PALAMN^US. 95 



irregularly shaped tubercles ; immovable finger with distinct keel. 

 Tarsal spine-armature 6-5. Pectinal teeth up to 16 in tf, as low 

 as 10 in $ . 



c? . Differing from $ in the same characters as P. benyalensis 

 (see measurements). 



Measurements in mm. $ . Total length 113, carapace 16, tail 55, 

 brachium 14, underhand 12-2, movable linger 16, width of hand 

 14-5. 



c? . Tctal length 110, carapace 16*5, tail 60, brachium 18, under- 

 hand 15, movable finger 17, width of hand 12. 



Loc. Bombay and Matheran (Phipson) ; Kolata (Green), Tanna 

 in the North Konkan ( Wrouyhton), Katnagiri in the South Konkan 

 (Drew) ; north, central, and south Peiut, Nasik Ghats, Dindori and 

 Lena in Nasik (Duxbury) ; Bhudhargarh and Panhala in the 

 Kolhiipur State (Wray). 



Subspecies collinus, uov. 



Closely resembling the typical form in size, colouring, and other 

 characters, but with the tail distinctly shorter in both male arid 

 female. In the female it is less than three times as long as the 

 carapace, and the latter is longer than the 1st, 2nd, and half the 3rd, 

 and as long or almost as long as the 3rd and 4th caudal segments. 

 (In the typical form the tail is about three and a half times as long 

 as the carapace, and the latter is shorter than the 1st, 2nd, and half 

 the 3rd, and only as long as the 4th and | of the 5th caudal seg- 

 ments.) Moreover, the hand in carnaticus is lower and not so 

 strongly convex above the keel of the underhand. 



Measurements in mm. (type from Nilgiri Hills). Total length 95, 

 carapace 16, tail 42-5. 



Loc. Nilgiri Hills (Daly); Tercaud in the Shevaroy Hills 

 (Henderson). 



80. Palamnaeus barberi, sp. n. 



Colour a deep blackish green all over except the hands, which 

 are orange-yellow, darker externally and blackish towards the base 

 of the fingers. Carapace weakly granular laterally and on the 

 frontal lobes ; longer than 3rd and 4th caudal segments. Terga 

 scarcely granular laterally, except the last, which has some coarse 

 granules. Sterna smooth, the last not crested. Tail short, about 

 three times as long as the carapace ; segments smooth between 

 the keels or nearly so ; superior keels normally but not strongly 

 denticulate, inferior keels of 3rd smooth, of 4th denticulate 

 posteriorly ; vesicle smooth at the sides. Chelae with burner us 

 and brachium as in P. phipsoni, but upper crest of brachium not so 

 pronounced ; hand ornamented with a reticulation of ridges much as 

 in P. bengalensis, not so smooth as in P. scaber but very nearly 

 resembling that of the latter in shape ; coarsely granular on its inner 

 side and having a pair of granular crests ; immovable finger with 

 complete crest. Tarsal spine-armature 6-4. Pectinal teeth 11-12 ; 

 basal angle of pecten about the same as in P. 



