4 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. X, 



by the high femur, the long tibial stalk and the proportionally very 

 slender hand. 



Chclifer orites, Thorell. 



India. Calcutta, 2 ? , taken in the Museum buildings from a nest of Cypse- 

 litsaffinis, i5-vi-i9oy (together witli Ch. navigator, \N\ih), M. No. ^yf " ; i ? jun., 

 O-vi-igio (badly preserved, but probably belonging to this species), leg. Nowbut, 

 M. No. if^-^.— N. Bengal: Siripur, Saran, 3 ? , M. No. iff^.— South India: 

 Marikuppam, ca. 1500 ft., i?, 19-X-1910, M. No. -xy- ; Anamalais, Paralai 

 Estate, 3800 ft., I?, in rotten logs, 28-i-i9i2, M. No. -yy- ; Oorgaum, 1$, 

 M. No. ^^. 



Ceylon: .\nuradhapura, i $ jun, x-1911, M. No. -^y- ; Peradeniya, 2 (;;{ , i $, 

 M. No. iff^. 



This species, easily recognizable from the other Indian species 

 of this group (excl. Ch. vermiformis, With) by its very short 

 fingers, seems, according to the localities above mentioned, to be 

 widely distributed on the Indian continent as well as in Ceylon. 

 It is also the largest Indian ppecies of those belonging to the 

 birmanicus group. A species so widely distributed must naturally 

 vary more or less in some characters; this variation is especially 

 pronounced as regards the granulation of the palps. 



Chelifer plebcjus, With. 



India. Darjiling District : Siliguri (ba.se of E. Himalayas), 3 J", 12 $ , 2 jun., 

 on bark of Ficiis religiosa, 28-iii-i9io, M. No. -yf-. — Orissa District: Puri i 

 jun., i-1908, M. No. -yy-. — Travancore : Trivandrum, i(-f, 3o-xi-i9ii (Trivan- 

 drum Museum). 



Ceylon: Peradeniya, 2 (^ , under loose bark of jack-fruit tree, /-vi-igio, 

 M. No. ifi^. 



The specimens from Siliguri are well developed ; I have 

 compared them with a specimen from Burma for which I am 

 indebted to Mr. With. The upper side of the palpal trochanter 

 has a small, pointed tubercle, also present in With's specimen. 

 But the exceedingly robust and nearl}^ smooth palps arc good 

 characters, as is also the strongly curved form of the hand (inclu- 

 ding the fingers). The specimen from Puri is very young, but 

 belongs certainly to this species ; the palps are nearly smooth , 

 with the exception of some slight granulation on the inner side of 

 femur. 



Chelifer nodosus, .Schrank. 



India. Calcutta, 1$, Museum compound, under bricks, 17-X-1910, M. No. 

 iffi. — Dehra Dun (base of W. Himalayas), i (^ , on a wall of the dining- 

 room of the Forest School, M. No. ^\^. 



Ceylon : Peradeniya, i $ , 4-viii-i9io, M. No. -yy"- 



There is no doubt that the specimens from Calcutta and 

 from Dehra Dun belong to this species; the whole animal, the 

 galea included, fully resembles German specimens with which they 

 have been compared. The galea, as in Ch. scor pioides , is some- 

 what stag-horn like ; but the pointed hairs distinguish it com- 

 pletely from the latter species. The animal is certainly imported 

 from Europe where the species is often found as a pseudo-para- 

 site on flies. 



