804 R. I. POCOCK. 



ajjophysis (fig. 6 b) sleiicier, slightly sinuous, directed forwards, slightly outwards, and slightly 

 curved over at the point ; beneath it at the base there is a short but strong angular 

 process. For structure of palpal organ see fig. 6 a. 



Measurement in mm. ?. Total length 1.5, length of carapace 6'5, of 1st leg 24, of 

 2nd 27, of 3rd 23, of 4th 24. ^. Total length 10, length of carapace 5, of 1st leg 25, of 

 2nd 80, of 3rd 22, of 4th 24. 



Locality. Minikoi ; Madu, S. Mahlosmadulu ; Hulule, Male ; and Suvadiva Atoll. 



It seems improbable that this species will prove to be peculiar to the Maldive and 

 Laccadive Archipelagoes, but I cannot refer the specimens to any Oriental species known to 

 me. Three Ceylonese species, however, which I have not seen, have been described by 

 Karsch (Berl. Ent. Zeits. xxxvi. pp. 291 — 292, 1892), namely H. umbrato, eluta, and subtilis; 

 but the details given of the tibial apophysis in each case seem to preclude the probability 

 of H. atollicola being identical with either of them. It is to be hoped that the publication 

 of the figures of the vulva and of the palpal organ will enable the question to be definitely 

 settled when Karsch's types have been re-examined. 



Family Attidae. 

 Genus Thotmes F. Cambr. (= Plexippus auct. in part). 



23. Thotmes puykulli Aud. (PL LXVI. fig. 7). 



Attus puykulli Aud. aud recent authors. 



Locality. Minikoi. A widely distributed species. 



I take the opportunity of illustrating the structure of the vulva (fig. 7), which has never 

 before been figured, I believe. 



Genus Garrhotus Thor. 



24. Garrhotus viduus C. L. Koch; Thor. (PI. LXVI. fig. 8a,b). 



Garrhotus viduus Thor., The Spiders of Burma, p. 378, 1895. 



Locality. Minikoi. This species has been previously recorded from Ceylon, Burma, and 

 elsewhere in the Oriental Region. 



Fig. 8 a shows the tarsus of the palp of the male from the underside and 8 b the 

 tibial apophysis of the same appendage, structures which have not been hitherto figured. 



Genus Hylhts C. Koch. 



25. Hyllus pudicus Thor. (PI. LXVI. tig. 9 a—c). 



Hyllu3 pudicus Thorell, The Spiders of Burma, p. 373, 1895. 

 Locality. Minikoi. A species hitherto recorded from Burma. 

 Some important specific characters of this species are shown by fig. 9 a — c. 



