96 Mr. R. T. Pocock on the Genus Poecilotheria. 



a 1 . Femora of palpi and of first and second legs with 

 at most a small external fringe ; black stripe on 

 femora of legs narrow ; a black patch at the base 

 of these segments on the inner side ; (anterior 

 femora lemon-yellow ; posterior femora chalky or 



bluish white) fasciata, Latr. 



b 1 . Femora of palpi and anterior legs with well- 

 developed external fringe ; bands on femora 

 broader ; no basal internal black patch on these 

 segments. 

 « 2 . Abdomen uniformly brown below, as in fasciata ; 

 femora of anterior two pairs of legs nearly 

 white, of third and fourth pairs uniformly 



greyish brown, not distinctly banded vittata, Poc. 



b 2 . Abdomen with broad transverse pale band 

 behind genital fold ; anterior legs lemon-yellow 

 beneath ; posterior legs bluish white and very 

 distinctly banded with black regalis, sp. n. 



Note on the Locality of Poecilotheria striata. 



During the passage of this paper through the press, I have 

 received from the Bombay Natural History Society a speci- 

 men of Poicilotheria ticketed S. India, and apparently 

 specifically identical with the type and hitherto only known 

 representative of P. striata. Thus the suspicions that I have 

 always held that the alleged locality for this species, namely 

 Pinang, would prove to be more than doubtful, and that the 

 species itself would turn up either in India or Ceylon, are 

 amply confirmed. In view of this discovery, I think we may 

 confidently regard Poecilotheria as peculiar to S. India and 

 Ceylon, where it is now known to be represented by eight 

 species. 



In the same consignment of spiders from Bombay is a 

 specimen of P. regalis from Matheran, which shows that this 

 species has a wide range in S. India. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII. 



Fig. 1. Poecilotheria regalis, sp. n., nat. size, drawn from photograph of 

 female example from Arkonam. 



Fig. Iff. Ditto. Lower side of abdomen of same specimen, showing pale 

 yellowish-red band (a) behind genital fold. 



Fig. 1 b. Ditto. Front leg from inner aspect, showing black band (a) 

 and fringe (b) on femur. 



Fig. 2. Pcecilotheria fasciata, Latr. Inner view of front leg for com- 

 parison with 1 b, showing thin stripe (a) and basal black 

 patch (b) on femur ; also the absence of femoral fringe. 



Fig. 3. Poecilotheria metallica, sp. n. Inner view of front leg, showing 

 uniform dark colour with exception of orange-yellow tibial 

 spot. 



