192 THEBAPHOSID.E. 



181. Pcecilotheria vittata, Pocock,A. M. N. H. (6) xv, p. 172, 1895 



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



cJ . Colour a tolerably uniform yellowish olive above ; femora of 

 1st and 2nd legs dirty white below without basal black patch, the 

 black band twice as broad as the pale distal area, patellae pale 

 below, tibiae with pale extremities ; femora of 3rd and 4th legs uni- 

 formly dark, with greyish-pink bristles, tibiae paler at base. Legs 

 practically as in P. regalis as regards length &c. 



Measurements in mm. Total length 34, carapace 17, 1st leg 72, 

 2nd 63, 3rd 57, 4th 66. 



Loc. India or Ceylon (exact place unknown). 



182. Pcecilotheria fasciata, Latreille, Nouv. Diet. tTSist. Nat. xv, 



p. 304, 1803 ; C. Koch, Arachn. ix, p. 41, p. 717, 1842 (Mygale). 



$ . Colour as in P. regalis and formosa, but with a black basal 

 patch in front on anterior femora, the black stripe only one- third 

 as wide as the pale basal area and not or scarcely wider than the 

 pale distal area : stripe on femur of 3rd leg also narrow and on 4th 

 verv narrow or incomplete. Legs without or with weak femoral 

 fringes, shorter than in P. striata (cf. measurements) ; carapace 

 slightly exceeding patella and tibia of 4th. 



cJ . Like female in colour, but with pattern of upper side 

 indistinct. 



Measurements in mm. $. Total length 46, carapace 24, 1st 

 leg 77, 4th 67. 



<?. Total length 35, carapace 16-5, 1st leg 66, 4th 60. 



Loc. Ceylon : Trincomali (Bassett-Smith) ; Kandy (Yerbury fy 

 Green} ; Punduloya ( Green). 



Simon (Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1885, p. 38) records P. fasciata from 

 Madura, 8. India. The specimen so named is perhaps referable 

 to P. regalis or P. formosa. 



183. Pcecilotheria ornata, Pocock, A. M. N. H. (7) iii, p. 93, 1899. 



$ . Colour like that of P. fasciata, but the femoral stripes much 

 broader, that on 4th leg complete and as broad as the pale basal area ; 

 on 3rd broader than the pale basal area, on I st and 2nd much 

 broader than pale distal area and half as broad as pale basal area. 

 Legs with thick femoral fringe. Carapace shorter than patella 

 and tibia of 1st or of 4th leg. 



Measurements in mm. Total length 46, carapace 19, 1st leg 64, 

 2nd 58, 3rd 49, 4th 61. 



Loc. S. Ceylon : Eatnapura (Burrows). 



Genus CHILOBRACHYS, Karsch. 



Chilobrachys. Karsch. Berl. ent. Zeits. xxxvi, p. 270, 1892 ; Pocock, 



A. M. N.H. (6) xv, p. 171, 1895. 

 Musagates, Pocock, A. M. N. H. (6) xv, p. 171, 1895. 



