68 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



Sternum a little longer than wide (11: 10). 



Labium and endites with the spinules as usual. 



Ocular tubercle con\'ex. Anterior row of eyes only weakly pro- 

 curved a line tangent to anterior edge of median eyes running clearly 

 in front of the middle of the lateral eyes. Anterior median eyes 

 subequal to the laterals; less than their diameter apart and from the 

 lateral on each side. Posterior lateral eyes a little smaller than the 

 anterior laterals. Posterior median eyes but little smaller than the 

 posterior laterals to which they are a little closer than to the ante- 

 rior medians. 



Metatarsi I and II scopulate densely to base; metatarsus III 

 scopulate a little more than half its length; metatarsus IV scopulate 

 only at very distal end. 



Femur I with some plumose hairs on anterior side proximally but 

 none detected on ectal side of femur of palpus. Bacilliform spines of 

 stridulating organ on trochanter of palpus very numerous. 



Female (type). — Length, 55 mm. 



Cephalothorax: length, 25.5 mm.; width, 22 mm.; width across 

 anterior end 15 mm. 



fem. tib. +pat. met. tar. total 



Leg I 17.5mm. 23.Smm. 12.3 mm. 7mm. 60.6 mm. 



Leg II 16 21.5 11.7 7 56.2 



Leg III 14.5 19 14 7.6 55.1 



Leg IV 18 23 18 8 65 



Selenocosmia kulluensis, sp. nov. 



* 



Plate 5, fig. 2, 3. 



Type — M.C.Z. 94. cf. India: Kullu Valley. M. M. Carleton. 



Integument of cephalothorax and legs chocolate-brown. Pubes- 

 cence of legs in general lighter yellowish brown ; the patellae clothed 

 with white or greyish hairs a stripe of which also encircles tibiae at 

 proximal end. Pubescence of cephalothorax dense; in large part 

 light grey in color, this being most abundant cephalad, also occurring 

 over part of chclicerae. Sternum and coxae of legs ventrally lighter 

 brown. Abdomen above light brown with hairs yellowish brown; 

 venter a deeper chocolate-brown. The fringes on endites and chcli- 

 cerae rufous. 



