THE GREAT INDIAN SPIDERS. 133 
may confidently regard Pwcilotheria as peculiar to $, Iudia and Ceylon, where 
it is now known to be represented by eight species. 
In the same consignment of spiders from Bombay is a specimen of P, regalis 
from Matheran, which shows that this species has a wide range in 8, India. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE A. 
Fig. 1. Pecilotheria regalis, sp. n., nat. size, drawn from photograph of a female 
example, from Arkonam. 
Fig. 1 a. Ditto. Lower side of abdomen of same specimen, showing pale yellowish- 
’ red band (@) behind genital fold. 
Fig. 1 6, Ditto. Front leg from inner aspect, showing black band (@) and fringe 
(0) on femur. © 
Fig. 2. Pecilotheria fasciata, Latr. Inner view of front leg for comparison with 
1 6, showing thin stripe (@) and basal black patch (0) on femur; also the 
absence of femoral fringe. 
Fig. 3. Paecilotheria metallica, sp. u. Inner view of front leg, showing uniform 
dark colour with exception of orange-yellow tibial spot. 
(The above appeared in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History Ser.7, Vol. 
II, January, 1899.) 
