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Length of body (not including flagellum) 4 mm. ; of first leg (from base of trochanter) 
4°8 mm. 
Colour rather dark brown. 
Locality. Long Island (Mahé), Seychelles ; specimens from wood containing termites. 
Remarks. As will be seen from the above description, this new species of Schizomus 
differs considerably from S. latepes Hans., which was hitherto the only Tartarid known to 
occur in the Seychelles. I have not seen any male specimens of it, and therefore will not 
attempt to discuss its affinities with other species. 
2. Tarantula scaber Gerv. 
Localities. Mahé, Seychelles. In the British Museum Collection there are examples 
of this species from Round Island, near Mauritius and also from Zanzibar. 
3. Charinus seychellarum Krpln. 
Charinus seychellarwum Kraepelin, Mt. Mus. Hamburg, vol. xv. p. 41 (1898) ; 
Kraepelin, Das. Tierr., Scorpions, &. p. 250 (1899). 
Localities. Mahé and Long Island; Silhouette ; Praslin ; Feélicité. 

Fig. 3. Schizomus similis sp. n. Lateral view of femur of the fourth leg. 
OPILIONES. 
Family Phalangodide. 
An important paper dealing with the Opiliones of this family (and also with the 
family Assamiidee) has recently been published* by Dr C. Fr. Roewer. The presence or 
absence of a scopula on the ventral surface of the tarsi of the third and fourth legs is one 
of the chief characters which he uses to separate the Phalangodidee into subfamilies. This 
character, however, does not appear to me to be a convenient one for the purpose, for this 
scopula is sometimes very weak and indistinct in these Opiliones, and is then easily over- 
looked ; moreover, in other species, the scopula is well developed only on the last two 
(distal) segments of the tarsus. By using this character and also that of the number of 
the segments of the terminal part of the tarsus of the first leg, Dr Roewer places, into 
different subfamilies, genera which seem to me to be very closely allied to one another. 
For instance the genera Sitalces KE. Simon, Podoctis Thorell, and Hrecanana Strand are 
placed by him into the subfamilies Ibaloninze, Podoctinee and Erecananinze respectively, 
whereas they resemble one another very closely in structure. Personally, I think that it 
is probable that Hrecanana will ultimately prove to be a synonym of Stitalces. It is true 
* Arch. Natg. A, 1912, heft 3, p. 111 &e. 
