Мем. Nar. Mus. Уіст., 16, 1949 
NEW PEDIPALPI FROM AUSTRALIA AND THE 
SOLOMON ISLANDS 
By R. A. Dunn, 
Honorary Arachnologist, National Musewm of Victoria. 
Figs. 1-6. 
(Received for publication September 29, 1948.) 
This paper deals principally with two new whip-scorpions. Of 
these, the one described hereunder as Charinus pescotti sp. nov. is 
recorded from Australia and the Solomon Islands, and is but the 
second species of the order to be reported from Australia. The 
statement by Werner (1935, p. 475) that “Australien (Festland) 
enthalt keine einzige Gattung und Art” is erroneous, inasmuch 
as the ill-defined Charon annulipes Lauterer had been described 
from Brisbane, Queensland, many years previously. 
The other species dealt with, namely Stygophrynus (Neo- 
charon) forsteri subgen. et sp. nov., is from the Solomon Islands, 
and seems to be sufficiently distinctive to warrant separation from 
the more typical congeners. 
Order PEDIPALPI 
Suborder AMBLYPYGI 
Family TARANTULIDAE 
Subfamily Charontinae 
Genus CHARINUS Simon, 1892 
SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES 
1. Finger with one dorsal spine. С. jeanneli Simon. 
— Finger with two dorsal spines. 9. 
- Finger with three dorsal spines. 5. 
2. Spines of finger small and subequal. C. australianus (L. Koch). 
— Distal spine of finger about twice the length of the proximal. 3. 
3. The first tarsal segment of ambulatory legs only slightly longer 
than the other four together. . C. pescotti sp. nov. 
— Тһе first tarsal segment of ambulatory legs about 13 times as long 
as the other four together. 4. 
4. Lateral eyes pigmented. C. seychellarum Krpln. 
— Lateral eyes without pigment. C. seychellarum diblemma (Simon). 
5. Dorsal spines of hand subequal. C. neocaledonicus Simon. 
Dorsal spines of hand unequal, the distal much the larger. C. milloti Fage. 
The genus also includes the Galapagos species C. insularis 
Banks. The deseription is, however, insufficient to incorporate 
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