SASONICHUS. 



157. Sipalolasma ellioti, Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. i. p. 124, fig. 114, 

 1892. 



$ . Smaller than the preceding ; the sternum, mouth-parts, palpi, 

 :and legs uniformly coloured. Lal>ium with 6-7 teeth. Tarsi of 

 both 1st and 2nd legs undivided ; claws of legs unarmed. 



c?. Carapace and legs covered with long yellowish pubescence. 

 Mandibles much smaller than in female. Tibia of 1st leg armed with 

 spines, and at the apex on the inner side with a robust and curved 

 tooth, and beneath with a medium-sized blunt spur tipped with 

 four teeth (spines). Tibia of palp armed on the inner side and at 

 apex with five spines ; tarsus small, deeply bifid at apex ; spine 

 of palpal organ longer than bulb, with the apex slender and lightly 

 curved. 



Length of $ 11 mm., of rf 10. 

 Loc. Ceylon : Cottawa (Simon). 



Genus SASONICHUS, gen. nov. 



Allied to Plagiobothrus and Sipalolasma but with the thoracic 

 fovea recurved. Tibia of 1st leg in male without apical spur ; 

 tarsus of palp much longer than wide, with a large rounded 

 internal lobe. Tarsal scopulae scanty ; protarsal scopulse present 

 only at apex of 1st and 2nd legs. 



Type, S. sullivani, sp. n. 



Distribution. Southern India. 



158. Sasonichus sullivani, sp. n. 



Colour a uniform ashy black, with tarsi reddish yellow. Cara- 

 pace low, about as long as patella and tibia, and a little longer 

 than protarsus and tarsus of 1st leg, as long as protarsus of 4th. 

 Palp with tibia armed with 5 spines ; bulb of palpal organ sub- 

 spherical, deeply grooved, spine slender, lightly sinuous. Legs 

 bristly ; tibia of 1st cylindrical, armed with 8 spines, the one at 

 the apex on the inner side long and curved ; the rest of the legs 

 strongly spined. 



Measurements in mm. Total length 12, carapace 6, 1st leg 15'5, 

 4th leg 21. 



Loc. Travancore : Trivandrum (Sullivan). 



