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length of the tibia. Tarsus almost twice the length of the tibia. 
Tarsal claw slender, armed below with a single median row of 
from 6 to 8 sharp teeth. 
Legs. All Segments, including coxae, smooth, without denticu- 
lations or spines, but sparsely covered with short black setae. 
Measurements in mms.— 
Body: length 4:90, width 2:24 
Cox. Troch. Fem. Pat. Tib. Met. Tars. Total 
beg... 5 09 0:29 2:63 0-68 242 149 2500 13:48 
Leg П...... 0:84 0:28 47 067 403 144 14:00 26:03 
Leg III .. .. .. 0:83 0:24 2:08 0:63 178 1-48 444 11:48 
Kon PAL DAME DES 824 СЕЛ 558 820090 800 19:50 
Pedipalp... m i; 0-29 1:88 073 100 — 1-38 4-73 
Chelicera: basal 1:29, second 1:46 2:75 
Types. Holotype male, damaged specimen in British Museum; 
Allotype female, National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne. 
Localities. The original male specimen was collected by H. R. 
Hogg at Macedon, Victoria. Further localities are: Golden Square 
(south of Bendigo), under stone on mullock heap, coll. F. G. 
Elford, September 16, 1947 (allotype) ; Ashbourne, S.A., in leaf 
mould, coll. J. Т. Salmon; Myopongs, S.A., under bark, coll. J. Т. 
Salmon; Sandy Creek, S.A., coll. A. N. Burns, August 28, 1947. 
Genus SPINICRUS nov. 
Eyemound normal, slightly canaliculate, set from two to three 
times its diameter from the anterior margin of the carapace. 
Cephalothoracie carapace of male spiculate, of female smooth. 
Abdomen of both male and female smooth, soft, segmentation 
defined by shallow transverse grooves. Chelicera of female short 
and smooth, not as long as body; chelicera of male long and 
spiculate, at least twice the length of body. Pedipalp of both male 
and female slender, spicules and apophyses absent; pedipalp 
tarsal claw strongly pectinate. Legs long and slender, strongly 
denticulate in male. 
Genotype Pantopsalis tasmanica Hogg, 1910. 
It is highly probable that on re-examination of the type speci- 
men of P. continentalis Roewer, this species will also be placed in 
Spinicrus. 
