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Thrigmopceus truculentnsj sp. n. 



Smaller and paler in colour than the preceding species ; carapace 

 lower ; fovea smaller, less than width of ocular tubercle ; length of 

 carapace less than patella plus tibia and than protarsus plus tarsus of 4th 

 leg. Legs longer, ] st nearly three-and-a-half times as long as the 

 carapace, 2nd about three times as long. 



Total length 40 mm., carapace 10, 1st leg 65, 4th (i2. 



Localitij, — Karwar (Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc). 



Genus Phlogiodes, gen. nov. 



Thoracic fovea deep and strongly procurvod ; eyes of anterior line a 

 little procurved. Legs strong, tibice unspined ; protarsi of 1st and 2nd 

 spined at apex, and of 3rd and 4th with superior spines as well. Tarsal 

 scopula of 1st, 2nd and 3rd pairs undivided, of 4th narrowly divided 

 in male. Posterior sternal sigilla large and remote from the margin. 

 No tibial spur on anterior leg of male. 



Type. — P. valid^is. 



Phlogiodes validus, sp. n. 



^. Colour. — Carapace covered with a thick coating of silky yellowish 

 hairs ; femora of legs covered above with golden -brown hairs, the rest 

 of the appendages with hoary-grey hairs contrasting strongly with the 

 ruddy tint of the femora ; upper side of abdomen covered with long 

 rich golden-brown hairs. Carapace with cephalic region low and 

 narrow ; shorter than patella plus tibia of 1st and 4th legs. Legs 4, 1, 

 2, 3 in length, long and strong, with stout femora ; 4th a little less 

 than four times as long as carapace. Bulb of palpal organ but 

 little inflated ; spine broad and spatulate at base, pointed at its 

 distal end. 



Total length 25mm., carapace 12*2, 1st leg 41, 4th leg 46. 



Locality. — Matheran {Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.) 

 Phlogiodes rohustus, sp. n. 



^. Too strikingly difftrent from the foregoing to be regarded as the 

 female of the same species. Carapace and limbs scantily clothed with 

 short, greyish-red hairs ; abdomen blackish above. Carapace long, 

 almost as long as the patella plus tibia ])lus ^ protarsus and to tibia plus 

 protarsus plus tarsus of 1st leg ; cephalic region high. Legs short and 

 thick ; patella of 1st as long as its tibia and longer than its protarsus : 

 protarsal scopula of 2nd divided by broad band of setas ; no protarsal 



