Journal of Entomology and Zoology . deep water, at LagunaBeach, Cal. Color—White tinged with green and orange, finely spottedwith brown; legs white. Body about three times longer than wide, 6 mm. by 2 , depressed along lateral margins. Slightly convexed onmedian line. Head twice as wide as long, anterior margin not straight butproduced into a slight median lobe; antero-lateral angles large, round, composite and subdorsal in position. Firstantenna has first article of peduncle large, broad and and third subequal and much narrower than first. Fla- 184 JOUENAL OF
Journal of Entomology and Zoology . deep water, at LagunaBeach, Cal. Color—White tinged with green and orange, finely spottedwith brown; legs white. Body about three times longer than wide, 6 mm. by 2 , depressed along lateral margins. Slightly convexed onmedian line. Head twice as wide as long, anterior margin not straight butproduced into a slight median lobe; antero-lateral angles large, round, composite and subdorsal in position. Firstantenna has first article of peduncle large, broad and and third subequal and much narrower than first. Fla- 184 JOUENAL OF ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY gellum composed of twelve articles. Second antenna lias firsttwo articles subequal; third sligiitly larger, provided withantenna! scale; fourth narrower and shorter than third; fifth andsixth long and narrow; sixth longer than fifth; flagelliim multi-articulate. Maxillipeds with palp of five articles; first three sub-equal in width; fourth and fifth about half as wide. Mandiblehas a palp of three Figure 7. Janira occidentalis Walker. Thoracic segments subequal in length. First segment ofthorax has post-lateral angles rounded and prominent. Epimerallobe occupies antero-lateral angles. Second and third segmentshave both antero- and post-lateral lobes with bilobate epimerabetween. Fourth segment has antero-lateral lobe prominent androunded, ])ost-hiteral less prominent; single-lobed epimera be-tween. Fifth similar to fourth with antero-lateral lobe nnichjnore rounded and conspicuous. Sixth and seventh have antero-lateral lobe very ])r()minent and produced sharply at posteriorextremity; ])ost-lateral lobe obsolete, its i^lace occu])ied by(•pimera. First paii oi legs prehensile, remaining ambulatory JOURNAL, OF ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY 185 with bi-unguiculate dactyli. First leg has toothed propodus forhalf the proximal distance. Abdomen composed of one large segment, possibly a verysmall anterior one though the suture was not distinct enough tomak
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