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Show 394 M. A. DOLLFUS ON WEST-INDIAN [Mar. 3, endopodite extending to one-half the length of the pleotelson; exopodite minute, placed near the middle of the internal edge of the basis. Colour: dark grey or brown, wdth three longitudinal light lines, and a wide spot on the sides of each segment; antennae and uropoda pale. Dimensions : 16 x 7 millim. Fig. 6. (For lettering, see p. 389.) Hab. St. Vincent; pretty common under rubbish, forest below 2000 feet. Forest, dry hill-side near Chateaubelais (leeward), under stones, 1000 feet; Cumberland Valley, damp ground, 1000 feet. 7. ARMADILLO ZIGZAG, n. sp. Body convex, smooth. Cephalon: prosepistoma plain, fore edge nearly straight. Eyes small; about 12 ocelli. Antennae short; first joint of the flagellum twdce as short as the second. Pereion: first segment with a slightly perceptible antero-median tubercle; edges hardly raised; coxopodite distinct on the entire length of the edge (underside), not divergent. Coxopodite of the second segment narrowly quadrangular. Pleon, telson : pleotelson as wide as long; sides feebly curved; apex with rounded angles, half as wide as the basis. Uropoda: basis obhque, endopodite reaching to one-half the length of the pleotelson; exopodite minute, placed near the middle of the internal edge of the basis (upperside). Colour: yellowish, with a double median and |