( II AMHKKl.lN : mviuoI'oda OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 11 



being wholly smooth, presenting merely a long, nearly straight chiti- 

 dous edge which is slightly emarginate a1 the middle. Coxopleural 



processes long and acute; coxoplenral pores extending dorsad to the 



tergite. Last ventral plate caudally incurved or somewhat angularly 

 excavated. Anal legs very long and slender as in the preceding 

 species; spines of prefemur both well developed, the ventral one about 



equalling the diameter of the joint at the level of its base. 



Length, 10 mm.; anal legs, near 6 mm. 



This species stands apart with the following one from all others in 

 having tergites margined much farther forward, the margination 

 being distinctly present from the seventh plate eaudad. 



20. Otocryptops aberrant, sp. nov. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 1,941. Fijis: Nansori, Vesari (W. M. Mann). 



Color ferruginous. 



Head not margined, smooth. Antennae with first three articles 

 nearly glabrous. Anal tergite with caudal margin mesally strongly 

 bulging beyond lateral angles; the latter above with an acute spine. 

 Ventral plates smooth, unfurrowed. Prosternum with anterior 

 margin lightly convex, bearing two distinct black teeth on each side, 

 of which the mesal is larger. Coxopleural process long and acute, 

 much exceeding the ventral plate, pores reaching to the dorsal plate 

 above. Anal legs very long and slender; femur with both spines 

 well developed; the ventral larger, length less than diameter of joint. 



Length, near 18 mm. Length of anal legs, near 8 mm. 



This species is readily distinguished from the others in having the 

 tergites clearly margined from the seventh to ninth eaudad. 



20a. Scolopocryptops miersi FuiENSis, subsp. nov. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 1,945. Paratypes.— M. C. Z. 2,023. Fijis: 

 Xasoqo, Xadarivatu (W. M. Mann). 



Scolopocryptops miersi has heretofore been recorded only from the 

 Western Hemisphere. The present form agrees very closely with 

 West Indian specimens in most details; but in the anal legs the ventral 

 spine is much larger as is also the dorsal spine which is of about the 

 same size as the ventral spine in miersi proper; furthermore, the 

 ventral spine is farther distad than the dorsal one, the reverse being 

 true in miersi, and it is nearer the middle of the length of joint (dis- 



