CHELIFEEIDJi: AND GARYFIDiE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. o7 



The fairly long and slender legs have the trochantin of the first pair much 

 deeper than the femur proper, while the tibia is ] '2 as long as the tarsus, which 

 is 4'4 as long as deep; i]\e femur of the fourth pair of legs is 2*2 as long as 

 deep, 1*1 as long as the tibia, and 1'4 lower than the tarsus is deep. 



Colour. — The palps are reddish brown, while the cephalothorax and 

 abdominal sclerites are pale brown. 



l/m«wmneni^\— Cephalothorax 0-920 (0-805) ; abdomen 2-530 (1-219) mm. 



Palps : trochanter 0-506 (0-310) ; femur 0-805 (0-375) ; tibia 0-897 

 (0-405) ; hand 0-874 (0-475), depth 0-437 ; finger 0-G67 mm. 



Leg I. : femur 0-578 (0-190), trochantin 0-152 (0-215) ; tibia 0-441 

 (0-114) ; tarsus 0-365 (0-084) mm. 



Leg IV. : femur 0-699 (0-319) ; tibia 0-646 (0-182) ; tarsus 0-441 (0-114) 

 mm. 



Material. — Of this species I have examined a single not well-preserved 

 female from Taieri (New Zealand). 



Remarks. — This species is easily distinguished from all other Australasian 

 species by the prominent granulation of the sides of the abdomen, by the 

 clumsy femur and slender chela of the palps, and by their long almost 

 simple hairs. 



4. Chelifer eunafutensis, sp. n. (Plate 8. figs. 9-12.) 



Ocular spots indistinct. Cephalothorax distinctly longer than wide, with 



anterior stripe fairly indistinct and granular. The fairly long and 



slender abdomen with small sclerites, and witli from 12-14 fairly long 



and pointed hairs along the hindmost margin of each tergite in addition 



to four in front of row. Palps almost smooth, with fairly long pointed 



hairs on the anterior surface of the femur. Trochanter has anterior 



outline slightly convex and is posteriorly slightly, but dorsally fairly 



distinctly produced ; femur, which is 2-3 as long as broad, is somewhat 



attenuated, and posteriorly beyond the stalk not ver}- abruptly convex ; 



tibia, which is 2-2 as long as wide, is anteriorly moderately convex, 



and posteriorly first a trifle concave and then slightly convex. Chela, 



which is 3'1 as long as wide, is 1-1 as broad as the trochanter is long ; 



the hand, which is about 1*1 as long as but 1*3 wider than the tibia, is 



almost I'l as wide as deep and 1'2 as long as fingers. Tibia of the first 



pair of legs 1-2 as long as the tarsus, which is 3-6 as long as deep ; 



femur IV. 2-3 as long as deep and 1-3 lower than tarsus is long. 



Cephalothorax. — Ocular spots are very indistinct. The cephalothorax, 



which is distinctly longer than wide, has two transverse stripes, of which the 



posterior is almost obsolete, while the anterior is broad, fairly prominent, 



and slightly curved forwards in the middle. The integument appears smooth 



in the middle but has laterally minute granules ; the hairs are moderately 



long, slightly obtuse, and with a few terminal teeth. 



