. Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology. Parasites. 273 knobs. Legs : femora brown, proximal halves orange-brown, distal halves very dark brown and bearing numerous (a dozen or more) short, stout, black, ventral spines; fore femora slightly broader than the others. Tibiae on fore and middle legs yellowish-brown with infuscated apices and bases; hind tibiae entirely dark brown, and with a regular dorsal row of longish hairs. First four tarsal segments on all the legs pale brown, fifth very dark brown. First tarsal segment longer than the second on all the legs; fourth not cordiform. On t
. Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology. Parasites. 273 knobs. Legs : femora brown, proximal halves orange-brown, distal halves very dark brown and bearing numerous (a dozen or more) short, stout, black, ventral spines; fore femora slightly broader than the others. Tibiae on fore and middle legs yellowish-brown with infuscated apices and bases; hind tibiae entirely dark brown, and with a regular dorsal row of longish hairs. First four tarsal segments on all the legs pale brown, fifth very dark brown. First tarsal segment longer than the second on all the legs; fourth not cordiform. On the first tarsal segment of the middle legs and the second of the hind legs is a single longitudinal row of small spines; on the first tarsal segment of the hind legs is a double row of similar spines. The fifth tarsal segments on all the legs bear several (five. Fig. 19. Ankistrodaclylus(Scbizodactylus) par, wing uf female to shuw adornment and venation (fringe not shown), x c. 40. or six) pairs of short, stout, black spines. Claws on ail the legs equal, long, about as long as the fifth tarsal segment, with a ratlier large basal barb. Empodium rudimentary. Abdotnen greyish-pruinose dorsally, each segment having at the base a darker, brownish, band which is narrow hut expanded a little in the middle line, and bearing two small admedian brown spots on the posterior third; the second segment bears also two larger brown spots near its anterior lateral angles; darkish brown laterally; venter paler brown. Spermathecae two, very highly chitinised, oval, unequal, measuring in one specimen about 148/1* by io6/i,, and 122/x by 95/x; the duct chitinised for only a short distance, about 711, at its commencement. Gold C0.\ST: Christiansborg, near Accra, 29th October, 1921; two females, reared from plants of Pisiia Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these
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