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anterior side. Tarsi of fourth legs with four pairs of spines; the 

 distal segment unspined. 



Measurements in mm. — I^ength of body 25 ; width of head 6*5 ; 

 length of palp 42*5 ; of first leg 30"5 ; of fourth leg 43-5 ; of patella 

 of palp 14 ; of tibia of palp 1075 ; of tarsus of palp 3. 



9 . Mandible. — Upper jaw with two minor teeth between the 

 principal ones^ dentition of lower jaw similar to that of the male. 



Palp. — Patella and tibia with long and slender spines as in 

 G. indicus. 



Legs. — Blade of external malleolus almost equalling the breadth 

 of the ocular tubercle. 



Measurements in mm. — lycngth of body 24 ; width of head 

 7*75 ; length of palp 35 ; of first leg 25 ; of fourth leg 36-5 ; of 

 patella of palp 11 ; of tibia of palp 9 ; of tarsus of palp 3. 



Locality. — North Coimbatore District, Madras, three males and 

 two females collected by Mr. C. B. C. Fischer. 



Remarks. — This species differs from G. indicus, Pocock, in that 

 the " cylinder-bristles" of the tibia of the palp are very short. 



Galea des hacillifer, Pocock. 



1900, G. hacillifer, Pocock, Fauna of British Ittdia, Arachnida, 

 p. 144; 1904, G. hacillifer, Birula, Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. St. 

 Petersburg, vol. ix, p. 395: 1905, G. hacillifer, Birula, Bull. Acad. 

 Imp. Sci. St. Petersburg (ser. 5), vol. xxii, p. 256. 



The tibia of the palp of the male is provided ventrally with a 

 few very long and slender '' cylinder-bristles " in the tj^pical speci- 

 men. These bristles are confined to the basal half of the segment. 

 In the specimens determined by Dr. Birula as belonging to this spe- 

 cies the '' cylinder-bristles " are said to be absent. 



Galeodes annandalei , sp. nov. 



Colour. — Yellowish white ; head greyish above, the ocular 

 tubercle black ; abdomen with the terga darkened, its ventral sur- 

 face greyish yellow ; mandibles slightly darkened above and marked 

 with broad stripes; patella, tibia and tarsus of palp and the femora 

 and patellae of the legs slightly infuscate. 



Mandibles with upper jaw provided (between the principal 

 teeth) with two minor teeth of fairly large size, lower jaw with 

 three minor teeth. 



Palpi. — A little shorter than in G. hacillifer (see measure- 

 ments) ; patella armed with long and thin spines as in G. indicus 

 and hacillifer ; tarsus with a pair of strong bristles as in G. 

 hacillifer. 



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

 of spines ; tarsi of fourth legs also with four pairs of spines, the 

 distal segment being unspined. 



Abdomen. — Fifth abdominal segment ventrally with a curved 

 row of thin yellowish bristles. 



