318 JOHN HEWITT. 



swollen, scopulate below, anteriorly with six spines, posteriorly 

 with seven or eight spines ; III with about fourteen spines on 

 each side, scopulate below; IV numerously spined on both 

 sides and scopulate mesially below. Metatarsus I and II 

 without trace of a scopula, but with no spines mesially below 

 though strong spines occur on each side inferiorly. Tibia I 

 shorter than the metatarsus, with only one or two spines 

 mesially below and with about eight spines on the anterior 

 side and four on the posterior side in addition to those at the 

 apex; III with five to seven short spines on or near the 

 distal edge on both anterior and posterior sides superiorly. 

 Patella I with one spine at the apex inferiorly ; III with an 

 anterior band of short spines, about six to eight in number, 

 but no distal patch of spinules superiorly ; TV with a patch 

 of minute spines extending over about two-thirds to three- 

 quarters of the length of the anterior side. Anterior claAv of 

 fourth leg with two large teeth basally situated and with no 

 small ones distal thereto ; posterior claw with three large 

 basal teeth. 



Measurements. — Total length 18'5 mm., length of cara- 

 pace 7*8 mm., breadth of carapace 7 mm., length of tibia of 

 palp 4'2 mm., of metatarsus of palp 5'6 mm. 



Stasimopus gigas sp. nov. 



The type is a single male example in the collection of 

 the British Museum labelled "A^redefort Ed.?, Barrett- 

 Hamilton " ; the specimen is in dried condition. 



Colour. — Upper surfaces black, except the tarsi and meta- 

 tarsi of the legs, the tibiae and tarsi of the palps, also the distal 

 portions of the tibite of the first two pairs of legs, and of the 

 patellae of the palps, all of which are reddish. 



Carapace. — Subequal in length to the metatarsus of the 

 fourth leg. The three keels are prominent throughout and 

 reach back almost as far as the fovea. Anterior margins of 

 anterior row of eyes in a very slightly procurved line, sub- 

 equally spaced, the distance between the medians about one 



