J96^ 



the tarsus, wliich is 42 longer than deep; the larsiis ol' llic lourlli pair of legs is 

 14 longer than the femur is deep. 



Colour. — The palps are dark reddish-brown with the chela darkest and the 

 trochanter distinctly lighter; the head is light reddish brown, and the tergal scle- 

 riles are pale-brown; the rest of the body is yellowish. 



Measurements. — Céphalothorax 1288 (1036); abdomen 2940 (1-656) mm. 



Palps: trochanter 0644 (0405); femur M48 (0-460); tibia 1176 (0560); hand 

 1-232 (0-700), depth 0720; finger 0820 mm. 



Leg I: femur 0792 (0325), trochantin 0-144; tibia 0603 (0185); tarsus 0486 

 (0-117) mm. 



Leg IV: femur 1-035 (0-450), Irochanlin 0450; tibia 0873 (0252); tarsus 

 0-612 (0-153) mm. 



Material. — I have examined a single female, collected by the missionary 

 Mr. Löventhal at Vellore near Madras. 



34. Chelifer articiilosiis Sim. 



1899. E. Simon (15.) pp. 120—121. 

 Ocular spots; céphalothorax longer than broad, smooth wilhoul transverse lines. 

 The palps are smooth with very short hairs; the trohanter, which is scarcely longer 

 than broad, is anteriorly straight and posteriorly "valdc et obtusissime bigibboso"; 

 "tibia auguste et sat longe peliolata, dein abrupte et valde ampliala et femåre", 

 which is scarcely twice as long as broad, "paulo latiore, superne visa subglobosa, 

 et intus et extus (praesertim intus), valde convexo" ; the hand is of almost equal 

 breadth to the tibia and distinclly longer than finger. This species is best charac- 

 terized by its short trochanter and femur, which is scarcely twice as long as broad; 

 from Ch. rotundas n. sp., to which it seems to be nearly related, it differs in having 

 smooth palps and a narrow hand. 



35. Chelifer rotundas n. sp. 

 (PI. IV, figs. 11 a-c; fig. 24, p. 197). 



c?. Indistinct ocular spots: céphalothorax much longer than broad, without trans- 

 verse line, smooth with almost simple hairs; abdomen long and slender with indistinct 

 tergites, with (i(?) hairs in front of row in median segments, and with terminal "tac- 

 tile" hairs; the genital area of "Birmanicus" type. The partly granular palps are a 

 little longer than the body ; trochanter distinctly longer tluin broad with the posterior 

 margin rcdher abruptly conuex and the dorsal produced into a high, obtusely pointed, 

 conical tubercle; the femur is twice as long as broad, a little shorter, but distinctly 

 narrower than the tibia, which has a fairly long stalk, strongly convex lateral outlines 

 and a fairly well marked basal posterior elevation. The hand is P'2 broader than the 

 tibia, 17 longer than broad, 1-4 longer than deep and 1'5 longer than fmger. "Tac- 

 tile" hair of the fourth pair is placed at the base of the tarsus; the tibia of the first 

 pair is a little longer than the tarsus, which is ^"2 longer than deep. 



