120 Mr. A. G. Butler on the Genus Phrynus. 



African Species. 



16. Phrynus scaler. PI. VII. fig. 2. 

 Phryne scaber, Gervais, Apt. iii. p. 3. n. 2 (1844). 

 Bab. "Mauritius" (C^ervrtts); Round Island (PtVce). B.M. 



17. Phrynus medius. 



Phalangium medium, Lichtenstein and Herbst, Natursyst. ungefl. In?., 



Phaiang. p. 77, pi. 4. fig. 1 (1797). 

 Phrynm medius, Gervais, Apt. iii. p. 4, n. 5 (1844). 



Hah. Fernando Po ; Sierra Leone. B.M. 



Gervais says that we once possessed a specimen of this 

 species from Brazil ; he probably means the P. medius of 

 Koch, which is certainly distinct. 



18. Phrynus hassamensis. PI. VII. fig. 3. 

 Phrynm hassamensis, Lucas, Archiv. Entom. ii. p. 434 (1858). 

 Hab. " Grand Bassam in Guinea " {Lucas) ; W. Africa ; 

 Congo {Curror). B.M. 



Nearly allied to, if not a mere variety of, P. medius of 

 Herbst; the mandibles are identical in structure. 



19. Phrynus lunatus. PI. VII. fig. 5. 



Phalangium lunatum, Fabricius, Sp. Ins. i. p. 549. n. 9 ; Lichtenstein and 



Herbst, Natursyst. ungefl. Ins., Phaiang. p. 71, pi. 3 (1797). 

 Phrynus lunatus, Koch, Arachn. viii. p. 4, pi. 254. tig. 596 (1841). 



JIab. Port Natal {Ardent). B.M. 



This is an African species allied to P. scaber ; Koch says, 

 however, that it comes from the East Indies. 



20. Phrynus anmdatipes. PI. VII. fig. 4. 



Phrynus anmdatipes, Wood, Trans. Am. Phil, See. vol. xiii., n. s., p. 441 

 (1869). 



Hab. "Zulu country" (Wood)] Port Natal (Gtieinzius) ■ 

 S. Africa ; Cape of Good Hope. B.M. 

 A very common South-African species. 



21. Phrynus Batesii, n. sp. P). VI. figs. 8, 9. 



Cephalothorax didl black, mottled Avith ferruginous, irregu- 

 larly reniform, somewhat tiitncated anteriorly, sparsely granu- 

 lated, with well-marked marginal ridge, feebly denticulate 

 posteriorly ; median sulcus sharply defined, with four ill-defined 

 lateral depressions ; much elevated in front ; the central ocu- 

 liferons tubercle very prominent, snbquadrate, projecting 

 obliquely forwards ; the eyes wide apart ; lateral tubercles less 



