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10 



Key to species 357 



/"Trochanters : only I and II bear conspicuous 



J spurs (Africa) 



Trochanters : only II and IV bear conspicuous 

 I spurs (India) 



'Palpal article 3 Avith distinct dorsal spine, more 

 or less erect ...... 



Palpal article 3 without dorsal spine, but pos- 



V terior border may protrude 



r Palpal article 2 much longer than 3 (India, 



9. \ Ceylon) 



I Palpal articles 2 and 3 sub-equal 



/"Lateral salience of palpal article 2 with ventral 

 J retrograde process (India, Ceylon, Judea) . 



j Lateral salience of palpal article 2 without such 



V a process ....... 



/ Dorsal spine on palpal article 3 very strong ; 



J comua very strong (Ceylon) . . . cuspidata 438 



j Dorsal spine on palpal article 3 moderate ; cornua 



I moderate . . . . . . .12 



rScutum longer than broad (chiefly Asia) . . bispinosa {v) 428, 433 



I „ at least as broad as long 



/Basis capituli thrice as broad as long, broadest 



J posteriorly (Africa) ..... parmata 419 



1 Basis capituli twice as broad as long, rectangular 



V (Asia) ....... hystricis 424 



[Scutum much longer than broad . . .15 

 I „ only slightly or not longer than broad . 19 



/Palp with lateral salience protruding sharply 



almost at right angles to axis (Singapore) . doenitzi 483 



„ with lateral contour straight or only slightly 

 curved . . . . . • . • . 16 



rPalp much longer than broad . . . .17 

 16. - „ short cone-shaped, as broad as long (Africa, 



I Asia, N. S. Wales) leachi ^ 464 



1 Not at present distinguishable in the ? . 



* See also H. spinulosa, from Uganda (p. 476) and H. numfdiana, from Algeria (p. 478). 



11. 



12. -[ or (India, Ceylon) parva^ 436 



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15. 4 



