108 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



the largest and darkest; lower surface exceedingly finely granulated 

 with the exception of the lateral ridges, where the granules are 

 nearly as large as those upon the lateral extremities of the superior 

 surface ; manus long, broad, and thicker than brachium ; hand- 

 back keeled, similar in colour to superior surface, and thickly 

 furnished with black granules ; fingers short, black, incurved, 

 without lobe or excavation ; the movable finger is somewhat the 

 longer ; humerus, brachium, and manus sparingly furnished with 

 short, fine whitish hairs. Legs sparingly furnished with yellowish 

 hairs, upper surface finely granulated, under surface smooth and 

 glossy. Pectines about half as long as cephalothorax, and furnished 

 with six teeth. 



The sexes are distinguished by the palpi, which in the male 

 are longer, broader, and thicker than in the female. 



Measurements (in millemeters) : Total length, 27 ; length of 

 cephalothorax, 3 ; width, in front 2, behind 3J ; length of tail, 

 10 ; length of male humerus 3|, of brachium 3, of hand 6, of 

 hand-back 6, of moveable finger 4 ; width of male humerus 1^, 

 of brachium 2, of hand 3^, of hand-back 1^ ; length of female 

 humerus 3, of brachium 3, of hand 5, of hand-back 5, of moveable 

 finger 3 ; width of female humerus 1, of brachium 1^, of hand 3, 

 of hand-back 1. 



One male and three female specimens. 



Order CHELONETHI. 



Sub-Order DIPLOCELONTHI. 



FAMILY CHELERIFIM3. 



Obisium antipoduni, Simon Six specimens. 



C.R. Ent. Belg., xxiii., p. clxxiv. 



Genus CHELIFER, Geoffr. 



Chelifer longidigitatus, sp. nov. 



(Plate ii., fig. 2.) 



Body obovate, narrowed before, rounded behind. Caput dark 

 brown, granulated. Cephalothorax granulated ; anterior segment 

 dark brown, hinder segment pale yellowish above, brown laterally. 

 Eyes prominent, and of an opaline tint. Legs pale yellowish, 

 moderately clothed with short white hair. Palpi dark brown, 

 granulated ; basal joints bulbous ; hand broad, thick, slightly 

 darker than humerus and brachium ; fingers long, reddish-brown, 

 incurved, and furnished with a few elongated, flexible hairs. 

 Abdomen pale yellowish above, with brown submedian and 



