IV. NOTES ON PEDIPAI.PI IN THE COI.LEC- 

 TION OF THE INDIAN MUSEUM. 



By F. H. GraveIvY, M.Sc, Assistant Superintendent, Indian 



Museum. 



I.— NEW PEDIPALPI FROM CAIvCUTTA. 



The species described in this paper were both originall}' found 

 in the compound of the Indian Museum. They are two in number, 

 both of them new, one belonging to a new genus. 



TARTAKIDES. 



Schizomus {Trithyreus) lunatus, sp. nov. 



Localities. — This species is to be found under bricks resting on 

 the ground in the Indian Museum compound ; and one specimen 

 has been obtained from jungle at Toll3'gunge (near Calcutta), also 

 under a brick. It is apparently a somewhat rare form, but may 

 possibly be more abundant during the rains. This appears to be 

 the first record of a Tartarid from India proper. 



cf . Cephalothorax. — A pair of small ill-defined whitish eye- 

 spots present ; cephalic sternum about twice as long as broad and 

 very slender behind between the coxae of the second pair of legs. 



Arms. — Anterior margin of lower part of trochanter slightly 

 concave, its angle being slightly sharper than in the male of 

 5, (T.) suhoculatits , Poc, to which this species is closely allied; 

 otherwise as in that species. 



First legs (fig. i, A). — Resemble those of the male of 5. sub- 

 octdatus except in the following respects: second metatarsal joint 

 only three-quarters the length of the tarsus ; second tarsal j oint about 

 equal to the third in length; terminal joint considerably longer than 

 the two proximal tarsal joints combined and more than one-third 

 as long as the second metatarsal. 



Fourth legs. — As in the male of 5. suboculatus. 



Tail. — Blade as seen from above less abruptly tapering and 

 more evenly rounded behind than in S. suboculatus — postero-lateral 

 margins not even slightly concave. When seen from the side 

 the dorso-lateral lobes are found to terminate obliquely, their 

 posterior margin forming an obtuse angle with the horizontal. 



Colour {in spirit). — Carapace reddish in front, bearing a pair 

 of whitish eye-spots ; the rest of the carapace and the other dorsal 

 plates dark olive-green. Beneath, the colour is similar but paler, 



