Philacrotherium pauperum n. sp.

(Text-figs. 76-81.)

Colour yellowish - brown. Length 30 mm.; body clumsy, the greatest width in the posterior half; 45-51 pairs of legs (9).

Head-plate (text-fig. 76) nearly as long as wide, narrowed anteriorly, the posterior margin weakly sinuate; densely punctate and pubescent; no frontal sulcus. Antennae tapering, the whorls of long bristles inconspicuous, being little longer than the dense hairs. Basal plate broad, extending

nearly to the sides of the body, its

TEXT-FIG. 76.-Philacroterium pauperum Att. Anterior end of, dorsal view.

sides slightly convex. From above only a small part of the maxilli

pedes visible. Clypeus with uniformly round reticulation, no clypeal area; in front of the middle several long bristles. The labrum (text-fig. 77) corresponding with the description of Aphilodon by Silvestri; two small medially enlarged and irregularly toothed plates

TEXT-FIG. 77.-Philacroterium pauperum Att. Labrum.

TEXT-FIG. 78.-Philacroterium pauperum Att. Mandibles and maxillae of 9.

are separated by a space. The median piece is completely lacking. Mandible with a simple fringe of comb-like teeth. First maxillae and telopodite of the second maxillae extremely small. First maxillae (text-fig. 78) as in P. cribellatum, the terminal joint distinctly separated from the basal joint of the telopodite; no lateral lobes;

a few small bristles on the aboral side. The telopodites of the second maxillae are not inserted on the sides of the syncoxite, but the syncoxite forms a rounded shoulder laterally (text-fig. 79). The first and second joints of the telopodite coalescent; terminal joint without claw; with one long bristle just below the tip and one little joint at the tip. Maxillipedes (text-fig. 80) densely covered with short hairs. Coxa large; no chitinous lines; anterior margin sinuate; no teeth; the pleurocoxal suture oblique, reaching the lateral margin before the middle of the coxa. Telopodite very small, distant from the lateral and frontal margin, 3-jointed, the first and

J. Max

TEXT-FIG. 79.-Philacroterium pauperum Att. Second maxillae.

second joints coalescent and bearing two papillae. The third joint (tibia) with a similar one. Tarsus without basal tooth. The claw smooth (not notched).

Tergites not sulcate; the main tergites with several irregular intercalar tergites with one row of hairs. The procoxae of the first pedal segment meet before the sternite. The first four intercalar sternites are divided in the middle line; from the fifth onwards they are undivided. Sternites with straight posterior margin, scattered punctuation and hairs. No ventral pores. Last sternite very narrow, much narrowed and truncate posteriorly, with dispersed hairs. Coxa with numerous dark-coloured ventral pores, some opening under the margin of the sternite. Terminal claw present (text-fig. 81). Terminal pores present.