436 Sir. U. I. Pocock on 



Genus Pantopsalis, Sim. 



In the Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. pp. 399-400 (published April 

 1C03), 1 described two new species of this genus, F. alhi- 

 paljns and P. nigripalpis, and suggested that the former was 

 perhaps based upon the male of P. Listeri, White. I also 

 referred to a specimen, collected by Mr. Jennings at Maun- 

 gatua, as the female of P. nigripalpis. This specimen, 

 however, turns out to be a male. Hence the supposition that 

 the differences between P. Listeri and P. alhipalpis are of a 

 sexual nature proves to be without the foundation that was 

 claimed for it ; and I am compelled to regard the above- 

 mentioned example from Maungatua as the representative of 

 a new species. This I have described below, in addition to 

 two new forms received since the printing of my paper in 

 the P. Z. S. 



Pantopsalis coronata, sp. n. 



Colour mostly black, but the last segment of the carapace 

 and the first tergite of the abdomen ornamented with a bright 

 transverse orange-red band ; second segment with a mesially 

 interrupted pale band, the rest witli a narrow chalky-grey 

 band; palpi paler than the rest of the appendages, reddish 

 brown, with tlie distal half of the tarsus yellow ; forceps of 

 the mandibles also yellowish brown. 



Carapace smooth, with at most a few tiny granuliform 

 spicules ; ocular tubercle also almost entirely smooth, one or 

 two minute spicules on its posterior portion. 



Terga and sterna of abdomen smooth. 



Coxie of appendages smootli. 



Po/jut smooth, studded with short hairs; femur about as 

 long as patella + tibia; tarsus longer than patella + tibia by 

 one third of its length. 



First and second segments of mandibles beset with sharp 

 spiniform tubercles, the tubercles fewer on the inner side ; the 

 basal segment exceeding in length the width of the carapace 

 and rather longer than the body, subcylindrical ; the second 

 segment of about the same length, gradually incrassate 

 distally, about five or six times as long as its distal thickness; 

 the digits each armed with one strong tooth and some apical 

 denticles ; the denticles on the immovable digit borne upon 

 an eminence. 



Femora of legs (? of fourth) sparsely spicular ; patellae 

 apically spicular; tibia of second composed of four subseg- 

 ments ; femur of first a little longer than basal segment of 

 mandible. 



