HAPLOCLASTUS. 185- 



Synopsis of Indian Genera. 



a. Stridulating bristles on maxilla irregularly 



scattered HAPLOCLASTUS, p. 185. 



b. Stridulating bristles on maxilla arranged in a 



definite curved series THEIQMOPCEUS, p. 186. 



Genus HAPLOCLASTUS, Simon. 



Haploclastus, Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. i, p. 152, 1892 ; Pocock,. 

 A. M. N. H. (6) xv, p. 169, 1895. 



Carapace low ; fovea straight ; ocular tubercle wider than long ;. 

 eyes of anterior line subequal, a little procurved. Mandible 

 furnished below externally with a few irregularly arranged, long,, 

 stout, but apically filiform bristles mixed up with the hairs of the 

 oral fringe. Maxilla furnished on its inner side with scattered,, 

 irregularly arranged, longer and shorter spines and spiniform 

 bristles. Legs without spines ; protarsus of 1st and 2nd scopulate 

 to the base, of 3rd scopulate in its distal half, of 4th scopulate 

 apically, the scopula divided ; tarsal scopulae entire, except that of 

 4th leg which is divided in its basal half. 



Type, H. cervinus, Simon. 



Distribution. S. India. 



Synopsis of Species. 



a. 4th leg as long as 1st and longer than 2nd .... H. cervimis, p. 185. 



b. 4th leg shorter than 1st and 2nd H. nilgirinus, p. 185- 



170. Haploclastus nilgirinus, Pocock, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. xii,. 



p. 747, 1899. 



Colour : carapace black, clothed like the limbs and abdomen with 

 brownish-yellow hairs ; sternum, coxae, and lower side of femora 

 at least of 1st and 2nd legs velvety black. Carapace about one- 

 fourth longer than wide, moderately high and convex ; fovea large,, 

 slightly procurved ; length of carapace almost equal to patella and 

 tibia of 1st leg, slightly greater than those of 2nd and of 4th, 

 longer also than protarsus and tarsus of 4th. Patella and tibia of 

 2nd leg slightly longer than of 4th. 



Measurements in mm. Total length 52, carapace 24, length of 

 1st leg 64, 2nd 60, 3rd 48, 4th 58. 



Loc. Nilgiri Hills (Daly). 



171. Haploclastus cervinus, Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. i, p. 152 r 



1892. 



Colour : integument blackish, hairs ferruginous. Carapace 

 low. Legs moderately long, the 1st pair scarcely longer than 

 the 4th. 



Measurements in mm. Total length about 30, length of cara- 

 pace 15, width 11 ; length of 1st leg 39, 2nd 27, 3rd 31'2 y 

 4th 38-8. 



Loc. Palni Hills in S. India. 



This species is probably based upon a young specimen. 



