42 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 2. NIO 8. 



Locality. — Ceylon, »under decayed leaves and rubbish 

 by M. Ferdinandus in the Royal Botanic Gardens». The spe- 

 cimens examined by me are some of those on which the Rev. 

 O. Pickard-Cambridge established his two species and the 

 new group. 



Keniarks. — The best distinguishing mark between this 

 species and all other forms hitherto known is the presence of 

 a process from the lower front angle of the trochanter of 

 the paJps. 



2. Schizomus Simonis n. sp. 

 Male, Female (and iinmature Specimeiis). 



Pl. 1.. figs. la Ir: Pl. 2., figs. la -Ip. 



Ceplialothorax. — Head with an oblong, badly defined light 

 eye-spot on each vside. Cephalic sternmn (Pl. ]., fig. le) 

 much longer than broad. Second thoracic tergite has a narrow 

 whitish stripe beneath its mesiaJ line. 



Palps. — Moderately slender (Pl. 1., fig. Ik), not fully 

 half as long as the body. Front lower part of trochanter not 

 produced; its angle measures in the male (Pl. 1., fig. Im) 

 scarcely 100°, in the female (Pl. 1., fig. Ik) about 110°. 

 Lower part of fem ur feebly protruding, with its angle obtuse 

 and rounded; the tip of this angle is a little longer from the 

 distal than from the proximal end of the upper margin of the 

 joint. Patella scarcely tw^o and a half times longer than deep, 

 without spines. Claw (Pl. 1., figs. 11 and In) scarcely or 

 slightly more than half as long as upper margin ot tarsus. 



First Leg's. — Male (Pl. 2., fig. 1 a): Moderately slender, 

 shghtly more than '^ 3 as long as the body. Coxa terminates 

 a little behind the outer angle of the mandible (Pl. 1., fig. 1 c). 

 Femur a little longer than tibia. Foot ^/4 as long as tibia, 

 scarcely ten times longer than deep, deepest at the end of 

 metatarsus (compare Pl. 2., fig. le); second metatarsal joint 

 is even slightly longer than the sum of the five proximal 

 tarsal joints; terminal tarsal joint conspicuously shorter than 

 the sum of the three proximal tarsal joints and somewhat 

 less than half as long as the whole metatarsus. — Female 

 (Pl. 2., fig. Ib): Slightly more robust than in the male, not 

 •'I i as long as the body. Coxa terminates somew^hat behind the 



