
228 RECORDS OF THE S,A. MUSEUM 
setae short and fine. Gnathosoma with a pair of short simple setae. Peritreme long 
and slender, 
Male, as in female, but length to 5204, width 370, gnathosoma 150; dorsal 
shield occupying almost whole of dorsum, Chelicerae as in fig. 1E. All ventral 
shields coalesced except pre-endopodal; genito-ventral portion expanded widely 
behind eoxae IV. 
Loc. and Hast. Deseribed from 4 females and 1 male from a millipede on 
orchids from New Guinea and received at Burnley Gardens Research Station, 
Melbourne, 21.83.39 (R.T.M.P.). 
Remarks. The primitive nature of this genus and species is discussed in 
the introduetion. 
SOISSURALAELAPS QUEENSLANDICA Sp. NOV. 
Fig. 2 A-D. 
Description. Female. Shape ovoid, well chitinized. Length (exeluding 
enathosoma) to 1,400p2, width 975u, gnathosoma 300», Dorsal shield oceupying 
about % of the dorsum, marginally with long fine simple setae to 150p long, and 
on dise with short sparse setae to 40. long. Epistome and chelicerae as in S. 
nova-guined. Palpi as in genotype, V with bifureate appendage. Legs relatively 
long and slender, without any thickening of IT, T 1,200g long, 11 1,050p, TTL 1,350, 
TV 1,700n, only furnished with normal setae; tarsi with earnmele and paired claws. 
Venter ; gnathosoma with a pair of simple setae; pre-endopodal shields practically 
wanting ; sternal shield divided longitudinally except at extreme anterior margin, 
as in fig. 2B, each half with 3 setae and 2 pores, the setae about 70m lone; meta- 
sternal shields wanting and only represented by the setae and pores; endopodal 
shields between coxae IIT and TV present; genito-ventral shield as in fig. 2B, with 
only 1 pair of setae; on each side of genito-ventral shield aud behind coxae TV 
is a small oval shield with a smaller crescent-like shield on its inside; anal shield, 
as in fig, 2B, well separated from genito-ventral. Peritreme long and slender. 
Male. As in female but smaller, length 1125p, width 705, enathosoma 220p, 
Dorsal shield oceupying almost the whole of dorsum. Legs I 1,200, TT 1,050p. 
TH 1,200p, TV 1,380p, not differentiated from those of female. Venter: all shields 
except pre-endopodal coalesced as in fig, 2C; genito-ventral portion very much 
broadened hehind coxae TV, Chelicerae as in fig, 2D. 
Loc, Two males and one female from Bardon, Queensland, 1943 (N.B.T.). 
Remarks. Differs from the genotype in the dorsal setae, the broadening be- 
hind coxae IV of the genito-ventral portion of the fused ventral plates of the 
male, in the relatively longer and thinner lees in both sexes, and in the coalescence 
of the coxal plates in the neighbonrhood of leg I still heing in evidence. 
