INTRODFCTIOX. Xlll 



Th. tepidariornm, Epeira citrieola, E. insulana, Tapinattus melano- 

 gnathus, Cyrba algerina, Plexippus paykidlii, Thyene imperialism 

 and Hasarius adansonil ; the following 10 are even found in 

 America : — Scytodes marmorata, Argyrodes argentatus, Theridium 

 tepidariorum, Uloborus genicidatus, Nephilengys malabarensis, Epeira 

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

 gnathus, and Pleocip>pus paykidUi. 



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

 are of especial interest — Ligdus cltelifcr and ProJoehus longiceps. 

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

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

 Prolochus longiceps has some resemblance to an Orbitelarian 

 spider of the genus Meta (M. segmentata, f. inst.), but it has only 

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

 the base of the mandibles. I have, provisionally, included it in 

 the family Archaeoidae ; but it ought probably to be made the type 

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

 uncertain. 



T. THORELL. 



Montpellier, October 1894. 



