XXVI. ON SOME ORIENTAL SOLIFUG^, WITH 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW FORMS. 



By A. S. Hirst {British Museum, Nat. Hist.). 



The new forms described in this paper (with the exception of 

 Galeodes ftscheri and Eusimonia celeripes) form part of the collection 

 of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, It is owing to the kindness of 

 Dr. N. Annandale that I have been enabled to examine and to 

 describe them. 



Galeodes darius, Pocock. 



1895, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 6), vol, xvi, p. 81; 1889-1900, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xxvii, p. 403 ; 1905, Birula, Bull. Acad. 

 Imp. Sci. St. Petersburg (ser. 5), vol. xxii, p, 260, 



5 , Mandible. — Upper jaw armed with two minor intermediate 

 teeth, the posterior one small. Lower jaw also with two minor 

 teeth. 



Palpi. — Patella armed ventrally with bristles which are alter- 

 nately very long and rather short ; tibia of palp with five or six 

 pairs of spines, some of which exceed the height of the segment. 



Legs. — Tarsi of second and third legs with seven spines, the 

 posterior basal spine being absent. Tarsi of fourth legs with five 

 pairs of spines. 



Locality. — Fao, Persia. 



Remarks. — This species is closely allied to G. macmahoni, Po- 

 cock, but differs in that the tibia of the tarsus is darkened, 



Galeodes aulicus, sp. nov. 



cf . Colour. — Pale sandy yellow ; head and terga of abdomen 

 infuscate ; mandibles pale above and marked with faint stripes ; 

 patella, tibia and tarsus of palp deeply infuscate, the distal half of 

 the femur dark or pale ; first leg with tibia and tarsus darkened, 

 the posterior legs entirely pale. 



Head. — Width of head-plate about half the length of the patel- 

 la of the maxillipalp and considerably less than the length of the 

 tibia. 



Mandible. — Blade of flagellum resembling that of G. agilis, 

 Pocock. Lower jaw with one or two minor teeth. 



Palpi. — Patella armed with four long and strong ventro-lateral 

 spines and with a median row of spines, tibia with six (in one of 

 the specimens with only four) pairs of strong and rather short 

 spines, the anterior pair, however, exceeding the height of the seg- 

 ment; '^ cylinder-bristles" absent. 



