348 Mr. F. O. P. Cambridge on the 
I dare not pronounce them to be so. Both forms occur in 
the island of Tabrobane. The vulva differs in form from 
those of all other Ctenide which I have yet met with. 
A male and a female of this interesting species were taken 
by Mr. Barnes in Ceylon *. 
Ctenus Floweri, sp. n., 3d ?- 
(Pl. IV. figs. 22-25.) 
Hab, Pinang. 
Type in coll. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. (coll. 8. S. Flower). 
g. Tot. len. 15°5 mm., carap. 8, ant. marg. of carap. 3; legs 
i, 24:5, i. 22°5, ui. 20, iv. 28 5 pat. 4+ tib. 1.8) 1.0; yen 
9. Tot. len. 17 mm., carap. 8°5, ant. marg. of carap. 4°59 ; 
legs t. 21, ti. 20, i. 19, iv. 265 pat.+tib. 1. 7°S, 1. o7a; 
Lo gos 
g.—Oolour. Mahogany-brown. Carapace with broad 
central band of silver-white pubescence, slightly dilate behind 
caput and at central stria. Marginal line of white pubes- 
cence very fine. Abdomen with broad central dorsal band 
of white pubescence, deeply dentate on each side behind the 
middle, narrowing to spinners. Ventral surface unicolorous 
dark brown. Lateral area with a few scattered minute white 
spots. 
Legs paler brown, indistinctly annulate with grey, Coxe 
clothed with white pubescence above. Tibi i. andi. clothed 
above on apical two thirds with very conspicuous white 
pubescence, less conspicuous on il. and iv. 
g .—Structure. General characters similar to those of 
Thorellit and the female (see below). Carapace convex- 
horizontal above, not gibbous behind. 
Pedipalp. Tibia short, twice as long as broad (excluding 
process), bearing on outer side a broad process whose base 
extends the whole length of the segment, concave beneath, 
narrowed and curving forwards at apex, terminating in. a 
broad point having a minute notch on the outer side. Seen 
from the outside the apex appears rounded and convex. 
Tarsus scarcely twice as long as broad. Palpal organs large, 
occupying total width and three fourths the length of tarsus. 
Central lobe very long, nearly four times as long as broad, 
straight, compressed-cylindrical, attenuate in middle, broader 
and broadly rounded at apex, slightly inclining outwards. 
Unca small, crossing beneath apex of central lobe. 
* Half a dozen males and the same number of females of this species 
have just come before me from Ceylon, They were kindly submitted to 
me by the Rey. O. P. Cambridge, and were taken many years ago by 
Mr. Thwaites, 
