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Show 1902.] NEW HARVEST-SPIDERS. 413 to Loman, supersedes Biantes, the family name should be Hinzuanidse. Family O ngopodid.e . Genus P e l it n u s , Thor. P e l it n u s p u l v il l a t u s , sp. n. Colour a tolerably rich reddish brown, the dorsal side of the body sometimes infuscate and contrasting with the paler appendages, the latter very indistinctly banded. Differs from P. annuldpes Poc. in the following particulars:- Body wider, the abdominal portion being almost as wide as long; its upper side more convex longitudinally, the first free tergite rising somewhat abruptly higher than the dorsal surface of the carapace, the third tergite the highest point of the body, excluding the ocular tubercle. Ocular tubercle erect, slender apically, separated from the posterior sulcus of the carapace by a space which at least equals its own basal diameter, its anterior border vertical. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th sterna with their posterior half covered, except laterally, with a thick carpet of short, close-set hairs. Palpus with its femur dorsally more tumid and. more convex on the inner side ; spine on lower side of trochanter of palp smaller than that on the femur, which is large and triangular; all the segments of the legs and palpi relatively shorter and stouter. Measurements in mm.:-Total length 6 ; width 4-2 ; of 1st leg 8, 2nd 12, 3rd 9, 4th 13. ' Loc. Malay Peninsula: Selangore. " In cave" (II. N. Ridley). P e l it n u s p i l i g e r , sp . n . Nearly allied to P. pulvillatus, but with the upper side of the trunk blackish and contrasting strongly with the paler appendages, the mandibles and palpi being clear reddish yellow, without trace of infuscation ; femora and tibiae of the legs infuscate. Body and appendages of the same relative size and form as _ m P pulvillatus, but the postocular area of the carapace sloping upwards from the groove to the tubercle not horizontal, the tubercle itself wider "than high, with a bluntly rounded summit. Spine on trochanter of palp longer, cylindrical, smaller than that of the femur, which is also cylindrical and curved forwards. Measurements in mm.:-Total length 6 ; width 4-2; 1st 8 2nd 12, 3rd 9, 4th 13 . , *Loc. Malay Peninsula: Bukit Besar, 2500 feet alt. " Under bark of fallen tree " (Annandale and Robinson). These two species differ from the previously described members of the genus in the presence of the transverse bands of coarse pubescence upon the abdominal sterna. i In this and other cases the measurements of the legs do not include the coxa?. |