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Order SOLIFUG^. 

 Genus Rhagodes, Poc. 

 (== EAar, Koch, Simon, Focock, &c., not Rhax^ Hermann.) 

 Rhagodes vittatus, sp. n. 

 Closely allied to E. semiflavus, Poc, but differing in having a broad 

 pale band extending throughout the upper surface of the abdomen and 

 including the last or anal segment. In R. semijlavus the pale band 

 only extends over the posterior half of the upper side of the abdomen, 

 and the anal segment is black. 



Total length of body and mandibles 30 mm. 

 Locality, — Karaghora in Kathiawar {Bombay Nat, Hist, Soc). 

 Order ARANE.E (Spiders). 

 Family THERAPHOSID^, 

 Genus Selbnocasmia, Auss. 

 Selenocasmia himalayana, sp. n. 

 Colour. — Carapace covered with yellowish-grey pubescence ; 

 abdomen brownish- black, with olive-green pubescence above, blackish 

 below ; legs nearly black, with the exception of the patellae and the 

 upper side of the trocanter and coxsa which are yellowish-grey and the 

 same colour as the carapace. 



Total length 35 mm., length of carapace 15. 

 Locality. — Dehra Dun (F, Gleadow). 



Genus Chilobrachys, Karsch. 

 Chilobraehys Jimbriatus, sp. n. 

 Colon?' of upper side a tolerably uniform yellowish-brown ; velvety- 

 black below. Carapace as long as patella plus tibia of 1st leg, much 

 longer than those of 4th. Legs of first pair considerably longer than 

 of 4th ; femora of palpi and of anterior two pairs furnished externally 

 with a thick fringe of hairs. 



Total length about 50 mm., carapace 26. 

 Locality. — Khandalla {Bombay Nat. Hist, Soc), 

 Genus Pcecilotheria, Sim. 

 Pcecilotheria rufilata, sp. n. 

 $ . Colour of dorsal side of body and limbs a tolerably uniform 

 greyish-red, only obscurely mottled ; sternum, coxae and trochanter 

 velvety-black ; femur of palpi black below in the basal two-thirds of 

 its length, with metallic lustre, paler in the distal third of its length ; 



