84 A RE-EXAMINATIOX OF AUSTRALIAN PYCNOGONIDA, 



'Female oviger short, particuJadij the middle jointa, feet 

 'powerful. Cement gland as in Ammothea, accessory claws 

 ' small or absent. Female gevAtnl opeiiings on all pairs (?), 

 ' male openings on posterior tioo })iiirs of legs. Eggs sm,<dl, 

 • larvce ivith t?vo large pincers tvitliout hyssus gland and hyssus 

 ' ."pme." 



The genotype is an adult female with fullv developed 

 eggs in the two distal coxae and femora of all the legs. 



So far as can be made out (with exception of the 

 ovigeirg referred to in the description of the species) Has- 

 well's specimen agrees with Loman's definition of the 

 genug. 



Genus Nymplinpsis includes the following species: — 

 Nymjjhop.ns armatus, Haswell, 1884, p. 1025, Port Molle, 



15 fathoms. 

 Nymjjhopsis korotnewi, Schimkewitsch, 1887, lies de la 



Sonde, East Coast of Timor, 34 metres. 

 Nymphopsis muscosus, Loman, 1908, East Indies, 16-130 

 metres; Japan, 50-130 metres. 



Nymphopsis armatus, Haswell. 

 (PI. XXI., figs. 18-20; pi. XXII., fig. 21.) 



1884, Nymphopsis armatus, Haswell, 1884, p. 1025, pi. 55, 



figs. 1-4. 

 1908, Nymjihopsis arrnafns, Loman, ir!08, p. 49. 



Specimen. — Australian Musev: Collection, G5201, 

 holotype, female. Port Molle. 



Description. — Truul- is quite s. th tubular and toler- 

 ably slendeir. The portion behind tli^ third pair of cruri- 

 gers is narrower than that in front. Segmentation is abso- 

 lutely su73presficd. Criirigers are well sejjarated at the base 

 and diverge towards their extremities. The posterior pair 

 extend almost directly backward. Each cruriger is distal- 

 ly expanded with a single dorsal spine. 



Cephalon is very small. 



Ocular tuhercle is situated on the level of the first pair 

 of crurigers and arises by a wide base narrowing above to 

 form a fairlv high alm'-^t peir^endicular tube terminating 

 in a bluntly conical ape^ The eyes are large and strongly 

 pigmented, the posterior pair being the smaller. 



Proboscis ig of large size. It arises by a wide base on 

 the ventral side of the trunk at the level of the first pair of 

 crurigers. It projects diagonally downwards. Its shape 

 is that of an ellipse with the narrower end forward and 

 truncated. 



