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Tibia rather elongate 11 



11. Femur short and broad, about twice as long as broad, no whitish 



spots on the tergites , Ch. crassimanus Balz. 

 Femur more slender, about 2 l j 2 times as long as broad, with whit- 

 ish spots on the tergites 12 



12. Palps more slender, yellow hairs on the tergites . , Ch. albo- 



maculatus Balz. 

 Palps less slender, no yellow hairs on the tergites. Ch. bicolor 



Balz. 



Chelifer ni ti oli mail us nov. sp. 



No eyes, distinct ocular spots. 



Body elongate-oval. 



Palps and cephalothorax before the posterior transverse groove 

 dark brown, fingers more reddish, cephalothorax behind the posterior 

 groove white with a small, semicircular, brown spot in the middle, 

 tergites and sternites palish brown, legs pale greyish brown, the inter- 

 stitial parts of the abdomen whitish. 



Cephalothorax as long as broad behind, graduali}' narrowing for- 

 wards, the short frontal margin straightened; cephalothorax is di- 

 stinctly granulated, opaque, yet a little glossy before the first groove ; 

 two distinct transverse grooves, the anterior one about in the middle, 

 the posterior one somewhat nearer to the hinder margin than to the 

 anterior groove; very short, slightly davate hairs. 



Abdomen: the tergites slightly granulated, somewhat glossy, divided 

 longitudinaliy by a rather broad line, except the last one, that is un- 

 divided; along the hinder margin of each sclerite 3 hairs, on the la- 

 teral margin one hair; these hairs are rather long, slightly davate. 

 Sternites not granulated, very slightly shagreened and very glossy, 

 divided as the tergites, the hairs thick, somewhat dentate near the 

 point, a single longer hair is left on the last somite. 



Palps moderately strong, a little shorter than the body, ali articles 

 on the under surface smoolh and glossy, trochanter and the proximal 

 part ot femur slightly shagreened, the rest of trochanter and femur 

 strongly granulated, tibia more slightly so, rather shagreened, hand 

 round about smooth and very glossy, fingers as general smooth and 

 glossy. On the inner side of trochanter and femur the hairs are slightly 

 davate, the other hairs of the palps are slightly dentate in the ex- 

 tremity, on the fingers simple with some longer ones intermixed. Tro- 

 chanter stalked, about as long as broad, the inner side strongly convex, 

 the outer and upper sides a little swollen. Femur stalked, considerably 

 shorter than cephalothorax, a little more than twice as long as broad, 



