PALAMN.KTS. 89 



Measurements in mm. Carapace IT), bracliiurn 15, underhand 

 12, movable finger 16'5, width of hand 11. 



Loc. Madras (Henderson') Cuddapah (Popert) ; Secunderabad 

 (Ricardo) *. 



Subspecies bombayensis, uov. 



Chelae in male shorter ; brachium much shorter than carapace ; 

 hand much flatter above and wider, its width equal to the median 

 length of the carapace and much greater than length of under- 

 hand. 



Measurements in mm. (of type from Nasik). Lengtli of carapace 

 16, brachium 14, underhand 10-5, movable finger 15*5, width of 

 hand 14. 



Loc. Ajmeer in Eajputana; Panch Mahals in Guzerat (Wai- 

 linger} ; Karaghora in Kattyawar (Bulkley); West Khandesh 

 (Da Bnnlaij}; East Satpura Hills; Talgaon and Chalisgaon in 

 East Khandesh (Madan) ; Niphad, Chandor, Sinnar, Teola, 

 Malegaon, Nandgaon, and Kalwan in Nasik (Duxbury}. 



Pocock, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. xii 



72. Palamnaeus wroughtoni, 

 p. 745, 1899. 



2 . Colour nearly black, vesicle and mandibles redder ; legs very 

 deep olive-brown, with slightly paler ex- 

 tremities. Upper side of body as in 

 P. fulvipes but smoother; carapace finely 

 granular at the sides, its median area 

 and frontal lobes quite smooth ; terga 

 only very finely and sparsely granular 

 at the sides. Tail practically smooth, 

 at most very scantily granular throughout, 

 except the keels, which are armed as in 

 P. fulvipes ; vesicle not granular at the sides. 

 Chelce with burner us and brachium as 

 in P. fulvipes ; hand with the outer portion 

 of its upper surface vertical and crested 

 as in P. fulvipes ; the underhand longer and 

 not granular ; the whole hand narrower, 

 the inner and outer edges more parallel, 

 the inner edge more convex near the base 

 of the immovable finger and much less 

 convex in its posterior half. Pectinal 

 teeth 17. 

 Measurements in mm. Total length 100, carapace 15, tail 51, 



brachium 12, underhand ITS, movable finger 14, width of hand 



12-5. 



Loc. Belgaum (Talbot), and Gadingal in the Kolhapur State 



(Wray). 



Fig. 26. Hand of 

 Palamnceus wroughtoni. 



* Young specimens from Dbarwar ( Woodrow), and Eaybag and Kalkal in the 

 Kolhapur State ( Wray~), are doubtfully referred to this subspecies. 



