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described Species, some of which have been used for specific 
criteria, indicate the need for a revision of previously described 
species, 
Genus PARANUNCIA Roewer, 1914 
1914. Roewer, С. Fr., Arch. Naturg., 80A (12), p. 108. 
1923. Roewer, Die Weberknechte der Erde, pp. 605-606. 
1931. Roewer, Zeitschr. f. wiss. Zool., 138 (1), p. 155. 
Cephalothoracic carapace shorter than scutum. Eyemound 
conical, removed from the anterior margin of the carapace by 
not more than one-third of its width. Areas I-III of the scutum 
each with a median pair of spines. Scutal areas not distinguished 
by transverse grooves. Small spines present on the anterior 
margin of the carapace. Free tergites I-III each with a single 
transverse row of small even tubercles. Legs unarmed except 
for granulations. Caleaneus much shorter than astralagus. Cal- 
caneus of leg IV of male notched below. Distitarsi of leg I two- 
segmented, leg II three-segmented. Tarsal formula of male 4, 
9-12, 4, 4; female, 3, 9-12, 4, 4. Median prong of tarsal claws III 
and IV much stronger than lateral branches. 
Genotype P. gigantea Roewer. 
This genus was established by Roewer (1914) for P. gigantea 
from Tasmania. Roewer (1931) added a further species, P. ingens 
from Victoria. Numerous specimens of P. imgens were available 
for study in the present collection, and it is evident that a num- 
ber of important characters had not been noted in the original 
description, the most important of these being the possession of 
four segments to tarsus I of the male, but only three in the female. 
Professor V. V. Hickman informed me that this is also the case 
with the Tasmanian P. gigantea, and most generously supplied 
me material from which the redescription of the species is given 
below. | 
Paranuncia gigantea Roewer, 1914 
Figs. 17-20. 
1914. P. gigantea Roewer, Arch. Naturg., 80A (12), p. 108. 
1923. P. gigantea Roewer, Zeits. wiss. Zool., 138 (1), pp. 155-156. 
Male. 
Colour. Body and legs light chocolate-brown. Chelicerae and 
pedipalps yellow-brown, but covered with dark-brown reticu- 
lations. 
Body. Eyemound removed a short distance from the anterior 
margin of the carapace, sloping evenly up to form an erect spine 
almost immediately above the eyes (Fig. 18). Anterior margin 
