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of lobes or ridges, inclined posteriorly at an angle and enclosing a 
small sclerite shaped like an arrow-head. 
Measurements in millimetres.— Total length 9 ; length of carapace 3°5 ; 
length and width of abdomen 5 ; length of first leg 13. 
Loc. 8. India, Nilgiri Hills (G. F. Hampson). 
Family CRYPTOTHELIDA. 
Cryptothele collina, sp. 1. 
Colour of a uniform yellowish or muddy-brown above and _ below. 
Carapace high, much higher behind than in front, abruptly sloped 
away behind and at the sides, ocular region distinctly elevated, a deep 
depression behind the posterior eyes ; eyes of anterior pair the largest, 
considerably more than a diameter apart, the median quadrangle 
more than twice as long as wide, parallel-sided. Abdomen as wide 
as long. Vulva wider than long, consisting posteriorly of a pair 
of horny lobes meeting in the middle line and enclosing a space 
occupied by a small median heart-shaped sclerite. Legs short. 
subequal. 
Measurements in millémetres.—Total length 10 ; length of carapace 4°5, 
Loc. 8S. India: Ootacamund (G. F. Hampson). 
According to the description Cryptothele ceylonica, O. P. Cam- 
bridge (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, p. 563, pl. Lv1, fig. 4) differs from 
the preceding in the following particulars :—Size very much smaller, 
carapace not noticeably elevated bekind ; ocular tubercle low, no 
depression behind it : eyes of anterior pair a diameter apart, median 
ocular quadrangle not twice as wide as long. Total length 4 mm, 
