466 MR. C. WITH ON PHALANGIIDE 
New and Old Phalangitde from the Indian Region. By 
C. Wirn, Copenhagen. (Communicated by H. J. Hansen, 
¥F.M.L.S.) 
[Read 20th November, 1902.] 
INTRODUCTION AND List oF SPECIES. 
Drs. H. J. Hansen and W. Sorensen received the Indian 
Phalangiide herein described from the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 
by the kindness of Dr. A. Alcock, F.R.S., Curator of that 
Institution, to which they will ultimately be returned. Dr. Sor- 
ensen made some preliminary studies, but as he had no time to 
finish them, he and Dr. Hansen left the collection to me to werk 
out. I take this opportunity of tendering these two gentlemen, 
but especially Dr. Hansen, my best thanks, for their kindness in 
assisting me in this and in other tasks. As will be seen from 
the following, I have had occasion to extend my knowledge by 
studying the animals of this group preserved in the Zoological 
Museum of Copenhagen, which Dr. Meinert has placed at my 
disposal. The greater part of this collection embraces Thorell’s 
original species. 
The genus Gagrella, the type of the subfamily Gagrelline, 
was founded by Stoliczka in 1869. Ditlerent naturalists have 
since his time contributed to the kuowledge of the Indian 
harvestmen, but none more than the late T. Thorell. He 
described most of the recognized species aud described them 
very well. His several papers form the basis for work on this 
section of the Indian fauna. Some of his genera are not very 
well founded, but we must remember that he based them on a 
relatively scanty material. 
The following is a list of the Phalangiide from the Indian 
continent and adjacent islands and certain other localities. 
New GUINEA. 
Gagrella Albertisti, Thor.; G. Doleschallit, Thor. ; G. xanthestoma, 
Thor. 
PHILIPPINES. 
Zaleptus mermis, Sim.; Gayrclla elegans, Sim.; G. olscura, Sim. 5 
G. luzonica, Loman. 
