Species of Oriental ]\Iygalomorph£B. 171 



setae : keys on the pulp and strikers on tlie 



uiaiuliUe more numerous; no tubercles 



mixed up witii the keys on the palp. 



a'. Claws of the legs toothed ChilobrachySjK&rsch. 



b'. Claws of legs simple, unarmed Musar/etes, nov. 



Genus PtECiLOTHEUiA, Simon. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Femora of all the legs brown or black beneath, at 

 least not striped ; fringes of hairs on the maxilla} 

 and mandibles brighter red; carapace adorned with 

 very distinct tine whitish lines, radiating from the 

 fovea ; sides of tlie ujj])er surface of the abdomen 

 blacker, the median band shorter and generally 

 indistinctly divided into two series of large pale 

 spots ; the tubercle on tlie coxa of the palp lying 



in the middle of the line of keys suffused, sp. n.* 



Femora of some or all of the legs white or yellow 

 beneath and ornamented with strong black stripes; 

 carapace without distinct radiating whitish lines, 

 but (at least in the female) with a pair of brown 

 bands, which extend from the ocular tubercle to 

 the posterior border ; the pale band on the abdo- 

 men larger and defined by a narrowish brown 

 border, -from which brown stripes extend exter- 

 nally on to the paler sides of the abdomen ; fringes 

 round the mouth less brightly coloured, often 

 blackish ; the tubercles on the maxilliE at the end 

 of the line of keys. 

 a\ IJlack bauds on the under surface of the femora 

 of the iirit and second legs narrow, only a little 

 ■wider than the yellow area above them ; these 

 femora clear lemon-yellow, the others greyish 



w hite fasciata (Latr.) f. 



h\ Black bands on the under surface of the anterior 



two pairs of femora very wide, at least twice 



the width of the pale area above them. 



a'-. The anterior two pairs of femora yellower ; 



the under surface of the femora, patellae and 



tibiae, and proximal end of protarsi of the 



second and third pairs of legs yellowish or 



greyish white, with a broad black band on the 



femora and tibise ; only a very small black 



stripe at the base of the four femora ; with 



two tubercles on the inner surface of the 



* Of this species, which appears to be the commonest of the genus, 

 the British Museum has thirteen specimens (male and female) from 

 Ceylou. I have little doubt that hitherto it has been confounded with 

 P. faiici'ata. 



t I have seen five specimens (male and female) of this species from 

 Ceylon. These are, I tnink, referable to the species figurea by Koch, 

 Walckenaer, and Seba. 



