632 Mr. S. Hirst on neio Opilioncs from 



teeth at the distal end ; of the latter the proximal one is 

 slightly the largest. 



Palp armed with long spines. Trochanter with a granule 

 on the dorsal surface and with a conical granule at each end 

 and a process in the middle below. Femur with the usual 

 apical spine on the inner side of the dorsal surface and also 

 with a short rounded tubercle near the proximal end ; 

 ventrally it has a row of three spines near the proximal end 

 and another spine near the apical end, the latter is not short 

 (as it is in S.japom'cus), but almost as well developed as the 

 ones near the proximal end. Patella with two inner and one 

 outer spine. Tibia with three and tarsus with two spines on 

 each side. 



Legs much longer than those of S.japom'cus. 

 Troclianter of Jirst leg armed below with a spine and a 

 conical tubercle. Its femur has fewer spines than that of 

 S.japonicus &c., and they are longer, more slender, and 

 separated from one another by greater intervals than is the 

 case in that species ; both on the dorsal and ventral surface 

 tliese spines are five in number. Patella, tibia, and tarsus 

 without either distinct granules or processes, only short hairs 

 being present on these segments; patella short, but the tibia 

 long and slender, its length being considerably more than 

 twice that of the patella (fig. 2). 



Tibia of second leg only very slightly shorter than its meta- 

 tarsus and much longer than the tibia of the fourth. 

 Number of tarsal segments 3, 7, 5, 5. 



Measurements in mm. — Total length 3*25 ; length of first 

 leo- about 7*4, of second ?, of third 11, of fourth 15. 



\_ColouT. — The unique specimen has been preserved in 

 alcohol for a good many years and seems rather bleached ; 

 I think it would be useless therefore to attempt to describe 

 the coloration.] 



Mateinal. — A single specimen captured at Ponmudi 

 (2500 feet), Travancore, by Mr. IT. Ferguson during the 

 year 1899. 



Remarks. — Easily recognizable by the structure of its first 

 leg &c. 



PSEUDOBIANTES, gen. nov. 



Allied to Epedanus, Thorell, which it resembles in the 

 shape of the ocular tubercle &c., but differing from that 

 genus in having the patella of the palp unarmed. Tibifi and 

 tarsus of palp usually much stouter than the other segments, 



