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Mr. S. Hirst on new Opiliones from 



the palpi of those species are similar in nature. The spines 

 of the palp of S. gardineri are shorter and the basal portion 

 of nearly all of them is short. 



As in other genera of the family Epedanidse, the number of 

 tarsal segments is variable in this genus and seems to be only 

 of specific importance. 



Sitalces ahiyamce, sp. n. 



Bodij very slightly longer than the metatarsus of the fourth 

 leg and much longer than the tibia of the second or fourth. 



Scutum without any conspicuous processes (except those 

 on the anterior margin and the ocular tubercle and its pro- 

 cesses) ; the greater part of its surface is covered with 

 granules, each bearing a short stout hair, but anteriorly at 

 the sides a considerable area is smooth and without granules; 

 below this smooth area and close to the margin a group of 

 rather coarse granules is present : on the anterior margin (on 

 either side of the ocular tubercle) three conical processes 

 occur; just behind the ocular tubercle there is a pair of 

 slightly enlarged granules, and in the middle of the last 

 segment (posterior margin) of the scutum a rather large 

 granule is present (a similar granule being present in the 

 middle of the first two of the free abdominal segments). 

 Ocular tubercle with the characteristic processes only 

 moderately developed (fig. 1). 



Fis:. 1. 



Sitalces akiyama, sp. n. Lateral view of ocular tubercle and first leg. 



Chelicera with the two proximal segments about equal in 

 length. First (proximal) segment armed with a longitudinal 

 series of processes on each side below ; on the outer side 

 these processes are five in number (not counting two small 



