150 SOLPTTGIDJE. 



head. Spines and spiniform setae of legs and palpi thinner than 

 in R. semiJJavus. 



c?. Resembling female in colour. Palpus twice and a half as 

 long as the width of the head, the latter as long as its patella 

 and one-third of the tibia of the palpus and of 4th leg, or as the 

 patella and about three-quarters of the tibia of the 3rd leg. 

 Measurements in mm. : — 



Total Width Length Length of Length of patella, tibia, 



length. of head. of palp. 4th leg. and tarsus of palp. 



$ .... 33 10 19-5 28 13-3 



<J .... 20 6 16 23 10 



Loc. N. W. India : "Umballah ; Dbarmsala (Fulton) ; Dera Ghazi 

 Khan (Watts) : Nepal (Hardivicke, type)*. 



123. Rhagodes vittatus, Pocock, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. xii, p. 740, 

 1899. 



<$ . Colour of head, mandibles, legs, palpi, thoracic terga, and 

 under side as in R. semifavus, but differing from the latter in the 

 colour of the upper and lateral surface of the abdomen ; the tergal 

 plates, with exception of the 1st, which is black at the sides, are a 

 uniform clear yellow, the last or anal segment being at most faintly 

 clouded with fuscous below, the sides of the upper surface 

 ornamented by a broad deep black band, which extends from the 

 first tergite to the posterior end of the abdomen, narrowing 

 posteriorly and stopping short before reaching the anal somite. 

 Head thickly clothed, especially behind, with long reddish hairs ;. 

 mandibles as in the male of R. brevipes, but with the third tooth 

 of the upper jaw and the large tooth of the lower distinctly smaller. 

 Width of head equal to patella and half the tibia of the palp, to 

 patella and one-fourth the tibia of the 4th leg, and to patella and 

 half the tibia of the 3rd. Legs and palpi spined as in the preceding 

 species, but the coxae of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd legs furnished with 

 long, slender, cylindrical, dark-coloured spines. 



Measurements in mm. — d. Total length 22, width of head 6-5, 

 length of palp 16, length of 4th leg 26, patella, tibia, and tarsus of 

 palp 9 - 5. 



Loc. Karaghora in Kathiawar (Bullleij). 



124. Rhagodes nigriceps, Pocock, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. ix, p. 451,. 

 18ho (Hhax) : persicus, Kraepelin, Jb. Hamb. tviss. Anst. xvi, 

 p. 211, 1899 (Uhagodes). 



$ . Colour. Head and upper side of abdomen uniformly deep 

 black, as in R. brevipes, with rarely a pale patch on the posterior ex- 

 tremity of the upper side of the abdomen ; mandibles clear yellow : 

 legs and palpi coloured as in R. hrevipes, but with only the tarsus of 

 the palp and 1st leg deep brown, the tibia at most lightly browned. 



* Hardwicke's localities a»e not to be trusted. In the present instance, Nepal 

 is probably erroneous. 



