246 A. S. Hirst: Oriental Solifugm. [Voiv. II; 



Measurements in mm. — Length of bod}'- 27*5 ; width of head 7*5 ; 

 length of palp 37'5 ; of first leg 25 ; of fourth leg 41*5 ; of patella 

 of palp 12*5 ; of tibia of palp 10; of tarsus of palp 2"5. 



Locality. — Malakand, N.-W. Frontier of India ; a single female 

 example. 



Remarks. — This new species is closely allied to G. bacilli fer, 

 Pocock, but is darker in colour, the abdomen being ornamented 

 above with a dark band. 



The following key shows some of the principal differences be- 

 tween the males of the species of Galeodes (sub-gen. Galeodes) that 

 I have been able to examine : — 



^ Distal segment of tarsus of fourth leg 



armed below with a pair of spines 2 



Distal segment of tarsus of fourth leg . 



without spines . . . . 7 



f Tibia of palp furnished ventrally with 



3 '' cylinder-bristles " . . . . 3 



j Tibia of palp ventrally without ' ' cy- 



L linder-bristles " . . . . G. aulicus^ Hirst. 



r Proximal tarsal segment of second 



j and third legs with a posterior 



J basal spine . . . . G. afghanus, Pocock. 



1 Proximal tarsal segment of second 



1 and third legs without a posterior 



t, basal spine . . . . .4 



C Tibia of palp fuscous . . . . 5 



(_ Tibia of palp yellow . . . . G. macmahoni , Pocock 



fSize large (over 40 mm.) ; yellow ; 



I patella of palp twice width of head 6 



<( Smaller (about 30 mm.) ; browner ; 



i patella of palp less than twice 



L width of head . . . . G. orientalis, vStol. 



f Bristles of pad of tarsus of fourth leg 



i broad, their ends abruptly pointed G. festivus, Hirst. 



<( Bristles of pad of tarsus very much 



I narrower, their ends sharply 



L pointed .. .. .. G. agilis.Vocock. 



r Tibia of palp furnished ventrally with 



J ''cylinder-bristles" .. .. 8 



I Tibia of palp ventrally without ' ' cy- 



l Hnder-bristles " . . . . G. citrinus, Pocock. 



Cylinder-bristles," of tibia of palp 

 long (either slender or stout) . . 9 



Cylinder-bristles " of tibia of palp 

 very stout, slender and cylindrical G. fischeri, Hirst. 



1 The posterior legs of the male specimen of G. afghanus, Pocock, are missiug. 

 The female which is supposed to belong to this species, however, has the distal 

 segment of the fourth leg armed below with a pair of spines. 



