228 Indian Araclmoidea. [No. 4, 



middle, and the corresponding pair of the lateral eyes, are placed on the 

 perpendicular front side of the thorax ; the former are on a slight pro- 

 tuberance close together, the latter which are a little larger near the 

 edges below the projecting corners ; on the other side, still nearer to the 

 outer point, the posterior laterals are situated, being directed back- 

 wards ; the posterior central eyes are above, near, but not quite on the 

 front ridge, they are nearly twice as far apart from each other than 

 the anterior centrals ; in size they hardly differ. 



The falces are very short, broad at the base, gradually tapering 

 towards the tips which are furnished with small simple claws ; their 

 length is about equal to that of the sternum, the colour is pale brown. 



The lip is rather elongate, broad, subtruncate in front ; the maxilla? 

 are about one-third longer than the lip, thick at the base, narrower 

 at the tips with which they converge towards each other. 



The palpi are stout, a little more than double the length of the 

 maxillaa ; both are pale yellowish brown, thickly set with short stiff 

 hairs towards their ends. 



The sternum is subtriangular, truncate in front with roundish corners, 

 gradually becoming narrower posteriorly. The feet of the 1st and 

 2nd pair are among the largest, and subequal the first being very little 

 longer ; those of the 3rd and 4th are again subequal, the fourth 

 which is about equal to only one-half the length of the second pair 

 being slightly longer than the third. The femora are long, sub -cylindri- 

 cal, very finely granulated ; the terminal portions of the tibiae, and the 

 tarsi of the two first pairs are on the internal side provided with stiff 

 depressed hairs of a brownish colour. Each tarsus of the four anterior feet 

 terminates with four claws, two being stout and black and two smaller, 

 pale brown ; on the four posterior feet the claws are much more slender 

 than on the anterior. 



The abdomen is sub-cylindrical, slightly narrowed and truncate in 

 front, where it partially covers the base of the thorax ; in the middle 

 it is somewhat inflated ; pointed and slightly elevated at the posterior 

 end. The general colour is greyish white, produced by numerous short 

 hairs intermixed with others which are stiff and black. There is a 

 conspicuous dark central band with a white stripe on either side ; the 

 dark band includes four pairs of indislinct blackish spots, beginning 

 about the middle ; near the end is a dark X mark, formed of minute 



