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on legs 1 to 12. Gonopods of $ (fig. 3) with straight basal spurs and 

 curved sharp terminal claw. 



Length, 8 mm. 



Loc. — Otekaike (type) and Queenstown. Types in the Canterbury 

 Museum. 



This species differs from L. neozelanicus Archey by its darker colouring, 

 its much stouter anal legs, and by the form of the prosternal teeth. 



Paralamyctes validus Archey. 



Paralamyctes validus Archey, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 49, p. 31-1, 1917. 

 P. dubius Archey, ibid., p. 314. 



A series of these forms has now been examined, and it is clear that 

 they are the same species, the differences previously noted as separating 

 them being those normal between slightly immature and fully-grown forms. 

 The South Island representatives of this species do, however, differ slightly 

 from the North Island forms, but the differences are scarcely of specific 

 rank. There are also small sex variations to be seen in each variety, 

 which may be expressed as follows : — 



P. dubius therefore forgoes its specific rank and is retained only as a 

 variety of P. validus, differing from it by the reduction in the number of 

 coxal pores and prosternal teeth. Small specimens (10-13 mm.) of both 



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forms have coxal pores ^^, and 5 + 5 or 6 + 6 prosternal teeth, those 



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of 15 mm. length having coxal pores ^s 3 , and 6 + 6, 7 + 7, or 6 + 7 



prosternal teeth. 



Tt should be noted that normally there is a tibial spur on all the legs, 

 but occasionally this is missing on the last pair. The type of P. validus 

 has a very low, rounded projection at the end of the tibia, but in other 

 specimens the spur is quite distinct and sharp. 



I have to thank Mr. T. P. Harris, of Ohakune, for his kindness in 

 sending me a series of specimens of this species. 



Haasiella insularis (Haase), 1887. 



Henicops insularis Haase, Abh. Zool. Mus. Dresden, No. 5, p. 36, 



1887. Haasiella insularis Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 



vol. 8, p. 449, 1901; Archey, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 49, p. 316, 



1917. 



I am now able to give Haase's diagnosis of this species. The locality 



is Auckland Islands, not Auckland as stated by Pocock and myself. 



" Colour greyish-brown, tergal plates with dark margins and a median 

 black patch, head reddish, ventral surface greyish. Head emarginate 

 anteriorly. Prosternum of prchensors armed with 5+5 teeth. Tergal 

 plates, especially the anterior ones, margined. Single coxal pores round 

 and large. Length of body, 12 mm." (Haase.) 



