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to LomaiTi, supersedes Biantes, the family name should be 

 Hinzuanidif. 



Family Oxcopodid.e. 



Genus Pelitnus, Thor. 



Pelitxus pulvillatus, sp. n. 



Colour a tolerably rich reddish brown, the dorsal side of the 

 body sometimes infuscate and contrasting with the paler appen- 

 dages, the lattei' very indistinctly banded. 



Differs from P. anni(,li2)es Poc. in the following particulars : — 

 Body wider, the abdominal portion being almost as wide as long ; 

 its upper side more convex longitudinally, the first free tergite 

 rising somewhat abruptly highei- than the dorsal surface of the 

 carapace, the thiixl tergite the highest point of the body, excluding 

 the ocular tubercle. Ocular tubercle erect, slender apically, 

 separated from the posterior sulcus of the carapace by a space 

 which at least equals its own basal diameter, its anterior bordei' 

 vertical. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th sterna with their posterioi- 

 half covered, except latei-ally, with a thick carpet of short, close- 

 set hairs. 



Paljms with its femur dorsally more tumid and more convex 

 on the inner side ; spine on lowei' side of trochanter of pal2> 

 smaller than that on the femur, which is large and triangular ; 

 all the segments of the legs and palpi relatively shorter and 

 stouter. 



Measurements in mm. : — Total length 6 ; width 4*2 ; of 1st 

 leg 8, 2nd 12, 3rd 9, 4th 13. 



Log. Malay Peninsula : Selangoi'e. " In cave " [H. N'. Ridley), 



PeLITXUS PILIGER, sp. n. 



Xearly allied to F. 'pidviUattts, but with the upper side of the 

 trunk blackish and contrasting strongly with the paler appendages, 

 the mandibles and paljii being cleai- reddish yellow, without trace 

 of infuscation ; femora and tibi?e of the legs infuscate. Body 

 and appendages of the same relative size and form as in 

 P. 2^ulvillatus, but the postocular area of the carapace sloping 

 upwards from the groove to the tubercle not horizontal, the 

 tubercle itself widei- than high, with a bluntly rounded summit. 

 Spine on ti-ochanter of ^j>a?^; longer, cylindrical, smaller than that 

 of the femur, which is also cylindrical and curved forwards. 



Measurements in mm. : — Total length 6 ; width 4*2 ; 1st 

 leg 8, 2nd 12, 3rd 9, 4th 13 \ 



Log. Malay Peninsula : Bukit Besar, 2500 feet alt. " Under 

 bark of fallen tree" {Annandale and Robinson). 



These two species differ from the previously described members 

 of the genus in the presence of the transverse bands of coarse 

 pubescence upon the abdominal sterna. 



1 lu this aud other cases the measurements of the legs do uot include the coxa3. 



