176 BABYCHELIDJ3. 



almost twice the long diameter of the eye. JRastellum consisting 

 of cluster of strong spines. Labium and maxilla? toothed ; legs 

 and palpi scantily scopulate, spined ; claws toothed. Mamillce 

 normal. 



Type, P. semilunaris, Karsch. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



155. Plagiobothms semilunaris, Karsch, Bed. ent. Zeits. xxxvi, 



p. -273, t. x, fig. 3, 1892. 



Colour : carapace and limbs deep brown, ocular tubercle yellow ; 

 abdomen black above, brown beneath, with epigastric area and 

 opercula pale. Carapace nearly one fourth longer than wide, as long 

 as patella and tibia, and one third of the protarsus of 1st leg, a 

 little longer than patella and tibia of 4th. Tibia of palpus armed 

 with 1 basal inferior and about 4 apical spines ; 1st leg unarmed ; 

 2nd with 2 spines on inner and 2 on underside of tibia and 

 protarsus ; tibia and protarsus of 3rd and 4th with many spines. 



Measurements in mm. — Total length 24, carapace 11, 1st leg 26, 

 2nd leg 23, 3rd leg 21-5, 4th leg 30-5. 



Loc. Ceylon: Peradeniya (Sarasin) ; Kandy (Yerbury). 



Genus SIPALOLASMA, Simon. 

 Sipalolasma, Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. i. p. 123, 1892. 



Differs from Plar/iobothrus in having the thoracic fovea trans- 

 verse, with only a slight procurvature, the ocular area not or 

 scarcely wider behind than in front, and the protarsi and tarsi of 

 the anterior two pairs of legs thickly scopulate to the base, that of 

 the tarsus of the 2nd leg being at most narrowly divided. 



J with legs much longer and thinner ; tibia of 1st pair with a 

 low spine-tipped spur ; tarsus of palp short, bifid. 



Type, S. ellioti, Simon. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Synopsis of Species (females). 



a. Length 11 mm. ; claws unarmed S. ellioti, p. 176. 



b. Length 22 mm. ; claws toothed S. greeni, p. 177. 



156. Sipalolasma greeni, sp. u. 



5 . Colour : carapace and legs deep brown, femora clearer red, 

 coxae and sternum darker than femora ; abdomen blackish. 

 Carapace a little longer than broad, its length equal to patella and 

 tibia of 4th leg. Labium with 3 teeth ; tibia of palp and tibia and 

 protarsus of 3rd and 4th le(/s armed with many spines, tibia of 

 1st with about 8, of 2nd with about 5 spines ; scopulse of 1st and 

 2nd legs forming a thick fringe; tarsal scopula of 2nd narrowly 

 divided, of 3rd and 4th broadly divided; claws toothed. 



Measurements in. mm. — Total length 22, carapace 10, 1st leg 23, 

 4th 27. 



Loc. Ceylon : Punduloya (Green). 



