NEW PEDIPALPI FROM AUSTRALIA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS 9 
Carapace obcordate, convex, finely granular; grooves distinct, 
that behind the median eyes indistinct; anterior margin rounded, 
armed with six slender spines; posterior and lateral margins 
forming a narrow flange. 
Eyes small and about equal in size; the two median, placed 
together on a low tubercle, are about their diameter apart and 
about the same from the anterior margin. Three lateral eyes to 
each side, close together on a low tubercle, about three times their 
individual diameter from the antero-lateral margin. 
Chelicerae somewhat cylindrical in shape, projecting past the 
anterior margin of the carapace; promargin of falx-furrow armed 
with four teeth of which that nearest the base of the fang is 
deeply bifid, and the two intermediate are much the smallest; 
retromargin unarmed, fringed with long hairs. Fang moderately 
long, curved, armed on the inside of the curve with about four 
teeth decreasing in length distally. 
Figs. 1-3. Charinus pescotti sp. nov. 
Fig. 1. Dorsal view, omitting legs and palp on left side. 
Fig. 9. Metasternum and portions of coxae iii and iv. 
Fig. 3. Retrolateral view of left hand and finger. 
Prosternum long and tapering anteriorly, provided with long 
and slender spines of which two are apical. Mesosternum short. 
Metasternum (Fig. 2) about twice as long as broad, excavated 
laterally opposite coxae iv, and, like the mesosternum, armed with 
a slender spine at each anterior corner. 
