10 NEW PEDIPALPI FROM AUSTRALIA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS 
Palpi relatively short, broad, and well armed. Femur armed 
dorsally with a row of four spines decreasing in length distally, 
and ventrally with three spines which likewise decrease in length 
distally ; towards the base ventrally and near the proximal dorsal 
spine is a single trichobothrium. Tibia flat, about twice longer 
than broad, armed dorsally with five spines of which the penul- 
timate is the longest, the one next behind it longer than the one 
next behind that, and the latter longer than the distal spine; 
armed ventrally with three spines which increase in length dis- 
tally, the proximal minute, almost obsolete in paratypes. Hand 
(Fig. 3) flat, about one-fifth longer than broad, armed dorsally 
with two medial spines of which the distal is approximately twice 
the length of the proximal, and ventrally with one subapical spine. 
Finger jointed, the basal segment armed only dorsally with two 
spines of which the distal is more than twice the length of the 
proximal, 
Legs armed with longitudinal rows of short slender spines 
ventrally and, on the femorae, dorsally. Leg i tactile; tibia com- 
posed of 23-27 segments; tarsus with 39-41 segments, of which the 
basal is much longer than the next segment, the distal segment 
being longer than the penultimate and modified into a tactile 
and pulvillus, composed of five segments in the approximate ratio 
of, in leg 11—44: 12: 3: 3: 19, leg 11-49: 14: 4: 4: 20, leg iv—52: 
15: 5:5: 21; a dorsal spur carrying an apical bristle springs from 
the apex of the penultimate tarsal segment and is equally as long 
as the distal segment; metatarsi somewhat thicker towards the 
apex and provided with numerous trichobothria; tibia ii and iii 
unsegmented ; tibia iv composed of four segments in the ratio of 
approximately 65: 20: 24: 26. 
Abdomen oval, finely granular, tergites i-vi with a pair of 
distinct impressions, telson wanting. 
Locality. A single female (type) from Barron Falls, Queens- 
land, collected by G. F. Hill, probably about 1923; and four 
females from Savo Island, Solomon Group, collected by R. R. 
Forster, about January 1944, under debris in coastal forest and 
coconut plantation. 
Holotype in the National Museum of Victoria. Named in 
honour of the Director, Mr. R. T. M. Pescott, M.Agr.Se., 
F.R.E.S., to whom I owe the privilege of examination of the 
arachnid collection. Paratypes in the Dominion Museum. Wel- 
lington, N.Z., and in the author's collection. | 
Obs. The Solomon specimens are somewhat duller in colour 
and, perhaps because of the varying size and age, show a tendency 
