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black ring round the femur ; on the third leg there is a corresponding 

 rino- on the femur, and an additional one on the tibia ; on the fourth leg 

 the ring on the femur is incomplete in the middle line above, while the 

 ring on the tibia is reduced to a black spot on its posterior surface. 



The type and only known example of this species is a female from 

 Vellore. It is in the collection of the British Museum. 



This species is very nearly related to R. annulata (cf. infra), with 

 which Mr. Bernard compared it. One of the differential characters, 

 however, pointed out by Mr. Bernard does not in reality exist. For 

 he states that R. nigrocincta has black rings on the tibia of the legs and 

 not on the femora, as stated by Simon for R. annulata. This is an 

 error, the bands being in both species found on the femora. 



(10) Rhax annulata, Simon. 

 Bull. Soc. Zool. France, x, p. 2 (1885). 



From Wagra-Koroor near Guntakul, which is not far from Bellary. 

 Very closely allied to R. nigrocincta, but I provisionally regard it as 

 distinct on the ground that Simon does not mention the presence in 

 R. annulata of any lateral yellow patches on the head, nor of the 

 blackness on the lower surface of the femur of the palp, nor on the 

 lower side of the femur and tibia of the first legs, nor on the posterior 

 surface of the tibia of the fourth leg. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



PI. A, Fig. 1. Galeodes agitis, Sp. n. $, nat. size. [ble. 



1« r }3 External aspect of mandi- 



1& >» r> First abdominal sternum. 



lc j> „ External malleolus. 



2 „ fatalis (Licht. and Herbst), £, external 



view of mandible. 



* a '> . " . " » j? 0I> 2 • 



3 Rhax pkipsoni, Sp. n., external view of mandible 



of $. 



4 „ brevipes, (Gervais), „ f 5 # 

 PI. B, Fig. 1. Galeodes fatalis, (Licht. and Herbst) nat. size $. 



la » » „ $. 



2 Rhax semi/lava, Pocock, nat. size $ . 



3 „ brevipes, Gervais, „ 9. 



4 „ phipsoni, Sp, n., „ $. 



