Spiders from N. Somaliland. 183 



Oastracantha ensifera, Thor. 



Gastracantha ensifera, Thor., ffifv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. xvi. no. 7, p. 302 

 (1859J. 



Described originally from Caffraria. 



The specimens here identified are similar to examples from 

 Shoa, in Abyssinia, identified by Pavesi, which the British 

 Museum has received from the Marquis G. Doria. 



Hermippus hricatus, Simon. 



Hermippus loricatus, Simon, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, p. 316. 



A single female specimen of this species, which was origi- 

 nally obtained near Lake Tanganyika. 



Sparassus WalcJcenaern, Aud. 



Sparassus Walckenaerii, Aud. in Savigny's Description de I'Egjpte, 

 Arachnides, p. 159, pi. vi. fig. 1. 



Lycosa tarentuUna, Aud. 



Lycosa tarentulina, Aud. loc. cit. p. 143, pi. iv. fig. 2. 



This species and the preceding were obtained originally in 

 Egypt. 



Lycosa Raff r ay i^ Simon. 

 Lycosa Rafrayi, Simon, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (.5) vi. p. 76, fig. 23 (1876). 

 Recorded originally from Zanzibar. 



Heligmomerus somaltcus, sp. n. 



Carapace smooth and polished ; cephalic portion flat on 

 the top, scarcely elevated behind the eyes. 



The anterior lateral eyes (the forward pair) almost sessile, 

 each with its own tubercle ; the anterior median separated from 

 each other by a space which is about equal to their diameter, 

 but at least twice this distance from the posterior lateral, the 

 latter elliptical ; posterior medians subcircular, close to though 

 not touching thepostero-lateral border of the anterior medians, 

 than which they are rather smaller, separated from each other 

 by a space which about equals four diameters, and from the 

 posterior lateral by a space which slightly excels their 

 diameter. A pair of strong bristles, with a smaller one 

 between them, rising in front of tiie anterior lateral eyes ; one 

 bristle between the anterior medians and a pair between the 

 posterior medians, one close to each eye. 



