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and higher as compared with their length than in nigrolineatusj the 

 width of the first excelling the lateral length of the third and almost 

 eqnal to that of the fourth ; width of second and third approximately 

 equal to that of first ; height of the second equal to its length. (In 

 specimens of B. nigrolineatus, the length of the second far exceeds its 

 height, and the length of the third exceeds the width of the first.) 



Chelae. — With manus equalling brachium in width, brachium weakly- 

 granular above, movable digit slightly less than twice the length of the 

 hand back and furnished with 12 rows of teeth. Pectinal teeth 21-20 

 (18-21). 



$. Smaller than 9, with pectines larger, furnished with 21-24 

 teeth, hand much wider than brachium and digits strongly lobate at 

 the base. 



Measurements in millimetres. $ . Total length 53, length of cara- 

 pace 55, of tail 27. $. Total length 44, length of carapace 5, of 

 tail 25*8. 



Locality, — Mahableshwar, 5,000 feet altitude (Mrs. Wroughton, 

 types) ; also examples ticketed Mahableshwar Tal, Satara, S. Dekhan 

 (A.I). Wilkins). 



(5.) — BUTHUS PACHYURUS, Sp. U. 



Colour.— Black, tinted in parts with deep red, fingers and sometimes 

 the hand of chelae brownish-red, tarsal segments of legs yellowish. 



With the exception of the ocular tubercle which is smooth, the whole 

 carapace is covered, though not quite closely, with coarse granules 

 amongst which the keels are scarcely traceable. The tergal plates of 

 the abdomen are also coarsely granular, but the normal keels are 

 distinct and either granular or nearly smooth. The sternal plates are 

 smooth and polished, the last only being sparsely granular at the sides 

 and furnished with four granular crests. 



Tail. — Stout, thickly hairy, rather more than four times the length 

 of the carapace, increasing in breadth to the middle of the third seg- 

 ment, all the segments, except the fifth, considerably wider than long, 

 the width of the third almost equal to the length of the fifth ; the upper 

 side of the segments rather deeply hollowed and smooth, the sides and 

 lower surface thickly and uniformly covered with coarse granules, 

 each segment with ten granular crests, though the median lateral keel 

 is weak on the fourth ; vesicle coarsely granular. 



