
WOMERSLEY—MICROTROMBIDINAE OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA 313 
MickOTROMBIDIUM WELLINGTONENSE Sp. NOV. 
Fig. 11 A-C. 
Description. Nymph, Colour in life red, Shape as in other species of the 
genus. Length 1-725 mm.; width 1:05 mm. Legs all shorter than body, I 930,, 
IT 600u, THT 600u, 1V 930; tarsus 1 282 long by 133, high, metatarsus T 160u long. 

Fig. 11. A-C. Mierotrombidium wellingtonense sp. n. A, Front tarsus and metatarsus 
(xX 200); B, palpal tibia and tarsus (x 200); C, dorsal setae (X 860). D-G. Microtrombidium 
fureipile (Canest). D, Crista and eyes (X 200); E, palp (X 200); F, front tarsus and meta- 
tarsus (x 200); G, dorsal setae (> 860). 
Crista and eyes not available for description owimg to damage. Palp stout, tibia 
with the usual strong claw and accessory claw and two pectines and with one 
slender externl spine arising near articulation of tarsus (ef. fig. 11 B); tarsus 
elongate, over-reaching tip of claw. Chelicerae with finely serrate inner edge. 
Dorsal setae slender with very long setules (ef. fig. 11 C), length varying from 40 
to 80). posteriorly but without any clear demarcation into two sizes, 
Loc. One specimen from Mt. Wellington, Tas., Dec. 9th, 1937 (J.W.E.). 
