84 AUSTRALIAN OPILIONES 
Genus CONOCULUS nov. 
Dorsal scute coarsely granulate, but without spines; areas 
I-V not defined by transverse grooves. Eyemound only slightly 
removed from the anterior margin of the carapace, evenly conical 
and directed slightly forward. Pedipalps robust, strongly spined. 
Coxae I and II strongly granulate, III and IV with both pro- and 
retrolateral rows of granules. Trochanter and femur of leg I 
with a prolateral row of strong setose tubercles. Caleaneus much 
smaller than astralagus. Tarsal formula 3, 6-7, 4, 4. Distotarsus 
of leg I two-segmented, leg II three-segmented. Side claws much 
smaller than median claw. Spiracles hidden. Sexual dimorphism 
only slight. 
Genotype C. asperus n.sp. 
Conoculus asperus n.sp. 
Figs. 36-39. 
Male. 
Colour. Body and appendages dark blackish-green. 
Body. Eyemound set back from the anterior margin of the 
cephalothoracic carapace by no more than one-third of its width 
at the base, narrowing evenly to the apex and slightly directed 
forward ; covered with strong granules (Fig. 36). Cephalothoracic 
carapace and areas I-V not separable by transverse grooves, but 
scutal area more coarsely granulated than cephalic area and 
position of the fused tergites defined by transverse rows of more 
large granulations. Four median pairs of large granules extend 
back immediately behind the eyemound, while a further large 
granule is present on the antero-lateral margin of the cephalo- 
thoracic carapace. Free tergites I-III each with a single trans- 
verse row of large granules. Sternites smooth except for a single 
row of small granules. Genital operculum covered with minute 
granules. Sternum narrow, rodlike. 
Chelicerae. As in Fig. 38. Small; basal segment indented 
dorsally; smooth except for a small tubercle on the mid-ventral 
surface. Second segment squat, with a row of from three to four 
small tubercles along the dorsal surface. 
Pedipalps. As in Figs. 37, 38. Trochanter with two ventral and 
one dorsal tubercles. Femur with a large obliquely clavate spine 
on the proximo-ventral surface followed by a further row of five 
spines, of which the second and fourth are large; inner surface 
smooth except for a single spine on the distal surface; median 
dorsal surface armed with a row of seven strong spines; inner 
