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rysj Q ·*  Description-—A very large lysiopetaloid species, the larg-  
size, - est female 58.8 mm in length and 3.3 mm wide; length of male  
iable undeterminable due to breakage but of approximately the 3
zatus   same dimension. Male with 56, female with 58 segments.  
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·llZ"l ii Front of head convex, smooth, densely pilose with fine  
Vette M gshort hairs; basal plates of mandibles much enlarged, extend- 5
me il i§ing much past sides of head; ocelli in a deltoid patch, usually i
Abt Qin seven rows, as follows (front to back) 2 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4 Z  
,,24. Antennae very long (6.1 mm) and slender, reaching back  
g sto the 7th segment when laid along the back; articles in de-   -
lg tm {creasing order of length: 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 1, 2, the basal two arti- Z
%1`1`21Ȥ- Ecles very small.  
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g_a€‘·_V ei Collum small, semicircular in dorsal aspect, its lateral l
1tS* ll riliportions turned under and concealed by a margination of the  
jront edge; most of the surface smooth with a few clavate i ’
ifsetae, posterior fourth with twelve short indistinct crests, lat-  
cribli "erad of which on each side is a somewhat larger ridge con- i
meeting the front and rear margins of the collum; front edge  
with a prominent marginal sulcus.  
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ie { Body segments with very pronounced pore swellings, on  
t- the 6th to antepenultimate segments, these knob-like and remi- {
lli *niscent of those of Cambala, directed up- and outwards at i
n- .,‘` a bout a 45* angle at midbody, and becoming almost vertical  
jones Qin going towards the caudal end of the animal, the peritreme ;
{thus nearly horizontal. All tergites with only four primary  
gt, {crests, these very high and as long as the posterior subseg-  
Ly- inient; between them are eight small, fine, secondary crests  
,X- Qvhich are, however, quite as long and distinct as those of the 3
in primary series. Below the pore swelling on each side of the fg
is- body are two large lateral crests, each tipped with a seta, {
traenn below these are a dozen or so smaller ridges, becoming indis-  
tinct ventrad. Sternites very small, almost concealed, without E
ornamentation. Legs long, slender, densely setose. Pretarsi  
long and slender.  
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· First two pairs of legs of male conspicuously smaller than l
lthose following, None of the other legs specially modified ;
le, All .a€‘XC€l)iZ for the presence of tarsal pads in the male, as far back  
V- Grew   the 13th legpaii:  
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1 in ‘l1 LY, Anal segment hoodlike, smooth, concealing the valves in  
dorsal aspect, with two large terminal and six smaller lateral i
ifsetae.  
epara li   _  
Hggo li   Male gonopods large and conspicuous, partly carried out- j
gside the body, the distal elements black. Coxites large and _s
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