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quite two-thirds its tibia ; tibia of palp differing from that of the 

 previously described species in that the cylindrical setae on the 

 underside are very slender, few in number, and rarely extend to 

 the distal end of the segment ; the tubercles that bear them, more- 

 over, are much smaller than in other species. Tarsus of 4th leg 

 covered below with a pad of black or brown setae, which, however, 

 do not spread on to the apical segment. Blade of external malleolus 

 less than half the width of the head, oth abdominal sternum with 

 marginal row of reddish bristles. 

 Measurements in mm. : 



Length of Length of tibia 



Total Width of Length of Length of Length of patella and tarsus 

 length. head. palp. 1st leg. 4th leg. of palp. of palp. 



$..30 7-5 38 24 48 12 12 



rf..28 7 54 37 62 18-5 16-5 



Loc. Banging over the whole of India from Bengal in the north 

 to Cape Comorin in the south. 



Three subspecies of this species seem to be recognizable : 



a. The typical form (=G. fatalis, Pocock, Jour. Bom.N. H. Soc. 

 p. 441, 1895, <S ), as described above, is the Northern form, with legs 

 and palpi paler and almost uniformly yellowish brown or at most 

 only slightly infuscate. 



Loc. Gwalior (Maries} and Grya (Phipson) ; Bilaspur in the 

 Central Provinces (type) ; Thana, north of Bombay. 



It is this northern form, then known only from a young female 

 and an adult male from Gwalior, that I originally referred to 

 G. fatalis, in conjunction with an adult $ of the genuine fatalis 

 from the same locality. The male of the latter is still unknown ; 

 but seeing how closely the female resembles that of G. orientalis, 

 there can be no doubt that the male will prove to be like the male of 

 that species, and not like the male of G. indicus. 



b. Subspecies obscurior, nov. 



Kesembling the typical form in spine-armature of tarsi and other 

 structural points, but much darker in colour ; palpi infuscate, with 

 the tarsus, base of femur, and a narrow area adjacent to the joints 

 of tibia and patella pale ; in the 4th leg the femur, patella, and at 

 all events the base of the tibia infuscate ; the 2nd and 3rd legs also 

 infuscate, but less so than the 4th ; even the upper side of the tro- 

 chanters are clouded with fuscous. Length up to 41 mm., width 

 of head 11-5, length of palp 45. 



Loc. East Khandesh, Pimpalner &c. (Pearson, Madan) ; N6sik 

 (Milletf). 



c. Subspecies australis, nov. (=.orientalis, Simon). 



Southern form, with legs and palpi more infuscate than in the 

 typical G. indicus, but certainly less so than in G. indicus subsp. 

 obscurior. Further differing from both the northern forms in the 

 spine -armature of the tarsi of the 2nd and 3rd legs, which are armed 

 posteriorly with only 1 or 2 spines. Male with pad on the 4th tarsus 



