. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 308 Annals of the South African Museum. Up to 7 x 3 mm. (Dollfus : 4 x 1-75 mm.). In alcohol, grey-brown, uropods red. Localities.—Orange Free State : Bloemfontein (Dollfus). Cape Province : East London (R. M. L.). The East London specimens are so like Dollfus' description and figure that I think they must be identified with his species ; they differ in the slightly shorter telson and the outer ramus of uropod. Bethalus nigrinus (B-L.). (Fig. 43, a, b.) 1885. Armadillo nigrinus. Budde-Lund, Crust. Is


. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 308 Annals of the South African Museum. Up to 7 x 3 mm. (Dollfus : 4 x 1-75 mm.). In alcohol, grey-brown, uropods red. Localities.—Orange Free State : Bloemfontein (Dollfus). Cape Province : East London (R. M. L.). The East London specimens are so like Dollfus' description and figure that I think they must be identified with his species ; they differ in the slightly shorter telson and the outer ramus of uropod. Bethalus nigrinus (B-L.). (Fig. 43, a, b.) 1885. Armadillo nigrinus. Budde-Lund, Crust. Isop. Terr., p. 37. Id., Rev. Crust. Isop. Terr., p. 131, pi. x, figs. 35, 36. Collinge, Ann. Nat. Mus., iii, p. 570, pi. xl, figs. 11-21. Id., ibid., iv, pi. xxvii, fig. 2 (figure shows 8 peraeon segments). Id., ibid., iii, p. 574, pi. xli, figs. 21-31. Id., ibid., iv, pi. xxvii, fig. 5 (figure shows only 6 peraeon segments). Surface minutely granulate. Rugae moderately distinct but not strong. Epistome not strongly raised, evenly convex, slightly sloping backwards above. Internal teeth on segments 1 and 2 very small and inconspicuous, mere granules. Segments 5-7 not transversely thickened below. 1904. 1917. Cubaris reticulatus. 1920. 1917. Cubaris longicauda. Fig. 43.—Bethalus nigrinus (B-L.). a, Front view of head ; b, telson and uropods. B. stricticauda (Dollf.) : c, telson and uropods from specimen in Budde-Lund collection in British Museum ; d, ventral view of epimera 1 and 2, after Dollfus. Telson scarcely broader than long, distal portion subrectangular, longer than broad, apical margin slightly convex, sides scarcely incurved, dorsally with slight median longitudinal ridge or keel ; ventrally with median 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 South African Museum. Cape Tow


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