KHAGODES. 147 



slightly downwards. Palpi longer, patella as long as tibia 

 and tarsus and about one and a half times as long as width 

 of head ; patella of 4th leg nearly twice as long as, and tibia 

 about one-fifth longer than, width of head. Modified hairs of 2nd 

 abdominal sternum long, slender, incrassate, with apex acuminate. 

 Measurements in mm. : 



Total Width of Length of Length of 



length. head. palpus. 4th leg. 



$ 14 3-5 11-5 17-8 



rf.... 13 3 13 20 



Loc. Western India : Poona Ghats (Irani) ; Pimpalner in 

 Western Khandesh (Pearson). 



Subfamily RHAGODIN.E. 



Pocock, A.M.N. H. (6) xx, p. 250, 1897 ; Kraepelin, Jb. Hamb. 

 wiss. Anst. xvi, p. 207. 



Anal segment very large, the anal aperture situated in its lower 

 half and scarcely extending to its centre. Anterior border of head 

 straight and transverse. Mandibles with stridulating-ridges 

 scarcely developed. Flagellum horny. Legs with tarsi spined 

 beneath, and tibiae of 2nd and 3rd legs strongly spined above. 



Distribution. North Africa from Senegambia to Masailand ; 

 Syria, Arabia, Persia ; India and Ceylon ; Siam, Moluccas. 



Genus RHAGODES, Pocock. 



Khax, C. Koch, Arch. Nat. 1842, p. 354, and of subsequent authors 



up to 1897 (nee Rhax, Hermann). 

 Rhagodes, Pocock, A. M. N. H. (6) xx. p. 252, 1897 ; Kraepelin, 



Jb. Hamb. ^o^ss. Anst. xvi, p. 209, 1899. 



B. 



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Fig. 51. Rhagodcs brevipes. A. Anal segment, showing anal aperture (a). 

 B. Second abdominal sternum with stigmata (b). 0. Tarsus of 4th leg. 



D. .Taws of femalfi ~R .Taws nf tnn.lfi wif.h flaCTpllnm 1 1>\ 



B. Second abdominal sternum with stigmata (b). 0. 1 

 D. Jaws of female. E. Jaws of male with flagellum (c). 



Ocular tubercle with a pair of setae. Mandibles large, the 3rd 



L2 



