330 ME. STANLEY HIRST ON ARACHNID A AND 



coxa3 2-4 each with a distinct but very short spur ; tarsus of fourth leg gradually 

 narrowed. 



Lfji^/^A of scutum -95 mm. 



Log. Sattelberg, Huon Gulf, German New Guinea ; numerous specimens from 

 Kangaroo, Perameles, and Hydromys sp. Collected by Prof. F. Forster and presented 

 to the Museum by the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild. 



Class CHILOPODA. 



Order SCOLOPENDROMORPHA. 



Family Soolopendkid.e. 



Genus Otostigmus Poi'. 

 Otostigmus sp. 

 Log. Mimika River, South Dutch New Guinea ; a single very young example. 



Genus Etiimostigmus Poc. 

 Etiimostig-Mus platycephalus Newp. 



Log. Mimika River ; seven specimens. Base Camp and Canoe Camp, Utakwa 

 River, South Dutch New Guinea ; two specimens. 



Genus Scolopendra Linn. 



ScoLOPENDRA suBSPixiPES Leach. 



Log. Mimika River; two specimens. Base Camp and Canoe Camp, Utakwa River; 

 one specimen. 



Class DIPLOPODA. 



Order HELMINTHOMORPHA. 



Suborder FULOIDEA. 



Family S P i R o B o l i D -E. 



Genus Acantiiiulus Gerv. 



ACANTIIIULUS WOLLASTOSI, sp. n. (Text-fig. 17.) 



Segments of antenncn stouter than is the case in yi. murrayi Poc. (from Aru Islands), 

 their distal ends much enlarged. Shape of col/um \ery like that of,^. murrayi, but the 

 raised anterior border of the projecting part of it is wider (in the female). Eight 

 rows of thf)rns are present on the segments, those of the upper of the tsvo lateral rows 



