chamberlin: new spiders of the family aviculariidae. 09 



Labium with a dense band of spinules across distal border. Coxae 

 of palpi with similar spinules over proximomosal corner. 



Cephalothorax low. Pars cephalica but little elevated. Fovea 

 thoracic short, lunate. 



Anterior row of eyes very weakly procurved, a line tangent to med- 

 ian eyes passing through anterior fifth of lateral eyes. Median eyes 

 smaller than the lateral, the ratio of diameters being nearly as 7:8; 

 nearly four sevenths their diameter apart while only little more than 

 one third their diameter from the laterals. Posterior row of eyes 

 recurved. Posterior lateral eyes smaller than the anterior laterals, 

 the ratio of diameters being about as 25:34; three fourths their 

 diameter from the anterior laterals. Posterior median eyes very long 

 and narrow, longer than greatest diameter of the laterals; very close 

 to the laterals, clearly farther from the anterior medians. 



Bacilliform spines of stridulating organ on coxa of pedipalp densely 

 grouped in an elongate ovate area of which the narrower end is distad. 

 The stridulating spines on the chelicera are arranged in an area ad- 

 jacent to the fringe for the entire length of which they extend, the 

 spines decreasing in length and increasing in density toward dorsal or 

 ectal edge of the area. 



Tibia + patella IV in male shorter than tibia + patella I ; both 

 considerabl}^ longer than the cephalothorax. 



Til)ia I in male unmodified as usual. 



Male (type). Length, 39 mm. 



Cephalothorax: length, 18 mm.; width, 15.5 mm. 



fern. tib. +pat. met. tar. total 



In coloration close to S. himalayana Pocock. It agrees with this 

 form and differs from other known Indian species in having the 

 patellae and cephalothorax covered with greyish hairs, the patellae 

 contrasting sharply in color with other joints of legs. The present 

 species seems to be a decidedly larger one than S. himalayana and the 

 anterior row of eyes are procurved though not strongly so, instead of 

 straight. The scopula of tarsus IV in ^5'. himalayana is divided whereas 

 it is entire in the present species excepting at very proximal end. 

 Unfortunately the type of S. himalayana is a female, that of S. kul- 

 luensis a male, so that detailed comparisons cannot be made. 



