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the femora is narrower than the pale basal area, but much broader 

 than the pale distal area ; a very narrow basal stripe on inner side 

 of femora. Carapace almost equal to patella and tibia of 2nd leg. 

 Femora of palp and of 1st and 2nd legs fringed externally and 

 internally at apex. Male smaller than female and much more 

 uniformly coloured above. 



Measurements in mm. $ . Total length 53, carapace 25, 1st leg 

 75, 2nd 65, 3rd 55, 4th 67. 



d . Total length 32, carapace 17-5, 1st leg 73, 2nd 63, 3rd 52-5,. 

 4th 65. 



Loc. Southern and Western India : Nilgiri Hills (Oates) ; Coorg ; 

 Arkonam in the north Arcot District (Carter); Matheran (Phip- 

 son) ; Dahanu in Thana District (Edie). 



179. Pcecilotheria striata, Pocock, A. M. N. H. (6) xv, p. 172, 1895; 



id. op. cit. (7) Hi, p. 89, 1899. 



5 . Closely resembling P. regalis in colours tfec., but with no 

 band on lower side of abdomen and the yellow on the femora more 

 orange in tint. Legs longer than in P. regalis (cf. measurements) ; 

 carapace much shorter than patella and tibia of 1st leg, shorter 

 also than those of 4th. 



Measurements in mm. Total length 45, carapace 25 ; 1 st leg 85,. 

 2nd 72, 3rd 59, 4th 74 ; patella and tibia of 1st leg 31, of 4th 

 26, protarsus of 4th 19. 



Distribution. S. India : Mysore ; Trivandrum in Travancore 

 (Ferguson) *. 



180. Pcecilotheria formosa, Pocock, A. M. N. H. (7) iii, p. 91,, 



1899. 



$ . Colour of upper side much like that of P. regalis, but the 

 brown bands on the carapace broader ; the pale band on the 

 abdomen less lobate posteriorly ; pale band at extremity of tibiae 

 and protarsi broader ; no distinct spots on upper side of tarsi ; 

 lower side of the tibia of the palp brown, and the basal segments 

 of the legs much more uniformly dirty white ; a large basal black 

 patch on the anterior femora ; femora of the 3rd and 4th pairs not 

 or hardly banded distally ; no pale band on lower side of abdomen. 

 Legs shorter than in P. regalis (cf. measurements). Carapace 

 longer than patella and tibia of 2nd leg. Femora of palpi and of 

 anterior legs scarcely fringed. 



Measurements in mm. Total length 54, carapace 26, 1st leg 69, 

 2nd leg 61, 3rd leg 54, 4th leg 65. 



Loc. S. India : Kadiainpatti and Mallapuram in the Salem 

 District (Carter Sf West}. 



* The type of the species is ticketed " Penang (Hardwicke)." No doubt, how- 

 ever, the locality is erroneous, since the i _ 

 in S. India, but has not been obtained in Penang. 



