1913.] C. Fr. Roewer : Arachnida, II. 207 



14. Metathyreotus kcmpi, sp. nov. 

 I specimen: Rotung (1300 ft.), 2r-xii-i9ri, under stones. 



Measurements in mm.: body 3'5 ; palp 7 ; ist leg 9 ; 2nd 14; 

 3rd 10; 4th 13. Number of the tarsal segments: 7; 17; 7; 7. 

 Terminal part of the ist tarsus with 2, of the 2nd tarsus with 3 

 segments. 



Habitus, armature and colour of the body and the limbs entirely 

 the same as in Metathyreotus aborensis, except that the femur of 

 the palp is entirely unarmed ventrally. 



III. Fam. ONCOPODIDAE. 



15. Pelitnus aborensis, sp. nov. 



I specimen: Upper Rotung {ca. 2000 ft.), 3r-xii-i9ir. 

 I ,, Rotung (1300 ft.), 2i-xii-i9ii, under stones. 



Measurements in mm. : body 6 ; ist leg 7 ; 2nd 10 ; 3rd 7*5 ; 4th 



This new species agrees almost entirely with the diagnosis of 

 Pelitnus annuUpes, Pocock (1897), but differs from it in the 

 following particulars : 



The intraocular area of the cephalothorax is elevated in the 

 form of a large blunt and rounded dome, at the base of which the 

 eye is situated on each side. 



Abdominal scutum formed by 8 segments, distinctly indicated 

 b}^ deep transverse grooves ; an equal longitudinal median groove 

 connects the first transverse groove (between cephalothorax and 

 abdomen) with the eighth, running through the ist-7th segments 

 of the abdominal scutum; the last (8th) of these segments of the 

 scutum shows no longitudinal median groove. 



Femur of the palp entirely unarmed ventrally, without any 

 tubercle. 



Colour of the body and of all the limbs blackish-brown 

 throughout, except the tarsi of the legs, which are pale yellowish. 



