PALAM3 



■ ■--" - - width of hand; underhand aijjut two-thirds 



the length of the movable : ' . _ molar femora ; 



beneath with 6 posterior and 4 anterior spines, the 



distal 2 oi thes? situated on the termina - ; tips of the 1 - 



furnished with bristles. P ,■■■,( ■' 



With larger pectines anl a longer tail than in 2 : I 

 tail sometimes nearly five times as long is 'he carapace, and the 

 -r considerably shorter than the 1st and 2nd segments. 

 Chelae in ; * as in 



Mi in mm. (specimen from Trichinopolyi. — J . Total 



length 14". carapace 18, tail 78, width of hand 17, underhand 12, 

 movable finder 18. 



d 1 . Total length 138, carapace 17*2, tail 82, width of hand 17, 

 underhand 12'5, movable ringer 18*5. 



Loc. India and the plain* of Ceylon ; absent from the Konkan, the 

 ibar coast, and the hills ion : Dehra Dun 



Burdwan and Choti Nagpore (Dundas I in Benga ; Satna 



.id Kaipur [Martin) in the Central Provir. s; ^iiahabad 

 t/joi in the Dekhan : Dowlaifhweram on the Godavari 

 | W\ : Dharwari Woodr ; Madras . ' m): 



TanjoreiP Rarnnadi Hend&rsc . . Trincomali 



if Batsett-Smiik) and Chilan ; ; .in Ceylon. 



This is the lar_ - 9 rpion of India, and. with the exception or I - 

 near ally the ^ est-African Pand - . the lar_- est s -cies 



in the world, sometini a bing a length ol 3 .in. | 7 inches . 



In addition to the typical form ab • .vith legs and 



chelae a deep brown colour and aim'- - jr-; as the upper - 

 of the trunk, the following two subspecies may be r _ ed : — 



Subspecies hicidipee, SSmo*, BtJL Soe. ZooL Fr. x, ] - 385 -^orpio). 



Differs from the typical form in having I _- ' ir yell 



Loc. Bamnad : Trichinopolyi/'. 



Subspecies flavimanus, dot. 



Bes^mbl-- t in having the I g8 ir yellow, but dif: - 



from it and from the typical form in having the hands of the i-hela? 

 clear red or yellow, and contrast g strongly with the dark tit," 

 the body. 



Loc. Coonoor ; Coimbatore i Brady, typ 



71. Palamnaeus fulvipes. fc, Arachn. iv. p. 45 _ 278 338, 



(Buth - Kanck, Ahh. 7Vr. B r e m e n , ix. j - 387 N 



-- l'andin km. 



V II Set. vii. p. ::04. 1893; K ■ i>>p. Jh. Hamb. vie*. Am*t. xi. 

 p. 44. 1804 Scorpio ; Kraep. Tien s ' V- ''-• i~ 



i Heteronu I 



much as in the pre . - 55 body a deep Uackish 



or reddish brown : hands redder : _- - mandtblea clear 



vellow. or more rarely reddis brown. C much diitt^r 



than in P. 1 not 9 rollen in the middh rs - 



