IN NEW BRITAIN, THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, LOYALTY ISLANDS, ETC. 



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Labium without cusps, bristly ; maxillae vvith nine or ten cusps or the anterior 

 angle of the proximal extremity. 

 Sternum with marginal sigilla. 



Palpi with about seven setiform spines on the inner and under side of the 

 tibia at its distal end. 



Legs: 1st and 2nd pairs without spines, with at most thickened bristles on the 

 lower side of the distal end of the tibia ; 3rd leg with one or two spines on 

 anterior side of patella, one on anterior side of tibia and two setiform spines on 

 lower side of tibia at its distal end ; protarsus with three strong anterior spines and 

 about three pairs of spines below, those situated along the posterior side of the 

 lower surface setiform ; 4th leg with its tibia armed below with a few setiform 

 spines ; protarsus with three strong spines in front and three below, two at the apex, 

 as well as some spiniform setae ; scopulae on palpus and on legs of 1st and 2nd 

 pairs undivided and extending to the base of the segments ; protarsus of 3rd with 

 a few apical scopular hairs, scopula of 3rd tarsus divided ; scopular hairs on 4th 

 protarsus scarcely traceable, scopula on 4th tarsus divided by a wide band of setae ; 

 claws armed with two teeth near the middle of their length, the second posterior 

 tooth small on the posterior legs. 



Measurements in millimetres. Total length 12, length of carapace 5'5, width 4*5 ; 

 length of palp 8 - 5, of 1st leg 12, 2nd leg 115, 3rd leg 11, 4th leg 15 (all measured 

 from base of femur). 



Loc. New Britain. 



Judging by the colour of the legs this species most resembles Idiommata annidipes, 

 Thorell (Ann. Mus. Genova XVII., p. 248, 1881), from Yule Island, New Guinea, but 

 differs from it at least in the absence of spines from the tibia of the anterior legs. 



Family. Ctenizidae. 

 Genus. Conothele, Thorell. 

 Ann. Mus. Genova xill., p. 304, 1878. 



Conothele arboricola, sp. n. 

 PI. X. Fig. 3—3 a. 



Colour of upper side a nearly uniform blackish brown ; abdomen tinted with 

 purple ; lower surface paler brown. 



Carapace smooth, slightly hairy laterally ; with a pair of long setae on the summit, 

 a few shorter ones between this and the ocular tubercle, two in front of the tubercle: 

 tubercle transversely oblong ; carapace about as long as wide, its length about equal 

 to that of patella, tibia and protarsus of 1st leg, and as long as patella, tibia and 

 half the protarsus of the 4th leg and about equal to the three distal segments of 

 the palpus. 



Mandibles with rake consisting of a single row of teeth above the socket of the 

 fang and three or four additional teeth above the inner end of the seines ; armed 

 below with ten teeth, six along the outer row, tour along the inner. 



