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indistinct furrow extends along the mid-dorsal line of the carapace 

 from the median ocular tubercle to the middle of the posterior 

 margin. Length of carapace in the middle line up to 2*5 mm., 

 maximum breadth up to 3" 5 mm. 



Abdomen. — Rounded; usually plump. 



Arms. — Relatively short in immature specimens and of much 

 greater but somewhat variable length in mature ones ; femur 

 up to 5" 3 mm. in length. Armature as in the genus Charinus. 



Walking-legs. — Tarsi four-jointed ; first tarsal joint (exclusive 

 of metatarsus) of the anterior, middle, and posterior walking-legs 

 respectively ^, 1/, and '/- of the total length of the three re- 

 maining tarsal joints ; the metatarsus scarcely exceeding the sum 

 of the tarsal joints in length. 



Colour. — Somewhat brownish below, almost black above except 



A. B 



Fig. 2. — Tarsus of last leg of Charinus and Charinides, x 20. 



A. Charinus seychellarum, o". 



B. Charinides bengalensis, o" . 



for the various spines and hairs on the appendages and carapace, 

 the chelicerae, and the sunk margin of and somewhat variable mark- 

 ings on the carapace, which vary from dull reddish to almost black 

 in life, but become much brighter and more conspicuous after the 

 specimen has been soaked in spirit for a short time, 



? . Differs from the male chiefly in having very much shorter 

 arms resembling in their proportions those of immature specimens 

 of both sexes. Femur about 2 mm. in length only. 



II.— A PREUMINARY NOTE ON A NEW SARAX 

 FROM SINGAPORE. 



Mr. Ridley, of the Botanical Gardens, Singapore, has very 

 kindly sent me a number of small " scorpion-spiders. " They were 



