. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 200 Dr. W. T. on the tlie proboscis was "distinctly four-cleft at its apex—a pecu- liarity, as far as I know, hitherto uukiiown among Pycuogons," and that the palpi consisted of nine segments, Loman, in 1911 (Abh. k. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Miinchen, 8uppl. Bd. ii. Abh. 4, p. 6), pointed out, on the evidence of sketches of the holoty])e which I sent to hin), that both these statements were Fig. Ascorhynchiis axichenicus (Slater), holotype; dorsal view. LegB om


. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 200 Dr. W. T. on the tlie proboscis was "distinctly four-cleft at its apex—a pecu- liarity, as far as I know, hitherto uukiiown among Pycuogons," and that the palpi consisted of nine segments, Loman, in 1911 (Abh. k. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Miinchen, 8uppl. Bd. ii. Abh. 4, p. 6), pointed out, on the evidence of sketches of the holoty])e which I sent to hin), that both these statements were Fig. Ascorhynchiis axichenicus (Slater), holotype; dorsal view. LegB omitted. wrong, and he identified the genus with the earlier Asco- ihynchus of Sars and the species with the Gnamptorhynchus ramipes of Bohni. Loman's determiiuition of the genus is certainly correct, but I am not convinced that his identification of the species is so. Description.—The specimen is probably a female, the genital openings on the last two pairs of legs being distinctly. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd


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