THE GREAT INDIAN SPIDERS, 127 
leg 85, of second 72,of third 59, of fourth 74; patella and tibia of first 
31, of fourth 26 ; protarsus of fourth 19, 
(5) Pecilotheria regalis,sp.n. ( Pl. A, figs. 1-1 0.) 
Colour :—Head-shield or carapace covered above at the sides with 
grey hairs, tinged here and there with yellow, its middle third occupied 
by a pair of sinuous longitudinal bands which start on each side of the 
ocular tubercle and pass backwards to the posterior margin, uniting with 
each other for a short distance midway hetween the ocular tubercle and the 
thoracic fovea. Abdomen ornamented above with a broad whitish-yellow 
band, with its sinuous lateral edges bordered with deep blackish-brown, 
sides of the upper surface pale mouse-browr, and furnished with chocolate- 
brown obliquely transverse stripes, which pass from the black edging of the 
median band to the deep chocolate-brown colouring of the lower surface : 
lower surface of abdomen and the epigastric area in \front of the generative 
fold deep chocclate-brown or black, but behind the epigastric fold there is a 
broad transverse yellowish-red band passing right across the abdomen from 
side to side and embracing the posterior breathing-organs. Mandibles dirty 
greyish-brown above, black below towards the tip. Palpi greyish-white 
above, brownish on the upperside of the femur and tarsus, with black lines 
on the tibia aud patella ; lower and inner sides of femur deep velvety black ; 
patella white below, witha brown spot on each side ; tibia whitish below, 
tinted with brown in the middle, with a large brown patch on each 
side, 
Legs brown, variegated with grey ; the extremities of the segments greyish- 
white,a pair of lines of white spots on the tibie ; tarsi with two pairs of 
reddish-brown spots—one pairat base, one at apex ;coxe and trochanters 
pale above ; lower avd under sides of femora, patelle, and tibie of first and 
second legs bright lemon-yellow, of third and fourth pairs bluish-white ; the 
femora and tibiz ornamented with a bread blackish-brown band in the distal 
half, but with only a very small brownish spot or stripe at the base of the 
inner side ; these bandsare narrower than the pale area at the base of the 
femora, but thicker than that at the tip; patella also with a brown stripe or 
spot at the tip, the stripe on patella of third and fourth very narrow ; base of 
protarsus of third and fourth bluish-grey, 
Carapace shorter than patella and tibia of first leg, almost equal to those 
of second, exceeding those of fourth; patella and tibia of fourth less than 
of second. 
Femora of palp fringed externally and internally ; femora of first and 
second leg also fringed externally and internally at the apex ; the trochanters 
of the first and second legs also fringed in front, 
Measurements in millimetres——Total length 53 ; length ef carapace 25, width 
21 ; length of first leg 75, of seccnd 65, of third 55, of fourth 67 ; patella and 
tibia of first 28, of fourth 23°5 ; protarsus of fourth 15°8. 
