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mensions of the Bengal bird, according to Dr. Pearson, are, length 

 6 in. by 11 in. in alar expanse, and the wing measures 3 J in., the 

 stuffed specimen showing it to be scarcely smaller than Tringa 

 platyrhyncha. I would therefore provisionally style it Eu. orien- 

 talis. 



Nov. \7th. — Terekia javanica continues to be brought to the 

 bazar, one or two every morning ; also Tringa platyrhynchaj or 

 Limicola pygmea of Nilsson ; and I obtained a third specimen 

 of the Kentish plover this morning, together with a lot of Gla- 

 reola orientalis. 



I herein inclose skins of Culicipeta Burkii, Phylloscopus regu- 

 hides, Ph. modestus, two. Ph. affinis and Ph. lugubris, which kindly 

 show to Mr. Gould and Mr. G. R. Gray, and ask their opinion of 

 them. I request Mr. Gray's acceptance of them for the British 

 Museum, but will send him better and mounted specimens by 

 and by. I cannot delay this note for the departure of the ex- 

 press, as the specimens make it too bulky to be then received ; 

 but if anything should turn up in the meanwhile worthy of being 

 recorded I will let you know. 



Believe me ever, very truly yours, 



E. Blyth. 



XXIV. — Descriptions of some newly discovered species o/Araneidea. 

 By John Blackwall, Esq., F.L.S. 



Tribe OCTONOCULINA. 



Family AGELENID^. 



Genus Tegenaria, Walch. 



1. Tegenaria sceva. Cephalo-thorace pallide jflavescenti-brunneo ; 

 linea tenui mediana antice, fascia lata, irregular! longitudinali, ad 

 utrumque latus marginibusque lateralibus obscure brunneis ; man- 

 dibulis saturate fusco -brunneis ; maxillis labroque rufescenti-brun- 

 neis ; sterno fascia mediana rufescenti-brunnea, postice gradatim 

 tenuiore, et ad latera fascia lata semilunari saturate brunnea puncta 

 varia rotunda rufescenti-brunnea pedum versus insertionem inclu- 

 denti ; pedibus longis, pilosis rufescenti-brunneis nisi ad femora 2^*^ 

 3tn 4tique ubi color obscure viridescenti-brunneus ; coxis subtus 

 maculis plurimis nigris, pedum pari 4*^ longissimo, dein 1™°, 3*^° 

 brevissimo ; lineis medianis ad partem abdominis superiorem angu- 

 latis flavescenti-brunneis, ad filatoria brevioribus et obscurioribus, 

 quarum vertices prorsum spectantes prope seriei anteriorem partem 

 fascia longitudinali fusco-lutea intercept! ; extremitates autem 

 valde dilatatae maculis nigris irregularibus alternantes ; lateribus 

 fusco-luteis dense nigro-maculatis ; abdomine subtus medio flaves- 

 centi-brunneo, inter strigas duas obscuras, e maculis plurimis 

 nigris compositas, ad filatoria junctas. 



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