AMMOTHEIDAE in 



Chelophore scarcely half of proboscis ; scape twice as long as the greatly reduced chela. 



Palp with the terminal segments distinctly serratiform ventrally in the male (Fig. 

 59 b), rather less so in the female ; segments 2 and 4 subequal. 



Oviger in the male relatively more robust than that of Achelia communis, with the 

 terminal segments much more twisted (cf. Fig. 59 a and c). The prominent spine near 

 the proximal articulation of segment 6 is very characteristic (Fig. 59 a). 



Third leg of male as represented in Fig. 60 a ; the male genital opening is situated 

 on a much lower tubercle than in A. communis and there is no prominent cement gland- 

 tubercle at the distal end of the femur (cf. Fig. 60 a with Bouvier, 1906, p. 48, fig. 32). 



Fig. 60. Achelia hoekii {?ie.StT): a. Third leg of male: x 20. c. Terminal 



segments of third leg: x 53. 

 A. communis Bouvier: b. Terminal segments of third leg: x 60. 



The propodus is higher and more arched, with a distinct heel beset with a number of 

 short stout spines (cf. Fig. 60 b and c). There are no prominent conical tubercles on 

 the first coxae in the female, and just a hint of them in the male. 



Remarks. The co-types of Achelia hoekii were examined in the Zoological Museum, 

 Hamburg. The Discovery specimens agree in all respects with sketches made of a male 

 and of a female co-type. Loman (1923, p. 24) states that A. communis, Bouvier, is 

 co-specific with A. hoekii. Specimens of the former, presented by Professor Bouvier 

 to the British Museum, differ in several respects from the types of A. hoekii. The 

 differences (described and figured above) in (i) oviger, (2) walking legs, seem to justify 



