PHLOGIODES. 179- 



b. Thoracic fovea with distinct crescentic pro- 

 curvature. 

 a 2 . Fovea shallow, sublinear ; posterior sigilla 



wide apart and small HETEROPHRICTUS, 



b z . Fovea verjr strong and strongly curved ; [p. 180. 



posterior sigilla large, submedian PHLOGIODES,P. 179. 



Genus PHLOGIODES, Pocock. 



Phlogiodes, Pocock, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. xii, p. 748, 1899. 

 Thoracic fovea deep, strongly procurved. Eyes of anterior line 

 slightly procurved. Legs strong, weakly spinecl, strongly scopulate, 

 at least in male ; claws unarmed. Sternum with posterior sigilla 

 very large and remote from the margin. First leg without tibial 

 spur in male. 



Type, P. validus, Pocock. 

 Distribution. Western India. 



Fig. 57. Phlogiodes robustus, $. x. 



Synopsis of Species. 



a. Femora of legs reddish, the rest of the segments 



greyish white ( d ) P. validus, p. 179. 



b. Legs uniformly coloured (?) P. robustus, p. 180. 



159. Phlogiodes validus, Pocock, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. xii, p. 748, 1899. 



J . Colour : carapace with coating of silky yellow hair, femora 



of legs with golden brown hairs, the rest of the segments with 



