182 THERAPHOSID.E. 



163. Plesiophrictus sericeus, sp. n. 



5 . Colour : integument blackish brown : hairs yellowish brown, 

 long on the lower side of the femora and patellae. Carapace as 

 long as patella, tibia, and one-third of protarsus of 1st and 4th 

 legs ; eyes of anterior line nearly straight, the posterior rim of 

 the eyes almost on a level ; the laterals on each side scarcely 

 separated. Mandible armed below with a row of 11-13 larger teeth 

 and several smaller teeth posteriorly. Tibiae of 1st and 2nd legs un- 

 spined ; protarsus with one inferior spine ; tibiae and protarsi of 

 3rd and 4th legs with many spines. 



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

 4th leg 26. 



Log. Eastern part of Poona district {Irani). 



164. Plesiophrictus COllinus, Pocock, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. xii, 



p. 749, 1S99. 



Allied to P. sericeus but smaller, and with the lateral eyes of the 

 anterior row set more forwards, so that their posterior ends are in 

 a line with the centres of the medians ; the two laterals separated 

 by a space which is about equal to half the diameter of the anterior 

 lateral. Mandible armed below with a single row of 8-9 teeth, 

 without posterior supplementary teeth. Legs a little shorter as 

 compared with carapace than in P. sericeus ; the carapace being 

 equal to the tibia -f- protarsus of the 4th leg. 



Measurements in mm. — Total length 18, carapace 8'5, 1st leg 19, 

 4th 20. 



Loc. Yercaud in the Shevaroy Hills (Henderson) ; Madras 

 Presidency (Jambunathan). 



165. Plesiophrictus tenuipes, Pocock, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. xii, 



p. 749, 1899. 



Differing from P. collinus and P. sericeus in having the anterior 

 lateral eye much larger than the median, and distinctly elliptical 

 instead of subspherical, its posterior edge almost on a level with 

 that of the median, its anterior edge far in advance of that of the 

 median. Mandible armed below as in P. collinus. Legs much 

 longer ; carapace as long as patella and tibia of 1st or 4th ; 

 anterior legs not stouter than posterior ; all the tarsal scopulae 

 divided. 



Measurements in mm. — Total length 16, carapace 7, 1st leg 16, 

 4th leg 20. 



Loc. Ceylon : Kandy ( Yerbury). 



The following species is probably referable to Plesiophrictus 

 rather than to Stichoplastus, a typically Neotropical genus. 



166. Plesiophrictus fabrei, Simon, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. lxi, p. 278, 



1892 (Stichoplastua). 



$ . Colour much as in the preceding species. Carapace as long as 



