1889.] 



Continental India, Burma, and the Malay Peninsula. 



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with red ; abdomen reddisli-brown tending to black ; legs entirely dark 

 red ; lower surface dark cliestnut, tlie first joint of tlie cheliceres much 

 deeper ; tail paler than the legs. Length 1 inch. 



2 . Similar to the male in colour, and somewhat larger. 



Immature animal. Cheliceres brownish-red turning to almost pure 

 red at the end; cephalothorax black; abdomen olivaceous -brown : first 

 three joints of all the legs olive-green ; remainder of the legs and the 

 whole lower surface pale reddish-yellow, darker on the first joint of the 

 cheliceres. 



Structure, Cheliceris very sparingly punctured all over, the 



second joint with a few wrinkles across the exterior poi'tion, and with 

 five more or less obsolete teeth on the anterior and interior edges ; two 

 spines on the lower surface ; third joint with one spine below ; fourth 

 joint with a minute spine below and a long cylindrical ajiophysis on the 

 interior-front angle, terminated below by a bifid tooth, and with a large 

 rounded tubercle within ; fifth joint large, broader than the fourth with 

 a spine beneath, the fixed finger very short and triangular, serrated on 

 both edges; movable finger sharp and curved (Fig. 11), finely sei-rated 

 interiorly. 



Cephalothorax finely granulated all over ; space between lateral and 

 fi'ontal eyes swollen but not ridged. 



First abdominal segment below smooth, not divided, broadly round- 

 ed posteriorly. 



Structure, $ . Second joint of cheliceres with five very distinct 

 teeth on the fi'ont edge and two spines below ; third joint with a spine 

 below ; third joint with a minute spine below and a short, bluntly- 

 triangular apophysis on the interior-frontal angle, serrated interiorly 

 and with a few teeth on the outside ; fifth joint weak and narrow, the 

 fixed finger triangular, sharply pointed and serrated on both edges, the 

 movable finger weak, sharply curved and serrated within. 



Cephalothorax as in the male. 



First abdominal segment below smooth, the middle posterior portion 

 abruptly lengthened. 



Found in the neighbourhood of Moulmein in Tenasserim, where it 

 appears to be common. 



8. Theltphonus binghami, n. sp. 



(?. Cheliceres and cephalothorax deep black; abdomen black 

 tinged with red ; legs bright red ; below, first joint of chelicei'es and the 

 abdomen deep red, legs bright red. 



9 . Of the same colour as the male, but the cheliceres strongly 

 tinged with red. 



