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Some of these species are very doubtful, such as No. 15, 20, 

 26j 27 and 28. 



No. 18, Chelifer depressus (Koch) Hansen, was really not 

 found in India but in a cargo from India, but about this species 

 see further below. 



As a result of the examination of the collection from the 

 Indian Museum, I am able to give, as a continuation, the follow- 

 ing list : — 



Chelifer indicus. With. India. 



,, /ayawws, Thorell. India; Ceylon. 



,, navigator , With. Andamans ; India; Ceylon. 



,, orites, Thorell. India ; Ceylon. 



,, plehejus, With. India. 



29. ,, nodosus, Schrank. India ; Ceylon. 



30. ,, himalay en si s, s-p. nov. India. 



,, borneoensis, EUingsen. Ceylon. 



31. ,, ceylanicus, sp. nov. Ceylon. 



,, depressus (Koch) Hansen. India. 



,, Hansenii, Thorell. India. 



32. ,, subruber, E. Simon. India ; Ceylon. 



33. ,, superbus, With. India. 



34. Cheiridium nmseorum, Leach. India. 

 Olpium birmanicum, With. India. 



35. ,, Jacobsoni, Tullgren. India. 



36. ,, longiventer, Keyserling. India. 



37. Garypus insularis, Tullgren. India. 



38. Teaella affinis, Hirst. India. 



39. Ideobisium sp. India. 



Before treating the species in the collection under considera- 

 tion, I shall, in connection with these, make some remarks on 

 the Chelifer birmanicus group. 



There are in the collection a great number of specimens of 

 the birmanicus- gxonp ; but, remarkably enough, there is not a 

 single specimen with distinct transverse grooves on the cephalo- 

 thorax ; thus not a single specimen could be referred to Chelifer 

 birmanicus, Thorell. There are, certainly, one or two specimens 

 of Ch. javanus (see further below) which on the cephalothorax 

 have a broad transverse band, irregularly limited in front and 

 behind, with a darker colour than the rest of the surface ; but I 

 have considered this only as an accidental irregularity ; at ail 

 events it does not resemble the usual transverse grooves. 



The Indian species of this group, as regards those with no 

 transverse groove on the cephalothorax, are on the whole rather 

 difficult to distinguish from each other, with the exception of 

 Ch. orites, which on account of its ver}^ short fingers seems to take 

 a rather isolated place, at least among those which I know. There 

 is another species with ver}^ short fingers, Ch. vermiformis, With, 

 but among the rather numerous specimens in the collection wMth 

 short fingers I have found none which could be separated from 



