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CTENIZ1DJE. 



blackish. Carapace a little shorter than patella, tibia, and pro- 

 tarsus of 1st leg ; ocular tubercle elevated in front ; eyes of 

 posterior row very unequally spaced, their posterior edges in a 

 straight line ; medians about tour diameters apart, and less than 



Fig. 54. — Acanthodon crassus, Sim., $ , X 1^. 



two from the laterals ; anterior medians about a diameter apart. 

 Labium with three teeth. Legs : coxa of 4th not spinulose below ; 

 tibia of 3rd longer than wide. 



Measurements in mm.' — Total length 26, carapace 13, palp 21 ; 

 1st leg 24, 2nd 22, 3rd 23, 4th 30 ; patella and tibia of 1st 10, of 

 4th 11-5. 



Loc. Burma: Minhla (Comotto) ; Tharrawaddy (Oates) ; Palon 

 (Fea) ; Meiktila (Collett). 



Simon doubtfully refers to this species some immature specimens 

 of Acanthodon procured at Wagra-Karur, near Guntakal, Bellary 

 (Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. x, p. 23, 1885). 



132. Acanthodon opifex, Pocock, Journ. Bom. N. H. Soc. xii, p 750 

 1899. 



Allied to the preceding, but darker in colour. Postocular area 

 more strongly elevated than in A. crassus; ocular tubercle Mat 

 above ; posterior median eyes less than three diameters apart, and 

 more than one diameter from the posterior laterals ; anterior 

 medians more than a diameter apart, and nearly two diameters 



