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157. Sipalolasma ellioti, Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. i, p. 124, fig. 114, 



1892. 



5 . Smaller than the preceding ; the sternum, mouth-parts, palpi, 

 and legs uniformly coloured. Labium with 6-7 teeth. Tarsi of 

 both 1st and 2nd legs undivided ; claws of legs unarmed. 



J . Carapace and legs covered with long yellowish pubescence. 

 Mandibles much smaller than in female. Tibia of 1st leg armed with 

 spines, and at the apex on the inner side with a robust and curved 

 tooth, and beneath with a medium-sized blunt spur tipped with 

 four teeth (spines). Tibia of palp armed on the inner side and at 

 apex with five spines ; tarsus small, deeply bifid at apex ; spine 

 of palpal organ longer than bulb, with the apex slender and lightly 

 curved. 



Length of $ 11 mm., of d 10. 



Loc. Ceylon : Cottawa (Simon). 



Genus SASONICHUS, gen. nov. 



Allied to Plagiobothrus and Sijmlolasma ; but with the thoracic 

 fovea recurved. Tibia of 1 st leg in male without apical spur ; 

 tarsus of palp much longer than wide, with a large rounded 

 internal lobe. Tarsal scopulse scanty ; protarsal scopulse present 

 only at apex of 1st and 2nd legs. 



Type, S. sullivani, sp. n. 



Distribution. Southern India. 



158. Sasonichus sullivani, sp. n. 



Colour a uniform ashy black, with tarsi reddish yellow. Cara- 

 pace low, about as long as patella and tibia, and a little longer 

 than protarsus and tarsus of 1st leg, as long as protarsus of 4th. 

 Palp with tibia armed with 5 spines ; bulb of palpal organ sub- 

 spherical, deeply grooved, spine slender, lightly sinuous. Legs 

 bristly ; tibia of 1st cylindrical, armed with 8 spines, the one at 

 the apex on the inner side long and curved ; the rest of the legs 

 strongly spined. 



Measurements in mm.— Total length 12, carapace 6, 1st leg 15*5, 

 4th leg 21. 



Loc. Travancore : Trivandrum (Sullivan). 



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