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are to be seen oh the other coxre. A transverse series of 

 minute granules is present on each of the sternites. On eacli 

 side of the first sternite tliere is a sliorht ridge which com- 

 mences at the spiracle and runs forward for some distance. 



Chelicera. — Proximal segment short and quite smooth. 

 Second segment moderately stout ; dorsally it has only two 

 or three obsolete granules, which carry hairs. 



Palp not very long. There are two or thiee very little 

 granules on the dorsal surface of the trochanter, and a 

 conical grannie and two processes, one of which is long, are 

 situated on its lower surface. Femur armed with a single 

 long spine on its inner side near the distal end ; ventrally it 

 has three spines (and also a little tooth-like process), the two 

 spines near its proximal end being much tlie longest. 

 Patella with a long spine on the inner side. Tibia much 

 higher and wider tlian the other segments of the palp ; it lias 

 three spines on each side, the distal one of the outer side 

 being short. Tarsus with two long spines on each side and 

 also with a very short distal spine on each side. 



Legs short ; the fourth is the longest and stoutest (when 

 they are arranged according to length, their order is as 

 follows : 4, 2, 3, 1). The denticles on the ventral surface of 

 the femur of the fourth leg, especially those near the di.<tal 

 end, are larger than those of the rest of its surface. Tibia 

 of fourth leg stoutest nearest the distal end ; besides the 

 denticles on its surface, it has a sharply pointed ventral 

 process on each side near the distal end, the outer one being 

 long. Number of tarsal segments 3, 7, 5, 6. Claws of poste- 

 rior legs smooth. 



Colour blackish brown. Appendages dark brown, but the 

 coxge of the legs are pale above and the tarsi of all the legs, 

 except those of the second pair, are rather pale also. 



Aleasurements in mm. — Length of body 4*1, of scutum 3*25. 



Material. — Two specimens from New Britain (Neu Pom- 

 mem) ; one of which is an adult male and has the penis 

 extruded. These specimens were collected by Prof. Willey 

 in the year 1897. 



Remarks. — This new species resembles Z. pi/gmcea, Sor., in 

 having its ocular tubercle placed much nearer to the anterior 

 margin than to the first transverse groove. The shape and 

 granulation of the body are, apparently, quite different to 

 what they are in Z. jyygmcea, however. 



Genus ViMA, nov. 

 Cephalothoracic part of scutum only slightly convex. 

 Ocular tubercle low and transverse and much wider than 



