1914-] E. Elungsen : Indian Pseudoscorpions. 7 



The specimen is somewhat smaller in size than the type 

 from Borneo, but is apparently a fully mature male. The 

 cephalothorax is completely smooth and there are no traces of 

 teeth on the claws. These seem to be the only two characters of 

 importance in which males of this species differ from those 

 of Chelifer M oriensenii , With. 



Chelifer ceylanicus, sp, nov. 



(7* . No eyes, but ocular spots present. 



Colour. — Cephalothorax, tergites and palps palish brown, 

 fingers somewhat darker ; the other parts of the animal whitish. 



Cephalothorax a little longer than wide in the middle, where 

 it is broadest; behind the anterior groove nearly parallel-sided, 

 in front of it roundly narrowing forwards, the front margin 

 slightly convex. A deep transverse groove about in the middle ; 

 before reaching the lateral margin it curves forwards, and the 

 cephalothorax in this place is thus somewhat depressed and 

 widened, attaining here, as mentioned, its greatest width. The 

 posterior groove is scarcely visible, in some specimens indicated. 

 The surface minutely, but distinctly and regularly granulate 

 and only a little glossy. The hairs short, thick and sHghtly 

 clavate. 



Abdomen : The tergites divided longitudinally by a fine line, 

 except the last one. The surface nearly glossless and minutely 

 shagreened; the hairs somewhat longer than those of cephalo- 

 thorax and slightly clavate; on the last somite some long, tactile 

 hairs. The sternites divided like the teigites, glossy and sHghtly 

 shagreened, with long, pointed hairs; on six sternites but the 

 last one (4-9) provided with large, broad and laterally narrowing 

 areas with dense bristles. 



Palps somewhat longer than the body (with abdomen exten- 

 ded). Coxa smooth and glossy. Trochanter, femur and tibia 

 nearly glossless and minutely, but distinctly granulate, hand 

 very glossy and minutely granulate, fingers smooth. The hairs 

 of trochanter and of the inner side of femur and part of the 

 tibia slightly clavate, those of the outer side of the same joints 

 and those of the hand more or less pointed ; the clothing of the 

 hand very dense; the hairs of the fingers dense and pointed with 

 longer tactile ones. Trochanter pedicillate and proportionally 

 slender, nearly twice as long as wide, the inner side somewhat 

 convex, the outer side with a low triangular protuberance near 

 the base, the upper side with a large, much rounded protuberance 

 Femur slender, nearlv four times as long as wide, with a distinct 

 stalk, the inner side nearly straight except for a short concave 

 portion near the tip, behind suddenly widened from the stalk, 

 the hind margin slightly convex, rounded at the tip; femur in all 

 rather parallel-sided, yet a little narrower at the tip than at the 

 base. Tibia a little longer than femur, long and slender, about 

 4 times as long as wide, with a short and curved stalk, somewhat 



