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being much more granular on the carapace, and also in leg- 

 measurements, the patella and tibia of the fourth being cou' 

 siderably longer than those of first; length from fovea to 

 anterior border exceeding tibia of second leg, the width con- 

 siderably exceeding tibia of first leg ; the palpal organ is 

 bifid at the tip. 



A. Thorelliiy Cambr. [loc. cif. p. 156, pi. viii. fig. 6), from 

 South Africa, is a longer-legged species than pretorice, the 

 carapace being about equal to the fourth tibia and less than 

 its protarsus. 



LIII. — List of the Arachnida and ^^ Myriopoda^^ obtained 

 in Funafuti hy Prof. W. J. Sollas and Mr. Stanley Gar- 

 diner, and in Rotuma hy Mr, Stanley Gardiner. By R. I. 

 POCOCK, of the British Museum (Natural History). 



The specimens forming the subject-matter of the following 

 pages were collected by Prof. Sollas and Mr. Gardiner on 

 the expedition sent out under the auspices of the Royal 

 Society and British Association to Funafuti, in the Ellice 

 Archipelago, to investigate the formation of coral atolls in 

 the Pacific. Mr. Hedley was sent from the Australian 

 Museum, Sydney, to joJrP the expedition, and collections of 

 the various forms of life observed in the island were obtained. 



Upon their return to England Prof. Sollas and Mr. Gardiner 

 kindly asked me to examine the Myriopod and Arachnid 

 material they had brought back and to publish a list of the 

 species should any forms amongst them prove to be of 

 interest. 



Meanwhile the collections obtained by Mr. Hedley were 

 without delay placed for determination in the hands of 

 members of the staff of tlie Sydney Museum, and reports of 

 the results were issued with startling, if injudicious, rapidity. 

 The bulk of the terrestrial Arthropoda were entrusted to 

 Mr. Rainbow, who quickly prepared a list * of the Coleoptera, 

 Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Orthoptera, Pseudo- 

 neuroptera, Myriapoda (Chilopoda), and all the Arachnida 

 referable to the orders Scorpiones, Chelonethi (Pseudoscor- 

 piones), Acari, and Aranete. Of the Chilopoda but one 

 species was recorded, namely Scolopendra platypus, Brandt, 



* Vide 'Memoirs of the Australian Museum,' iii., "The Atoll Funa- 

 futi &c.," pt. 2, pp. 89-124 (1897). 



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