RHAGODES. 151 



"Width of head equal to patella and three-fourths the tibia of the 

 palpus, almost as long as these segments of the 4th leg, and as long 

 as the patella, tibia, and tarsus of the 3rd leg. Spine-armature of 

 legs and palpi as in E. brevipes, but the tibia of the 4tb leg armed 

 in front beneath with two distinct spines in addition to tbe two at 

 the apex of this segment as in E. semiflavus, but the two spines 

 closer together. 



d" . With terminal fangs of mandible very long, slender, and 

 curved, very noticeably more so than in the males of E. brevipes and 

 E. vittatus: flagellwm larger, its terminal portion thicker than in 

 the previously described males. Width of head about equal to 

 patella and one-third of tibia of palpus and of 4th leg. Coxcr 

 bearing numerous cylindrical spines. 



Length of patella, tibia, 

 and tarsus of palp. 



9 



10-2 



Lor. East India (type): Xortbern Baluchistan (Maynard $ 

 MacMahon); Persia (Kraepelin). 



125. Rhagodes nigrOCillCtus, Bernard. Join: Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, 

 p. 861, pi. xxvi, tip-. 2, 1894; Pocock, Jour. Bum. N. H. Soc. ix. 

 p. 451, 1895 (Rhax). 



$ . Colour of upper side of trunk as in E. vittatus, the head and 

 mandibles being blackish brown, but there is a conspicuous yellow 

 patch on each antero-lateral angle of the head ; terga of thorax 

 yellow, lightly clouded with fuscous ; terga of abdomen yellow, the 

 anterior portion of the 1-t and 9th black, and the antero-lateral 

 angles of the Gth. 7th, and s th. and to a lesser degree of the others, 

 blackish ; anal somite and sides of abdomen black, lower surface of 

 abdomen deep blackish brown, the median area of the 1st sternum, 

 and the area around the stigmata on the 2nd and 3rd, yellow ; mal- 

 leoli flavous : coxa' of legs and palpi and first trochanter segment of 

 3rd and 4th legs clouded with dull brown : palpi yellow, with the 

 trochanter and inferior edge of femur black, a black ring round the 

 middle of the patella occupying about one-third of its length, and 

 the distal half of the tibia and the tarsus black ; 1st leg yellow. 

 with a black spot on the under side of the femur and patella; tarsus 

 deep brown ; 2nd leg with a complete black ring round the femur; 

 3rd leg with complete femoral ring and a black ring round distal 

 half of patella, but separated by about its own width from the apex 

 of the segment ; 4th leg with a broad black femoral ring, incom- 

 plete in the middle line above, and a black spot on the posterior 

 side of tbe patella ; there is also a black patch on the upper side of 

 the 3rd and 4th legs, marking their point of attachment to tin- 

 thorax. Width of head as compared with length of legs and 

 palpi, dentition of mandibles, and apine-armature of legs as in 

 E. nigriceps. 



