1915. | F. H. GRAVELY : Oriental Tarantulidae. 449 
Terminal ventral spine of tibia of arm of adult 
small, more or less conical, not decumbent 
6. (much as in P, ceylontcus, pl. xxxi, fig. 14)... P. granulosus, p. 454. 
Terminal ventral spine of tibia of arm of adult 
long, parallel-sided, decumbent (pl. xxxi, fig.13) P. phipsoni, p. 454. 
Phrynichus reniformis (Linnaeus).! 
The identity of this species can only be settled by a further 
examination of the type which is preserved in the Zoological Museum 
at Upsala (see above, p. 447). 
Phrynichus lunatus (Pallas). 
Also an indeterminable species (see above, p. 447). 
Phrynichus ceylonicus (Koch)? 
(Plate xxsq, figs 147) 
Three varieties of this species may be recognized as follows :— 
A. @ & 2: width of carapace of adult 15-18 mm. ; 
length of femur of arm 
width of carpace 
B. 92; width of carapace of adult 13-14°5 mm.; 
lengthoffemurofarm “8 
width of carapace ee var. gractlibrachiatus, 
C. § width of carapace of adult 10°5-13 mm. ; Gravely.¢ 
length of femur of arm 
width of carapace 
D. ¢@ & 3; width of carapace of adult 8-10°5 mm. ; 
length of femur of arm 
width of carapace 
aoe ceyvlonicus (Koch), s. str. 
—o-oe2 
ah HI var. pusillus, Pocock.6 
I. PHRYNICHUS CEYLONICUS (Koch), s. sér. 
This form is remarkable for its ability to live in comparatively 
dry surroundings; it seems to live mainly in jungles where the 
soil is specially porous or the climate not very moist, and in houses 
in moister regions. Specimens from the following localities in 
Ceylon are preserved in collections belonging to the Indian Museum, 
to the Colombo Museum, or to Mr. E. E. Green :— 
North East Province: Horowapotama, ca. 200 f{t.; Moha-Illup- 
palama, ca. 300 ft. 
Western Province: Wennappuwa, 10 mls. from Negumbo. 
Central Province: Nalanda, ca. goo-1000 ft.; Galagedara, 
ca. 800-2000 ft.; Haragama, ca. 1200 
ft.; Kandy, ca. 1500-2000 ft.; Pera- 
deniya, ca. 1500 ft. 
Southern Province: Ambalangoda, 0-100 ft. ; Kottowa, o-roo ft, 
1 Systema Naturae, toth ed., p. 619. 
2 Spictlegia Zoologica, fasc. IX, pp. 33-37, Ppl. iil, figs. 5-6. 
3 Die Arachniden, X, p. 336, fig. 776. 
+ Spolia Zeylanica, VII, p. 140. 
5 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), XIV, p. 296. 
