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The Scottish Naturalist. 



Demetrias. 



R.-test., with the h.-b., and the sut., more or less clouded 



with fuscous. U. -s. test. E. faintly p. -s. Claws 



with i tooth. 2 1. E. FC - 

 Very like the prec. . The e. vary in the fuscous clouding 



(it is sometimes absent). Breast, b. Claws with 



3 teeth. 2,% L E. ! 



monostigma 



atricapillus 



Drominus. 



Th. tr. 



(E. gently 



1. Hi. half, at least, of u. -s. of h. -b. b 



oil* !•'•••••« 2 



--------.- not tr. (Mouth, pal., legs, and an., 



pale. }«.•»■••■ a 



II. -b. reddish beneath ; often rather darker near ap. . . 6 



2. E. with well def. markings. (Mouth, pal. , legs, and 



an., pale.) ....... 3 



- unic, blackish r. H. dark. Th. reddish with paler 



mar. Sides of E. very parallel. 3 1. E . . meridionalis 



3. Hi. angs. of th. very obt. H. b. Th. r. E. b., each 



with 2 large pale spots, the ant. spot not reach- 

 ing mar. of E. 2)4 1. B. ! . . quadrimaculatus 

 Very like prec. Smaller. Hi. angs. of th. hardly obt. 

 Ant, pale spot on e. touches the mar. i}( 1. E. . 



4. E. not unif. blackish r. (H. b. Th. reddish. E. 



gently str. ) . 



- unif. pit. Very like meridionalis. An. longer and 



stouter. E. longer, with less parallel sides. 3I. B. ! 



5. E. b. , each with 2 well def. pale spots, of which the hi. 



is smallest. The ant. spot sometimes fills ba. 

 \% 1. B. ! 



- pale in fr., dark behind ; often an obsc. pale spot 



near ap. ; or unif. brown ; or sut. entirely dark. 

 \% 1. B.c- ..... 



b. Legs, pal., and an. pale. E. with dist. markings. 

 (H.-b. Th. r.) 



- with no dist. markings. (H. and th. 

 reddish.) ...... 



Pal. dark brown. H. b. Th. r., about as broad as 

 long. Legs and an. test. E. pale, often darker 

 near sut. \}/£ L B. ! . . . melanocephalus 



j. A pale cloud at ba. of each of the obs. str. e. The in. 

 mars, of these pale marks meet on sc. and run 

 very obi. apart backw. Rest of e. dark, exc. round 

 ap. of sut. \%\. E. 6C - .... vectensis 



Very like prec. An. longer. Th. more el. E. longer 

 and more parallel. In edges of pale clouds on fr. 

 of e. more parallel. Ap, of e. entirely pale 1^1. E.»- 



sigma 



quadrisignatus 



5 



agilis 



quadrinotatus 



nigriventris 



7 



8 



