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larger bristle-covered areas in most species of the suhruher-grony ^ 

 to which the species also belongs. 



The galea is small, with no traces of teeth. 



The hand of the palps, as Thorell states, is glossy, but 

 minutely shagreened; as regards the rest, Thorell's description as 

 to granulation and hairs agrees well, the hairs being on the inner 

 side of trochanter and femur slightly clavate, the other hairs only 

 truncate, or on the lingers simple. The hand is only i^ times as 

 broad as the tibia (Thorell says ca. i^ timesV Differing most 

 from Thorell's description are the shape and the dimensions of 

 the fermur, but this may perhaps depend on the age and the sex 

 (see above). The femur of the male (from Medlia Hills) has a 

 slender stalk and is (seen from above) not a little wider at the 

 base than at the extremity thus narrowing distally (a rare case 

 in the Chelifers^; laterally seen the femur is abruptly, nearly 

 perpendicularly widened from the stalk and very high at the 

 base, but with the upper surface regularly slanting towards the 

 tip. The length of the femur is about 2^ times the width at the 

 base; Thorell says of his specimen, that this proportion is 3|. 



The length of the specimen from the hills near Medha (with 

 abdomen extended) is 3 mm. 



The other measurements are as follows: — Cephalothorax : 

 long. 0-93; lat. 0'57. Femur: long. o"6o; lat. (at the base) o*25. 

 Tibia: long. 0*57; lat. 0-25. Hand: long, o 57 ; lat. 0-34. Fin- 

 gers : long. o'43 mm. 



Chelifer subruber, E. Simon. 



India. Dehra Dun (base of W. Himalaya.s), i $ , on the wall of the dining 

 room in the F"orest School, M. No. -yi-. 



Ceylon: Peradeniva, i jun., under loose bark of jack-fruit tree, 7-V-1910, 

 M. No. if p. 



The species is a cosmopolitan one. The specimen from Ceylon 

 is rather young and badly preserved, but it ma^'' belong to this 

 species. 



Chelifer superbus, With. 



India. Travancore : Maddathoray (W. base of W. Ghats 1, i $ , on a mon- 

 key {Macacns siiiicus), ij-xi-iQcS, M. No. -yti. — W. Dun (base of W. Hima- 

 layas), 2$, 2 jun., under bark of dead Sal {Shorea robiista), ig-xi-igio, 

 M. No. -yy-. — Kobo, 400 ft., I $ , under logs, collected by S. W. Kemp (Abor 

 Expedition'), M. No. i^p. 



There were also in the collection 4 J from an unknown locality, M. No. -yy^. 

 with the notice on the label, that they were taken on a Cerambycid ( " infesting 

 Batocera " ). 



All the specimens had the character in common, that the 

 lingers were nearly as long as the hand, and that at least some of 

 the claws of the legs had teeth, but there is no doubt that such 

 teeth may be absent. In connexion with the specimens numbered 

 Hi', it may be of interest to note that With's type specimens 

 also were taken on a Batocera, from Celebes. 



