184 Transactions.— Zoology. 



Legs shade lighter than cephalothoi-ax, fuscous niaikiugs ; 

 femora approach to drab, spotted, annukxtions somewhat 

 crenate, interrupted ; single ring on patellae ; broken central 

 and distal annuli on tibial + metatarsal joints ; hairs some- 

 what sparse ; short spines on superior aspect of femora ; 

 1 spine on patellary joints ; tibiae, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 beneath, 2 

 lateral spines ; metatarsi, 2, 2, 2, 2 on inferior side ; spines on 

 hind pairs nearly as numerous, somewhat irregular. 



Palpi deeper tone than legs, annuli well-defined ; length, 

 5-5 mm. ; sparingly armed with hairs ; long spines on pars 

 digitalis. 



Fakes rich red-mahogany colour ; transversely rugulose ; 

 strong fringe along outer margin of groove, otherwise sparingly 

 furnished with hairs ; conical, somewhat gibbous at base in 

 front, divergent, directed moderately forwards ; stout, length 

 equal to digital jomt of palpus ; 4 small teeth in superior row, 

 increasing in strength ; interspace between fore-tooth and 

 fang rather exceeds length of row ; inner side shows 2 so^ne- 

 what stronger teeth in advance of outer row. 



Maxillce yellowish-brown, clouded ; about half as wide at 

 base as long, superior side of second half roundly dilated ; 

 inferior margin perceptibly curved, apices emargiuate ; 

 superior angle displays a dense fringe of hairs; inclined towards 

 labium, which has a deeper shade ; conical, apex abscinded, 

 concave, three-fourths length of maxillae. 



Sternum deep - fulvous, fuscous clouds round margins ; 

 broad-cordate. 



Abdomen oviform, margins wrinkled ; moderately clothed 

 with short, adpressed, deep-yellowish hairs ; brownish-yellow, 

 passing into black-brown on lateral margins and posterior 

 third ; fore-part of yellowish region somewhat quadrate, 

 border sinuating, encloses a light blackish-brown oval figure 

 dilated laterally in front ; posterior part spotted. A^entral 

 region displays a chestnut-brown lozenge-shaped shield, 

 margins approximating to orange-brown. Corpus vulva, lake- 

 black, passing into a more pronounced lake on margins; large, 

 transverse, broad-oval, moderately convex, superior border 

 shortly prolonged over the rima genitalis, bounded by ridge- 

 shaped costa3 terminating abruptly close to the tumid, ellip- 

 tical, bright-lake-coloured apex. 

 Wellington, T. Kirk, F.L.S. 



Fam. ATTID^. 



Gen. Attus, Walck. 



Attus montinus, sp. nov. 



Feviina. — Ceph.-th., long, 2 ; wide, 1-5. Abd., long, o ; 

 wide, 2. Legs, 4, 1, 2, 3. Leg of 4th pair, 4-1 mm. 



