of the Family Plialangodidii\ 73 



that possibly one of them is abnormal. Claws of posterior 

 legs unarmed. 



Colour. — Bodj rather dark brown above ; on each side o£ 

 the abdominal part of the scutum there is a pair of little 

 yellow spots, one spot being placed in front of the other; the 

 anterior one is situated on the hinder margin of the first 

 abdominal area, and the other on the second abdominal area. 

 Legs brownish ; the femora, tibiae, and metatarsi of the 

 posterior legs are furnished with minute dark spots ; the 

 extreme distal end of the metatarsi and the entire length of 

 the tarsi of all the legs are pale. 



Measurements in mm. — Length of trunk 5*25, of scutum 

 4, of second leg (from base of femur) 18, of fourth le<J- 

 16-25. 



Material. — A single specimen from Punduloya, Ceylon ; 

 collected by Mr, E. E. Green. 



HemarU. — This species resembles P. pictuhis, Poc, (from 

 Kand}'?) in not having any spines on the upper surface of 

 the femur of the first leg, but is larger in size and also differs 

 in coloration, in the position and structure of its ocular 

 tubercle, armature of scutum, &c. 



Podoctis icillei/i, sp. n. (PI. T. figs. 5, 5 a.) 



Dor.ml surface strongly convex. Scutum longer than the 

 tibia of the third leg, but not so long as the tibia of the 

 fourth. Only four transverse grooves are visible on its 

 surface in the adult, and the second and third of them are 

 sometimes indistinct ; the transverse groove which is normally 

 present between the cephulothoracic and abdominal parts 

 of the scutum is indistinct or absent; in young examples all 

 tive transverse grooves can be distinguished, the one between 

 the cephalothoracic and abdominal parts being quite distinct. 

 The hrst apparent area, therefore, consists of the cephalo- 

 thoracic part + the first abdominal area of the scutum, and 

 is very large, its length exceeding that of the rest of the 

 scutum. Two pairs of long thorns are present on the scutum ; 

 the first pair is situated some distance in front of the first 

 transverse groove, and these thorns are a little shorter and 

 are situated a little further apart than those of the hinder 

 pair ; the latter are placed on the penultimate abdominal 

 area. Near the anterior margin on each side there is a 

 ridge, but the granules which are situated on it are quite 

 small in size ; it is joined to the ocular tubercle by an arch- 

 like structure, exactly as in P. taprobanicus, sp. n., and a 



