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Ventral surface smooth, dull ochraceous ; coxae and tro- 

 chanters of legs normal ; ligular process moderately long, 

 pilose. 



Length of body 15 lines, of mandibles extracted and opened 

 2|*, of palpi 22 ; first pair of legs 80, second 34, third 34, 

 fourth 33. 



Hob. California. Coll. Rev. O. P. Cambridge. 



The measurements of this remarkable species are taken 

 from an adult female. 



The following species has just come to my notice : — 



Phrynus bacillifer. 



Phrynus bacillifer, Gerstacker, Reisen in Ost-Africa, vol. iii. Abth. ii. 

 p. 472. n. 13 (1873) f. 



Hob. "Zanzibar" (Gerstacker). 



Belongs to the P. lunatus group. It differs from P. scaler 

 in size, and in the number of teeth on the shank of the palpi, 

 &c. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate VI. 



Fig. 1. Mandibles of P. cheiracanthus. 



Fig. 2. „ P. Kochii. 



Fig. 3. „ P. reniformis. 



Fig. 4. „ P. variegatus. 



Fig. 5. „ P. palmatus. 



Fig. 6. „ P. fuscimanus. 



Fig. 7. „ P. Whitei. 

 Figs. 8, 9. P. Batesii and mandibles. 



Plate VII. 



Fig. 1. Mandibles of P. Grayii. 



Fig. 2. „ P. scaler. 



Fig. 3. „ P. bassamensis. 



Fig. 4. „ P. annulatipes. 



Fig. 5. „ P. lunatus. 



Figs. 6, 7. P. longicornis and mandibles. 



Figs. 8, 9. P. coronatus and mandibles. 



Figs. 10, 11, 12. P. granulosus, egg, and mandibles. 



* They may be a little longer, as I was obliged to take tbe mandibles 

 from a small example. 



t In the above work several species of Gasteracantha are described, 

 amongst these G. resupinata of Gerstacker (which is figured) is probably 

 identical with my G. falcicornis, recentlv published in my Monograph of 

 the genus (Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 158. n. 18, pi. iv. fig. 10, May 1873) ; it, 

 however, differs slightly and may be distinct. 



Amongst the Lepidoptera figured on the plates, I notice " Ismene 

 Anchises " very close to I. Pama of Hewitson, previously described by 

 Latreille and Doumet under different names. 



