NEMESIELLTJS. 167 



Synopsis of Species (males'). 



a. Superior claws of anterior two pairs of legs 



armed with 7 teeth S. radialis, p. 167. 



b. Superior claws of anterior two pairs of legs 



armed with 11 teeth S. oreophilus, p. 167. 



141. Scalidognathus radialis, O. P. Cambr. Jour. Linn. Soc.,Zool.x, 



p. 373, pi. xi, fig.,1, 1870, rf (Mygale) : seticeps, Karsch, Berl. ent. 

 Zeits. xxxvi, p. 269, t. x, fig. 1, $ (1892). 



d . Colour reddish yellow ; abdomen blackish above. Carapace 

 as long as patella and tibia of 2nd leg. Legs long and slender ; 

 1st with protarsus lightly arched, weakly spined ; tibia without 

 apophysis, with one of the apical spines beneath stronger than 

 the rest. Palp with tibia long, inflated, furnished at the apex 

 externally with a deep spine-bordered notch; spine of palpal 

 organ broad at base, filiform and strongly curved distally. 



$ . Carapace as long as tibia and protarsus of 4th leg. Legs 4, 

 1, 2, 3 in length, slender ; tarsi and protarsi of 1st and 2nd 

 scopulate internally, spined externally. 



Measurements in mm. tf . Total length 10, carapace 5, 1st leg 16 r 

 2nd 15, 3rd 13, 4th 18-5. $ . Total length 16-22. 



Loc. Ceylon : Peradeniya (Sarasin), Punduloya ( G-reen). 



142. Scalidognathus oreophilus, Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. i p. 116 r 



1892 (in note). 



S . Described as differing from S. radialis in having the 

 superior tarsal claws of the anterior legs furnished with 11 

 instead of with 7 teeth. 



Loc. Ceylon (Simon). 



Genus NEMESIELLTIS, nov 



Differing from Scalidognathus and approaching the Australian 

 genus Arbanitis in having the eyes of the anterior line strongly 

 procurved, the anterior edge of the medians on a level with the 

 posterior edge of the laterals, the laterals on each side being widely 

 separated by a space which exceeds the long diameter of the 

 anterior lateral. Differing from Arbanitis and resembling Scalido- 

 gnatJius in having the tarsi of the anterior legs spined. 



Type, N. montanus, sp. n. 



Distribution. S. India. 



143. Nemesiellns montanus, sp. n. 



$ . Colour : carapace, mandibles, and upper side of femora deep 

 brown, the remaining part of the appendages reddish yellow. 

 Carapace as long as patella, tibia, and protarsus of 1st, longer than 

 patella and tibia of 4th ; eyes of anterior line subequal. Legs with 



