64 Mr. S. Hirst on new Harvest-men 



a-. Transverse grooves of scutum well 

 defined and four in number. 

 Thorn of ocular tubercle not fur- 

 nished with granules or processes, 

 fl^. Patella of palp quite unarmed. 



a^. Palp of moderate length Pseudohiantes, Hirst. 



b^. Palp very long, especially its 



femur and patella Pardhiantes, gen . nov. 



b^. Patella of palp armed with long 



spines. 



«\ Femur of palp armed below with 



several long spines. Femora 



of first and second legs quite 



unarmed Epedanns, Tliorell. 



b^. Femur of palp armed both above 

 and below with processes of 

 moderate length. Femora of 

 first and second legs armed 



with short processes Plistobumis, Poc. 



i'. Transverse grooves five when distinct. 



Central thorn of ocular tubercle 



nearly always furnished either with 



granules or processes. 



a^. Femur of palp strongly compressed 



laterally Baramitt, gen. nov. 



b^. Femur of palp at most only slightly 



compressed laterally Sitalces, Simon, and 



b^. Ocular tubercle without a long central yPodoctis, Thorell. 

 thorn. 

 a'. Abdominal part of scutum provided 

 with a low but conspicuous tumu- 

 lus in the middle Vima, gen. nov. 



b~. Abdominal part of scutum without 

 tumulus. 

 a'^. Fourth leg of both sexes quite 



unarmed Phalanyodes, Tellkampf. 



b*. Fourth leg of male furnished veu- 

 trally with stronger spiuules than 

 is the case in the female and 

 ■with a conspicuous process (or 

 processes ?) on each side near 

 the distaf end of the tibiae (see 



PI. I. fig. 1 fl) Zabno.ris, Sor. 



b. Eves not placed on a single tubercle, but 



"widely separated from one another and 



either sessile or each placed on a very 



slight tumulus. 



, a^. Femur of palp armed below with a 



single spine or without any ventral 



spines. Femur of first leg unarmed. 



No thorn between the eyes Hinzuanws, Karsch, and 



b^. Femur of palp armed below either \_Lacurbs, Stir, 



with long spines or long processes. 

 Femur of first leg usually armed with 

 long spines. A thorn often present 

 midway between the eyes. 



