Descriptions of eiuht new species of Stephanopis (Cambridge), hy 

 11. H. Burton Bradley, Esq. 



[Head 7th August, 1871.] 



The genus Stephanopis was founded by the Rev. 0. P. Cambridge 

 on specimens described by him in the Annals and Magazine of 

 Natural History, for January 1869, and was by him hesitatingly 

 placed among the Thomisicles ; the farther species described 

 below with the knowledge of their habits enable me 

 to add my opinion to his as to the placing of the genus — at 

 least, so far as regards the four first species described by him 

 (S. altifrons, nigra, clavata, lata), and those which I have 

 described hereafter. To the characters of the genus given by 

 Mr. Cambridge, I should add — 



Legs : certainly latex'igrade. 



Habits : living under loose bark of trees without tube or cell 

 of silk. 



Stephanopis Cambridget. 



$ length 4 lines. 



Cephalothorax : about 1^ lines long ; breadth a little less. 

 Caput and Glypeus as in ^\ altifrons, but the cephalic protuber- 

 ance is more developed than in that species ; color above, of a 

 greyish-brown, much darker at the edges ; the tip of the 

 cephalic protuberance greyish-white. 



Clypeiis : light grey. 



Eyes : anterior intermediate half the size of the others, 

 which are nearly equal ; the anterior laterals being slightly 

 largest ; all about equidistant, but anterior intermediates are 

 placed much below the others. 



Legs : moderately long, very nearly equal ; two anterior pairs 

 slightly longest and stronger than the two posterior pairs ; the 

 legs are otherwise as in 8. altifrons. Color, 1st and 2nd coxae ; 

 yellowish-brown ; femur, nearly black with greyish patch on 

 upper side ; tibia, not so dark ; tarsi and metatarsi, greyish- 

 brown, banded with stripes of a darker shade ; 3rd and 4th coxae ; 

 and femur, yellowish-brown with darker spots ; the other parts 

 greyish-brown, banded. 



