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and also in the greater distinctness of the group of bacilli on the 
chelicerae from the hairs which clothe the lower sides of these 
appendages. The organ has been figured elsewhere (Gravely, 
1915, pl. xxxi, fig. 2). 
Group POECILOTHERIEAE, 
This group, which contains only one genus, appears to have 
originated in the Indian Peninsula or Ceylon, from some form 
presumably allied to the foregoing genera of Aviculariinae, as a 
result of adaptation to a new mode of life (see Gravely, 1915, 
pp. 417-418). 
Genus Poecilotheria, Simon. 
Poecilotheria miranda, Pocock. 
One female specimen from ‘‘ Kharagpur Hills’’ ', and another 
from near Chaibassa in the Singbhum District of Chota Nagpur. 
Poecilotheria regalis, Pocock. 
One male from Bangalore, and one female from the Anna- 
malai Hills. The latter record extends the known range of this 
species to the hills south of the Palghat Gap, an extensive low- 
lying plain which cuts right across the hills of South India. The 
specimen is one determined by Mr. Hirst of the British Museum, 
who presumably had the type available for comparison. The 
discovery of a male in the Annamalais is greatly to be desired, as 
it is possible that its palpal organ may prove to differ from that 
of the male found on the opposite side of the Gap. 
Poecilotheria striata, Pocock. 
One female from South India, and one somewhat smaller 
specimen from Pamben on Rameswarem Island. 
Group ORNITHOCTONEAE. 
Only one species of each of three genera of this group are 
recorded from the Indian Empire. Of these Melopoeus minax is 
much the commonest, and is represented in our collection by 
females from ‘‘ Burma’’, ‘‘ Upper Tenasserim’’, Myawadi on the 
Burmo-Siamese frontier (Thoungyin valley, Amherst District of 
Tenasserim), the hills between the Thoungyin and Me-Ping in 
Siam, and from Pitsanuloke in Siam. It spends the day in silk- 
lined burrows devoid of a trap-door, but comes out in the even- 
ing. ‘The only specimen I saw outside seemed very sluggish. 
The road between Thingannyinaung and the base of the 
Dawna Hills, on the extreme west of the Thoungyin Valley, 
| Kharagpur is situated in the Midnapur District of Bengal, in the western 
part of the flat country bordering on the Gangetic Delta. The hills referred to 
are probably those of Singbhum, a district of Chota Nagpur immediately to the 
west of Midnapur, 
