292 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voy. XI, 
than the first. ‘Tarsus and metatarsus together of first and third 
legs, and metatarsus alone of fourth legs, about equal to carapace 
in length; tarsus and metatarsus of second legs slightly shorter, of 
fourth legs longer by about half the length of the metatarsus, this 
joint being slightly longer than the femora of the first and fourth 
legs which are about equal to one another and to the femur to- 
gether with half the patella of the second and third legs. The 
proportions all somewhat variable. 
Colour.—Dark olivaceous brown, the tarsi and metatarsi of the 
two front pairs of legs, and the tarsi and distal halves of the meta- 
tarsi of the two hind pairs, white. The tarsi of the palps whitish. 
Structure.—The carapace resembles in shape that of Plesio- 
phrictus satarensts described below, but the fovea is lightly pro- 
curved, andthe anterior median eyes vary from slightly smaller 
than, to distinctly larger than, the anterior laterals, the diameter 
of the former being in the latter case about equal to the long 
diameter of the latter. 
The posterior sigilla of the steynum vary in position from 
being almost close to the margin to being separated from it by 
somewhat more than the diameter of one of them. 
The /abium and its teeth are normal. 
The inner surfaces of the chelicerae lack the row of spines 
characteristic of females of this genus. 
The palps are slender, their tarsi bilobed, with the outer 
lobe itself obscurely divided into two parts, one anterior to the 
palpal organ and the other on its outer side. The palpal organ is 
shown on pl. xv, fig. 4b: the spiral curvature of its gracefully 
bowed, slender, tapering style is very slight. 
The first Jegs are unarmed except for the usual apical spine 
on the metatarsus and apophysis (fig. 4a) and spine (the latter 
sometimes absent) on the tibia. The metatarsus of the second 
legs is armed with three apical spines and one (rarely absent) 
about in the middle of the ventral side. The tibia of the same 
leg has two apical spines and often one mid-ventral one. The 
tibiae and metatarsi of the third and fourth legs are each armed 
with a number of spines in the distal two-thirds of their length. 
Of the tarsal scopulae only the fourth is divided. The meta- 
tarsal scopulae are all apical only; those of the third and fourth 
legs are sometimes obsolete. 
2. Dimensions.—Carapace up to 11°0 X 84mm. Sternum 
up to 4°55 * 3°8 mm. Legs in the order 4, I, 2, 3, but relatively 
much shorter than in the male. Carapace of about the same 
length as sum of tibia and patella or metatarsus of first leg, to 
sum of femur and patella of second leg, to patella and tibia with 
half metatarsus of third, to tibia with patella or half metatarsus 
of fourth; metatarsus of fourth about equal to tarsus and meta- 
tarsus combined of first and second legs, slightly shorter than 
those of third legs. As in the male these proportions are not alto- 
gether constant ; the fourth metatarsus is, for instance, sometimes 
relatively longer as compared with the other joints. 
