Oa some new Drnzilian Gonyleptid.'c. 32il 



XL! I. — Some new Brazilian Gonyleptidfp. By Mello- 

 Leitao, iNI.D., Fellow of tlie Biiizilian Academy of Sciences 

 and of the Entomological Society of France. 



I HAVE strictly followed in tliis paper Roewer's syste- 

 matic arrangement of Opilioncs. The new genera and 

 species here described are all found in the colloctions of tlie 

 Museums of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and of my own. 



Subfam. Pacutlin^. 



Genus Neopucrolia^ Roewer, 1913. 



Neopucrolia bituherculata, sp. n. 



? . — 7 mm. 



Anterior margin of the cephalotliorax smooth. Eye- 

 turret as a high bifid tubercle, with two small apical 

 spines. Abdominal scutum with the sides evenly rounded, 

 widening to the level of area iii., and then narrowing 

 and makinfir a right angle -with the posterior margin of the 

 scutum. Abdominal scutum with five transverse strife, 

 i.-ii. and iv.-v. united by a longitudinal groove; lateral 

 fields with a row of minute granules ; the median fields 

 smooth; iii. with two low tubercles; i., ii., iv., and v. 

 unarmed. Abdominal free dorsal segments smooth and 

 unarmed. Legs i,-iii. slender and weak ; legs iv. stronger 

 and longer than the others together ; all the femora 

 curved. Anterior tarsus ■with five joints, tarsi iii. and iv. 

 with six. The femur of the pedipalp with an apical inner 

 spine and with the low surface spined. 



Huh. Alto da Serra (S. Paulo). 



Type in the S. Paulo Museum. 



Genus Uropaciiylus, no v. 



Eye-turret elevated in a median cone. Cephalotliorax 

 narrow. Margins of the abdonnual scutum evenlv rounded 

 at the sides to groove v., then narrowing and making a 

 right angle with the hinder margin. Dorsal scutum with 

 five transverse grooves, i. and ii. imited by a longitudinal 

 groove. Field i. with two low tubercles; ii. unarmed; 

 iii. with two median spines; iv., v., and dorsal free seg- 

 ments i. and ii. unarmed; dorsal free segment iii. with a 

 strong median spine ; anal dorsal plate unarmed. Coxie 

 i.-iii. weak anvl parallel ; coxa iv. twice stronger and 



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