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defined by a narrow pale line. Vulva practically identical with being 
that of S. hampsoni. Total length 20 millimetres. 
Loc. Jaoli in Satara (Master), 
Sparassus admiratus, sp. 0. 
@. Colour of carapace yellowish-red, darker on the head, covered 
with greyish-yellow hairs, the facial area, mandibles, palpi, mouth parts, 
sternum and coxe jet black, legs bright yellowish-red, covered with 
golden yellow hairs, a black band at the extremity of the femora and the 
base of the tibie ; protarsi and tarsus black ; abdomen olive-yellow, 
covered with golden hair, the middle ventral line marked with a narrow 
lanceolate longitudinal black band ; dorsal surface with a pair of black 
patches in front and a Y-shaped median black stripe behind ; the 
elliptical area between the forks of the Y and the two black patches 
pale yellow. Carapace as wide as long ; eyes like those of S. lamarchi 
but smaller, and hence appearing to be further apart. Lateral lobes of 
vulva diverging behind, the area between them occupied by a pellucid 
anteriorly-bilobed sclerite. Total length 20 millimetres ; carapace 10. 
Loc. Bombay (H. M. Phipson). 
Sparassus iranii, sp. D. 
Q. Colour of carapace reddish, blackish on the head, thickly clothed 
like the legs, abdomen, mouth parts and sternum with a coating of 
tolerably uniformly greyish hairs, face and mandibles black, labiam and 
maxilla deep brown; legs uniformly pale, with base of tibia and adjacent 
area of patella black ; abdomen without distinct pattern, no black on its 
median ventral area. Carapace longer than wide, head broad, its width 
much greater than half the length of carapace ; eyes as in S. lamarcki, 
but further apart and smaller. Vulva very large, its lateral lobes united 
in front, separated throughout their length behind, the two together 
forming a somewhat horseshoe-shaped curve, the area between them 
occupied by an anteriorly clavate sclerite, Total length 22; carapace 12, 
its width 10°5. 
Loc. Khost in Baluchistan (Smeth) ; Poona District (Irani type) ; 
Nagpur. 
Sparassus pearson, sp. D. 
2. Colour of head reddish-brown, legs, coxze and sternum yellowish- 
brown, abdomen greyish-olive, mandible black, the whole (except the 
lower end of the mandibles) covered with a coating of-tolerably uniform 
