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Mr. S. Hirst on 



wider. In G. tripolitanus tlie blade is distinctly longer than 

 the stalk of the flagellum, but in G. cyrns it is very much 

 longer than the stalk (figs. 1 & 2). 



Fijr. 1. 



Fig. 2. 



Fig. 1. — Galeodes {Galeodopsis) ti'ipolitanm, sp. n., (S . Side view of 



flagellum. 

 Fig. 2.— "Ditto of G. (G.) cynis, Poc. 



Palp. — Strong spiniform bristles of tibia distinctly longer 

 than those of G. cyruf!. On tiie inner side of the ventral 

 f^urface of the metatarsus there are five spines^ three of them 

 being strong and slightly longer than the height of the 

 segment, the others a little shorter and much more slender ; 

 on the outer side there are only four spines, two of them 

 beino" strong ; cylindrical bristles of tliis segment very similar 

 to those which are present in G. cyrits. 



Legs. — There is a slight difference in the appearance of the 

 setse on the ventral surface of the fourth leg; in the new 

 species these bristles are slightly shorter and stouter than in 

 G. cyrus and dark in colour. [Armature of tarsi of legs 

 exactly the same as in G. cyrus ; middle segment of tarsus 

 of fourth leg with two pairs of spines, as in that species.] 



Colour yellow. Head-plate darkened in front, but not so 

 extensively as in G. cyrus. [Tlie abdomen is much shrivelled, 

 but is yellowish and apparently without any dark band.] 

 Chelicera pale yellow and without any dark stripes. Palp 

 similar in coloration to that of G. cyrus, the tibia, meta- 

 tarsus, and tarsus being infuscate; the tibia, however, is 

 only deep brown, whilst the metatarsus is black. Legs 

 yellow throughout their length. 



Measuremeiits in mm. — Total length 30; width of head- 

 plate 8 ; length of tibia of palp 21'5, of its metatarsus 15"5. 



Material. — A single specimen of the male sex (in bad 

 condition) ; collected by Mr. J. I. S. Whitaker at Wadi 

 Agarib, just N.W. of Sokna, Tripoli, July 3rd, 1901. 



JSole. — Dr. A. Birula gives a detailed description (Bull. 

 Ac. Sc. St. Petersburg, (5) xxii. p. iO^^, figs. 1-3, 190-3) of 

 a Persian species of Galeodopsis which he considers to be 

 G. cyrus, Poc. According to his description and figure, the 



