UG Mr. R. I. Pocock on 



and the shallow depression de6ning the thoracic area ; 

 anterior margin with the normal 5 porrect spines. Ocular 

 tubercle rather low, the eye not much more than its own 

 diameter from its base ; the spine longer than the height of 

 the tubercle. The first and second free terga witii a single 

 row of tubercles, the tliird with more tubercles subserially 

 arranged. 



Sterna with transverse rows of weak granules, obsolete in 

 the middle line. 



Mandibles with basal segment armed distally with 1 or 2 

 spines, second segment with 2 or 3 strongish spines. 



Palpi. Trochanter spined below ; femur thick, arcuate, and 

 armed above with about 9 spines in two rows, 3 spines on the 

 inner side, 3 beneath externally, and some smaller ones 

 internally, and a large stout bifid or trifid vertically directed 

 spine at its proximal end beneath, also some scattered 

 tubercles; patella unarmed externally, bispinate internally; 

 tibia and tarsus with 3 + 3 spines, tibia granular below. 



Tarsal segments of legs 6,12, 4, 4; protarsus of first modified 

 as in Acumontia Majori) coxa of first leg with strong cylin- 

 drical spines^ coxas of remaining legs scarcely granular. 



Measureme?its in millimetres. — Total length 7 ; palpus 10 ; 

 first leg 13, second 21, third 15, fourth 20. 



Loo. New South Wales : Hill Grove (R. Broom). 



Family PhalangodidsB, Simon. 

 \^ = Epedanida, Tliorell, Lomau.] 



Epedanus geniculatus^ sp. n. (PI. XII. fig. 1.) 



? . — Colour a rich deep or paler brown, with a large pale 

 green spot on each side of the cephalic area slightly behind 

 the level of the ocular tubercle ; legs and palpi dark, the 

 former paler towards the extremities. 



Dorsal scute polished, a row of marginal tubercles and a 

 row upon each of the four sharply defined divisions. Ocular 

 tubercle longitudinally oval, about twice as wide as long, 

 about its own median length from the anterior border of the 

 head-shield ; spine smooth, erect, not so long as the width of 

 tlie tubercle. Abdominal sterna smooth, each with a row of 

 sliort bristles. 



Basal segment of mandible smooth, second segment with 

 two series of setiferous tubercles in front. 



Palpi long; trochanter with 1 dorsal and 1 or 2 ventral 



