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Kraepelin referred the genus to the Daesiinae, but Purcell included it in 
the Karschiinae. The species are of moderate size, the adult male measuring 
15I-17 mm. in total length, and the female 20^—22. 
A series of female specimens belonging to this genus was taken recently 
by Dr R. Broom in the Campbell district: according to Dr Broom, the species 
is found over the dolomite area, extending from a point about 40 miles north 
of Campbell to 30 miles north-west of that village. In these examples the 
first tarsus is clawed: the tarsus of the fourth leg is about 5-6 times as long 
as deep, has no ungual appendages, and is rather densely clothed interiorly 
with stiff setae: tibia III with a row of three very strong dorsal spines, also 
three weaker ones in a row posterior thereto : patella III with one strong spine 
at the apex dorsally: fourth leg without spines: the chelicerae have about 15 
comparatively short stridulatory ridges, as shewn in the adjoining figure: the 
single series of teeth in the upper jaw is unbroken, the first and second teeth 
being of moderate size, the third large, the fourth moderate, the fifth and sixth 
rather large ; coxa of palp with a long maxillary process : anterior margin of 
head-plate a little curved, upper surface with a well marked mesial groove and 
armed with long stiff setae and hairs like those on the chelicerae, with two 
Text fig. 12. Lipophaga sp. Female example frcm neighbourhood of Campbell, 
shewing: a, the stridulatory ridges on the inner surface of the chelicera; b, the 
jaws viewed from the outer side. 
prominent bristles in front of the ocular tubercle: the lateral portions of the 
head-plate are separated off from the mesial portion by a continuous suture 
as in Chelypus: in the interarticular membrane between the fourth and fifth 
sternites there is a distinct but minute median stigma : sides of abdomen only 
very sparsely hairy, the hairs being stiff and outstanding, with conspicuous 
pits arranged roughly in transverse rows. 
The largest example measures 28 mm. in total length (including the 
chelicerae), the head-plate being 5 mm. broad. 
The family Hexisopodidae was constituted by Mr R. I. Pocock (Ann. 
Mag. Nat. Hist. 6, xx. p. 250) for the reception of the remarkable genus 
Hexisopus, which at that time was very imperfectly known. The adult 
male had not been described and one of the two known species was based 
on a very young specimen, so that a character now known to be common 
Genus Hexisopus Karsch. 
