14 NEW PEDIPALPI FROM AUSTRALIA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS 
between the distal spine and the apical end of the segment in the 
holotype is an additional minute spine. Tibia not very flat, about 
three times as long as broad, armed dorsally in the distal half 
with three large spines of which the distal is much smaller than 
the other subequal two, each of these three spines being separated 
in the holotype by a small spine, with another slightly larger than 
those latter placed between the distal large spine and the apical 
end of the segment; the proximal half of the tibia bears dorsally 
two spines of which the proximal is about equal in size to the 
supplementary spines of the distal half and is much smaller than 
its neighbour. Ventrally the tibia is armed with five spines, the 
distal much smaller than the penultimate, the others increasing 
in length distally; three minute spines are also present in the 
holotype, one placed between the apical end of the segment and 
the distal large spine, another between the latter and the penul- 
timate, and the other between the penultimate and the medial. 
Hand (Fig. 6) not flattened, about one-half longer than broad, 
armed dorsally with a large submedial spine which has a small 
subsidiary spine inserted at its base, and a moderate distal spine 
proximally of which in the holotype is a minute spine. Ventrally 
the hand is armed with a large submedial spine and another much 
smaller distal spine. Finger jointed, without spines. 
Legs armed with longitudinal rows of short slender spines 
ventrally and, on the femorae, dorsally. Leg i tactile; tibia com- 
posed of 25 segments; tarsus with 44 segments of which the basal 
is much longer than the next segment, the distal segment being 
much longer than the penultimate and modified into a tactile 
and pulvillus, composed of five segments in the approximate ratio 
of, in leg ii—26:7:4:4:15, leg 11--27:7:4:4:18, leg iv—28: 
7:4:4:19; 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 81:31: 38: 38. 
` Abdomen ovate, finely granular, telson wanting. 
Locality. Three 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 Dominion Museum, Wellington, N.Z. Named 
in honour of Mr. К. К. Forster, who kindly arranged for my 
