AUSTRALIAN OPILIONES 61 
Genus MEGALOPSALIS Roewer, 1923 
Megalopsalis hoggi (Pocock) 1902 
Figs. 5-8. 
1902 Macropsalis hoggi Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, II, pp. 398-399. 
1923 ТҮЙЕНІ hoggi (Pocock) Roewer, Die Weberknechte der Erde, pp. 
In his original description of Megalopsalis hoggi, Pocock 
appears to have confused two species. The so-called female 
Specimens were probably males of the species described below 
as Spinicrus camelus n.sp. The male specimen is retained as 
Megalopsalis hoggi (Pocock), and a description is now given of 
the female. M. hoggiis relatively widely distributed, records listed 
below extending the range from Victoria to South Australia. 
Female. 
Colour. Cephalothoracic carapace greyish-brown marked with 
dark-brown as in Fig. 5. Dorsal surface of abdomen with a broad 
grey median band margined with dark-brown fading to greyish- 
brown along the lateral margins. Body below grading from light 
yellowish-brown to silvery-white. Legs light yellow with a num- 
ber of dark-brown areas. Basal segment of the chelicerae with a 
number of dark-brown spots on the disto-dorsal surface, otherwise 
chelicerae light-yellow. 
Body. Eyemound spherical, smooth, slightly canaliculate, set 
twice its diameter from the anterior margin of the carapace. 
Carapace smooth, surface anterior to the eyemound level, but the 
extreme anterior margin sloping steeply down to the chelicerae. 
Abdominal tergites and sternites clearly defined by shallow trans- 
verse grooves. Mouthparts as in Fig. 6. Maxillary lobes of coxae 
II broad basally, but more slender distally; directed obliquely 
across the anterior margin of the genital operculum. Genital 
operculum widening anteriorly, reaching the anterior margin of 
coxae III. 
Chelicerae. Small and smooth. Basal segment slender, slightly 
constricted medially ; proximo-ventral process small and rounded. 
Second segment slightly longer than basal segment. Inner mar- 
gins of fingers lined with small uneven denticulations. 
Pedipalps. As in Figs. 7, 8. Slender, slightly longer than body, 
unarmed. Femur sharply curved up from the proximal region, 
where the ventral surface is produced down as a sharp elbow. 
Disto-dorsal patellar process broadly rounded, almost half the 
