CHKLIFEEIDiE AND GARYPID^ IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 59 



o£ the tibia o£ the fourth pair, a distinctly longer, but not simple, hair is 

 found ; the tarsal " tactile " hair is distinctly one-third removed from the 

 base and about as long as the tarsus. The legs are rather short and clumsy ; 

 the femur of the first pair of legs is scarcely deeper than the trochantin, and 

 the tibia is almost 1'2 as long as the tarsus, which is 3' 6 as long as deep ; 

 the femur of the fourth pair of legs is 2*3 as long as deep, 1*3 as long as 

 the tibia, and 1*3 lower than the tarsus is long. 



Colour. — The palps and the cephalothorax are yellowish brown. 



Measurements. — Cephalothorax 0-782 (0-621) ; abdomen 2-185 (1*035) mm. 



Palps : trochanter 0*386 (0*235); femur 0*621 (0*265) ; tibia 0*647 (0*299) ; 

 hand 0*690 (0*400), depth 0*368 ; finger 0*575 mm. 



Leg I. : femur 0*426 (0*160), trochantin 0*076 (0*160) ; tibia 0*327 

 0*114) ; tarsus 0*274 (0*076) mm. 



Leg IV. : femur 0*555 (0*247) ; tibia 0*433 (0*140) ; tarsus 0*327 (0*091) 

 mm. 



Material. — A single mutilated female was obtained by Professor W. J. 

 8ollas in Funafuti, and originally mounted with Garypinus oceanicus, sp. n. 



Remarks. — This species seems to be nearly related to Ch. pygmceus, Keys., 

 but differs by larger size, by the chela, which is as long as the two preceding 

 joints together, not 1*4 shorter, by the shorter fingers {cf. Keyserling, 4. 

 pp. 49-50), and by the tibia of the first pair of legs, which is distinctly 

 longer than the tarsus (c/. With, 14. p. 110). From Ch. taierensis, sp. n., it 

 differs distinctly by smaller size, by the dorso-ventral membranes of the 

 abdomen, which is not distinctly granular, and by the different shape of 

 the palps, e. g. more convex inner outline of tibia. 



B. Species from Asia. 



So far as the Cheliferidce, Hansen, are concerned I refer to my paper on 

 Indian Chelonethi (18) : in the following pages three species, included in 

 the collections of the British Museum, will be mentioned or described ; they 

 belong to the Ch. hirmanicus, Thorell, group. 



5. Chelifer javanus, Thorell. (Plate 8. figs. 13 & 14.) 

 1883. Thorell, (3) pp. 37-40, tav. 5. figs. 20-22. 

 1906. With, (18) pp. 184-185. 



Indistinct ocular spots. Cephalothorax smooth, without transverse stripes. 

 The moderately long and slender abdomen with six fairly long pointed 

 hairs in front of row. The palps distinctly granular anteriorly, with 

 fairly long pointed hairs. Trochanter scarcely bigibbose in female, 

 slightly so in male ; femur, which is 2*2 as long as wide, is somewhat 

 attenuated and posteriorly beyond stalk rather abruptly convex ; tibia, 

 which has a rather short and well-marked stalk, and is about twice as 



