Pedipalpi, Ricinulei, and Opiliones. 



named, but Kraepelin was certainly right in withdrawing 

 them. Var. typicus is said to occur from Senegal to the estuary 

 of the Niger, var. tibialis especially in the Congo region, and 

 \-ar. Johnstoni in the area between those of the two other forms. 

 The material comprises specimens belonging to var. typicus 

 and to var. Johnstoni, but animals from the same locahty vary 

 not only much according to age in the length of the proximal 

 one of the three long distal spiniform processes on the upper 

 margin of the tibia, but between the numerous specimens from 

 the Isl. of St. Thome, all according to the shape of the frontal 

 process belonging to var. typicus, a few specimens show a trans- 

 ition between typicus and Johnstoni as to the setse on the inner 

 side of the antennae. 



Occurrence. — Specimens of var. typicus are to hand 

 from the following places: Bolama, Portuguese Guinea (near 

 lat. 12° N.), June — Dec. 1899, 6 specimens; and Isl. of St. 

 Thome, at Ribeira Palma, o — 300 m above the level of the sea, 

 Juli — August 1900, 1/ specimens, and 2 small specimens in 

 June 1900 at the capital of the island. 



Specimens of var. Johnstoni were taken at two localities, 

 \'iz. Basile on Fernando Poo, 400 — 600 m above the level of 

 the sea, August — September 1901; i specimen, and N'Kogo, 

 French Congo, December 1902, i specimen. 



Gharinus africanus n. sp. 



PI. I, fi.gs. I a — I c. 



This species agrees completely with the characters of the 

 genus Charinus in Kraepelin's analytical key excepting as to 

 one feature, y\z. that the first tarsal joint is conspicuously 

 longer than the four others combined. 



Cephalothorax in adult specimens considerably broader 

 than long, with six thin spines at the rounded front margin. 

 The distance between each ocular tubercle and the lateral 



