igoS,] Records of the Indian Museum. 243 



This species is very closel}^ allied to (perhaps identical with) 

 G. araneoides, Pallas. The bristles of the pad of the fourth leg, 

 however, are broad and not very sharply pointed. 



cr' . Mandible. — Lower jaw with three minor teeth. 



Palp with the patella a little more than twice the width of the 

 head. 



Legs. — Tarsi of second and third legs with four pairs of spines. 

 Tarsus of fourth leg with four pairs of spines. 



Remarks. — The fourth leg of the male measures 50 mm. and 

 not 60 mm. as stated in Mr. Pocock's description. 



Galeodes citrinus, Pocock, 



1895, G. citrinus, Focock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser.6)^vol. xvi, 

 p. 81; 1889-1900, G. citrinus, Pocock, Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xxvii, 

 pp. 403 and 404; 1900, G. nigripalpis, Pocock, Fauna of British 

 India, Arachnida, p. 144; 1905, G. citrinus, Birula, Bull. Acad. 

 Imp. Sci. St. Petersburg (ser. 5), vol, xxii, p. 254; G. pococki, 

 Birula, loc. cit., p. 256. 



Mandible. — lyower jaw with a single minor tooth. 

 Palpi, — Patella twice or a little more than twice the width of 

 the head-plate ; tibia ventrally without cylinder-bristles. 



Legs. — Tarsi of second legs with four anterior spines and two 

 posterior spines (one on each segment) ; tarsi of third legs usually 

 armed with seven spines (the posterior basal spine being absent) 

 or with the same armature as the second legs. Tarsi of fourth ^ 

 legs with four pairs of spines, the distal segment unspined. 

 There are two forms of this species — 



(i) The typical form : Colour paler than in the variety nigri- 

 palpis ; tarsus of palp pale yellow ; legs not darkened ; 

 size large (up to 40 mm.) ; locality J ask. 

 (2) Var. nigripalpis, Pocock: Tarsus of palp infuscate ; legs 

 slightly darkened ; abdominal terga much darker than 

 in the typical form ; size smaller (up to 29 mm.) ; locality 

 Omara, Baluchistan. 



Galeodes indicus, Pocock. 



1900, Pocock, Fauna of British India, Arachnida, pp. 142-144. 



Dr. Birula compares this species with his G. auronitens. The 

 two species are not closely allied, however, for G. auronitens belongs 

 to the caspius group, whilst G. indicus belongs to the araneoides 

 group. Pocock says in his description of G. indicus " Tarsi of legs 

 armed as in G. fatalis, except that the distal segment is spined. " 

 The word ' spined' in this sentence is a misprint for ' unspined,' for 

 in G. fatalis, lyicht. and Herbst, the distal tarsal segment of the 

 fourth leg is spined, whilst this is not the case in G. indicus. 



Galeodes chitralensis, sp. nov. 



& . Colour. — Paler than in G. indicus, Pocock ; head scarcely 

 darkened, but darker than the legs, which are sandy yellow ; ocular- 



