
226 RECORDS OF THE S.A. MUSEUM 
ScISSURALAELAPS NOVA-GUINEA Sp. NOV, 
Fig. 1, A-G, 
Description. Female. Oval in shape and well chitinized, Length (exelud- 
ing gnathosoma) 675y, width 405p, gnathosoma 90y, Dorsal shield as in fig, 1 A 
occupying about % of dorsum, with sparse, short, 7, setae. Epistome and 
chelicerae as figured, Palpi S-seemented, V with bifureate appendage. Legs 

Hig. 1. Seissuralaelaps nova-guinea g. et ap. n. A. dorsum ?; B. venter 9; C. venter 3; 
D, mandibles 9; KE. mandibles ¢; E. epistome; G. apex tarsus ITY. 
relatively shorter and thicker than in following species, [I stonter than the 
others, T 450u long, I] 375y, LIT 430n, TV 480p, only furnished with normal setae; 
tarsi with caruncle and paired claws. Venter: pre-endopodal shields well defined 
(ef. fig. 1B) ; sternal shield completely divided longitudinally, each half with 3 
setae and 2 pores ; metasternal shields absent and only represented by the setae and 
