INTRODrCTIOX. XIU 



Til. tejildafioi'vm, Kjitira clfricola, E. insnlcina, Taplnattas melano- 

 gnathus, Cyrba ah/erina, Plexipjms payJcullii, Thyene imperialis, 

 and Hasarius adansonii ; the following 10 are even found in 

 America : — Scytod^s mnrmorata , Argyrodes argnitatus, Theridium 

 tepidariwum^ Ulohoras geniculatus, Nephilengys maJaharensis, Epeira 

 punctigera, E. theisii, Uettropoda venatoria, Tapinattus melano- 

 gnathus, and Plexippus payTcuUii. 



Of the many new species described in tlie following pages, two 

 are of especial interest — Ligdns clielifcr and Proloclms longiceps. 

 The former is a small flat spider belonging to the family Salti- 

 coidse, and resembles very much a Cheloneth (Pseudoscorpion) ; 

 Prolochvs longiceps has some resemblance to an Orhitelarian 

 spider of the genus Meia (31. segmentata, f. iust.), but it has only 

 six large eyes, and its head is very prominent or projecting over 

 the base of the mandibles. I have, provisionall)% included it in 

 the family Archseoid^ ; but it ought probably to be made the type 

 of a separate family : to what Tribiis it belongs is as yet quite 

 uncertain. 



T. THORELL. 



Moutpellier, October 1894. 



