PLES10PHRICTUS. 181 



Measurements in mm. Total length 29, carapace 13, 1st leg 30, 

 4th leg 36. 



Loc. Nasik (Millet) ; also immature specimens of a nearly allied 

 form from Eastern Poona (Irani) and Jauli in Satara (Master). 



Genus PLESIOPHRICTUS, Pocock. 

 Plesiopkrictus, Pocock, Journ. Bom. N. H. Soc. xii, p. 749, 1899. 



Thoracic fovea straight, transverse ; eyes of anterior line slightly 

 procurved. Labium and maxillae spinulose. Sternum with mar- 

 ginal sigilla. Legs spined; a few spines only ou the anterior 

 tibiae and protarsi, many more upon these segments of the 3rd 

 and 4th legs ; tarsal scopulae of 1st and 2nd entire or scarcely 

 divided, of 3rd and 4th divided by band of setse. 



Tibia of anterior leg in male with a strong s.pur. 



Type, P. millardi, Pocock. 



Distribution. South and West India ; Ceylon. 



Synopsis of Species. 



a. Protarsus of 1st leg covered above -with white 



hair ; rest of the body and limbs brown P. millardi, p. 181. 



b. Protarsus of 1st leg brown or blackish like rest 



of limbs. 



a 1 . Anterior lateral eyes not larger than me- 

 dians ; anterior leg shorter than posterior. 

 a 2 . 3rd leg less than twice as long as cara- 

 pace. 

 a 3 . Posterior ends of anterior eyes in a 



straight line ." P. sericetts, p. 182. 



b 3 . Posterior ends of anterior lateral eyes 



on a level with centres of medians . . P. collinus, p. 182. 

 2 . 3rd leg more than twice as long as cara- 

 pace P.fabrei, p. 182. 



ft 1 . Anterior lateral eyes much larger than 

 medians ; anterior leg not shorter than 

 posterior , P. tenuipes, p. 182. 



162. Plesiophrictus millardi, Pocock, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. xii, 

 p. 749, 1899. 



c? . Colour a uniform mouse-brown, except that the upper side 

 of the protarsus of the 1st leg is white. Carapace as long as 

 patella and tibia of 1st and 4th legs. Legs with protarsal scopulse 

 scanty on anterior, absent on posterior pairs ; tibia of 1st slightly 

 incrassate ; spur slightly curved, directed forwards, a tuberculiform 

 spur accompanied by a long black spine above it on the inner 

 side; many spinules between the two. Palp, unspined; spine of 

 palpal organ broad at base, filiform, and spirally twisted distally. 



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

 4th leg 16. 



Loc. Bombay : Matheran (Millard), TJran (Aiikeri). 



