Tarantulidge in the British Museum. 280 



A single male example from New Granada, ticketed, 

 probably by either Gervais or Goudot, Phrynus chiracanilius. 



Subfara. Pmrtnichin^. 

 (Simon, loc. cit. p. 49.) 



The following three genera of this subfamily are known 

 to me : — 



a. Tibiae of the fourth pair of legs undivided, 



mandibles larger , Phripiichus, Karsch. 



Type lunatus (Pall.). 



b. Tibise of fourth pair of legs bisegmented, 



mandibles smaller. 

 a'. Second abdominal sternum furnished 

 with a pair of half-moon-shaped ap- 

 pendages ; larger Titanodamon, g. nov. 



Type Johnstonii, sp. n. 

 6". Second abdominal sternum without ap- 

 pendages ; smaller Naiiodamon, g. nov. 



Type anmdatijjes (Wood). 



The genus Damon of C. Koch, of which the type is varie- 

 gatus of Perty, also belongs to this group. According to 

 Simon it is congeneric with the West-African forms to which 

 I have given the name Titanodamon. Unfortunately I have 

 had no opportunity of examining either variegatus or any 

 allied species from the same geographical area (?'. e. South 

 America) ; and my reasons for proposing the two new generic 

 names given above are : (1) my ignorance as to whether 

 variegatus of Perty possesses the abdominal appendages or 

 not, and (2) my opinion that the South- American forms, if 

 indigenous, possess in all probability some hitherto undis- 

 covered characters by which they may be generically recog- 

 nized from the two African genera. This a priori supposition 

 may of course prove erroneous ; but analogy justifies its con- 

 ception until proof on the matter is forthcoming. 



Genus Titanodamon. 



The British Museum has examples of the three following 

 species : — 



a. Frontal process small, vertical, with its apex acute 

 and turned forwards. 

 a^. The posterior of the three long spines on the 

 tibial segment of the chela short, not half the 

 length of the median spine ; the second tibial 

 segment of the fourth leg less than, or, at least, 

 not greater than, the distance between the eyes, tibialis (Sim.). 



