66 AUSTRALIAN OPILIONES 
Female. 
Colour. Dorsal surface of body patterned with silvery-white 
and blackish-brown as in Fig. 3. Ventral surface yellowish-white 
but brown along the lateral margins of the abdomen and distal 
surfaces of сохае I-IV. Chelicera yellow but with some brown 
patches on the dorsal surface. Pedipalps and legs banded with 
brown and light-yellow. 
Body. The modifications found on the cephalothoracic cara- 
pace of the male absent, carapace smooth and only slightly 
sclerotic. Eye mound rounded and only slightly canaliculate, with 
a single row of small granules above each eye and removed from 
the anterior margin of the carapace by almost twice its diameter. 
Abdomen soft and smooth, both tergites and sternites faintly 
demarcated by transverse grooves. Genital operculum extending 
to the posterior margin of coxa II. Maxillary lobe of coxa II as 
in male. 
Chelicerae. As in Fig. 10. Small and smooth, not quite the 
length of the body. Basal segment with a small, sharp, forwardly 
directed process on the proximo-ventral surface. A strong black 
tooth on the inner surface of the fixed finger at one third is 
followed by a single line of small denticulations. Movable finger 
with a similar arrangement but the large tooth at almost half- 
way. Tips sharply bent and cross when closed. A small comb of 
5-6 small setae lines the inner proximal margin of the fixed finger. 
Pedipalps. As in male. Tarsal claw with a single row of from 
13-14 sharp, even teeth along the proximal half. 
Legs. Coxae smooth, without granules. Femora I and II armed 
with a few small denticulations but legs otherwise smooth. 
Measurements in mms.— 
Body: length 4:28, width, 2:80 
Cox. Troch. Fem. Pat, Tib. Met. Tars. Total 
Leg Df es 16. (51 2800 ,0:8% 306 2:83 6-459 17:88 
Leg IL. o ;. u. 142 (458 7902. 195  T10- 3-69 92:43 44-34 
Leg III .. .. .. 158 051 410 105 3:76 445 8:49 23:89 
Leg IV ...... 1:82 0:56 4:20 083 4-22 2-73 10-48 24:84 
Pedipalp . .. .. 0-48 1:20 053 07 -- 1-64 4-57 
Chelicera: basal 1:34, second 1:69 2:03 
Types. Male holotype, female allotype, and paratypes in the 
collection of National Museum of Victoria. 
Locality. Numerous specimens collected at Tubrabucea, N.S.W. 
Coll. R. T. M. Pescott and A. N. Burns, January, 1948, 
