neio Sj)ec'iea of V'/c/*'. '.V)o 



Legs. — Coxa of fust U'p; armed willi two very sliort spurs, 

 coxif (if tilt' other lei^s cMcli willi ii single very short spur, that 

 ot" the fourth beiui; a liltUi lou^^er than those of the secuuil or 

 third. Tarsus of fourth not very abruj)tly narrowed. 



Colour deep brown both above and below, the legs pale 

 brown. 



^feasnremenf,•i in mm. — Length of scutum 4"1, its greatest 

 breadth ivT) ; length of rostrum 1*08. 



? . — Bodi/ oval in shape. 



Scutum roughly triangular in shape, but the sides are 

 slightly incurveil at the points at which the cervical grooves 

 reach thom, and this causes a slight trilobation. Posterior 

 angle obtuse. Punctures numerous, those in the central area 

 (marked otT by the cervical grooves) being a little smaller 

 than those of the sides. Cervical grooves well-delined and 

 reaching the postero-lateral border. Eyes very inconspicuous 

 (fig. G). 



StKjmata broad and shaped rather like a human ear. 



liostrum fairly long; the })oro3e areas oval and of rather 

 large size. Ilypostome with four files of teeth on each siile. 



Legs. — Spurs of the coxne of the legs very weak; in 

 number they are the same as in the male. Tarsus of fourth 

 leg veiy similar to that of the male. 



Colour. — Body brownish, scutum deep brown, legs pale 

 brown. 



Measurements in mm. — Length of body 5'2, its greatest 

 breadth 4 ; length of scutum l*4o, its greatest bieadth 2"03. 



Material. — A male and a female collected on a sea-snake 

 in the Solomon Islai.ds by Staff-iSurgeon Vidal iSharpe, U.N. 



Amblyonima {AponommaT) neglectunij sp. n. 



J. — Scutum a little longer than wide, narrowed anteriorly, 

 anil oval in shaj)c; its suiface smooth and shining, but 

 slightly depressed and uneven towards the .«iles in the ante- 

 rior half. Punctures very numerous, especially in the poste- 

 rior halt" and towards the margins, some of those which are 

 situated close to the margins being of larger size than the 

 others ; in the middle of the anterior part of the surface the 

 punctures are minute and fewer in number. Cervical grooves 

 very short and shaped like an inveitod comma. Marginal 

 grooves absent. Postero-median groove represented by i\ 

 daik unpunctured line. Postero-lateral grooves m the form 

 of slight oval depressions. Festoons slioit and not veiy 

 di-itinct. Eyes apparently absent (fig. 7). 



Ventral surface furnished with numerous distinct [ uuctures. 



