294 Mr. R. I. Pocock on the Pedipalpi of the Family 



much greater than half its median length • median tubercle 

 rather coarsely granular upon the anterior border, frontal 

 process vertical, coarsely granular. 



Mandibles coarsely granular above. 



Chelce. — Trochanter coarsely granular above, spined in 

 front, with one inferior long spine ■ femur armed above with 

 4 spines, of which the first and second are close together ; 

 the second, third, and fourth equally spaced and gradually 

 decreasing in length distally ; armed below with 5 spines, the 

 first on the proximal angle short, the second to the fifth de- 

 creasing in length. The tibia armed above with the normal two 

 long granular distal spines, and behind them there is another 

 spine about half as long as the others, and posteriorly to this 

 another spinule; armed below with one long distal spine and 

 two shorter ones behind it, the rest of the edge being armed 

 with spinules. Tarsus normally spined, two above, the first 

 short and vertical, and one below. 



Legs less coarsely granular than in N. annulatipes. 



Measurements in millimetres. — Total length 18 ; carapace, 

 width 11*5, median length 6*5, distance between eyes 4. 

 Chelce: femur, length 9'5, width 2 ; tibia, length 11, width 

 2'5, length of superior distal spine 3'8. Legs : femur of 

 second 12, of third 12, of fourth 11*5 ; tibia of second 11*3, 

 of third 12, of fourth 11*8 • second tibial of latter 3. 



A single female example ticketed South Africa. 



This species seems to lie almost midway between annula- 

 tipes and diadema. It is, on the whole, paler in colour than 

 annulatipes, in which tfre legs are fuscous with flavous spots. 



Genus Phrynichus, Karsch. 

 Phrynichus Jayakari, sp. n. (PI. VIII. fig. 3.) 



^. — Colour. Carapace ferruginous, head-region darker; 

 chelae and mandibles nearly black ; legs ochraceous. 



Carapace not coarsely granular, head-region elevated ; 

 distance between the eyes more than half the median length 

 of the carapace ; anterior border straight, apex of frontal 

 process just visible from above ; a lateral tooth-like process on 

 each side opposite the outer surface of the mandible. 



Mandibles granular above. 



Chelo3 immoderately long and slender ; coxoz granular, with 

 a series of spiniform hairs on inner edge ; trochanter armed 

 below with one strong spine and with another at the distal 

 extremity of its anterior surface ; the superior crest composed 

 of small, close-set, subequal spinules. Femur armed above 



