Species of Spiders. 



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Legs long, those of the fourth pair, measured from base of 

 femur, four times as long" as carapace ; tarsi of second, third, 

 and fourth pairs, although rubbed, apparently not scopulate ; 

 tibia of second with three pairs of inferior spines, protarsus 

 with two pairs (first legs absent). 



Vulva formed on the same plan as in S. radiatus^ bat with 

 the two lappets forming the area behind the heart-shaped 

 fovea much longer (fig. 1). 



Measurements in miUimetres. — Total length 12; length of 

 carapace 5, of second leg 22, of third and fourth 21. 



Loc. Hadraniaut, Arabia. 



A single specimen collected by Dr. Anderson's collector 

 during the expedition of the late Mr. Theodore Bent into the 

 Hadramaut. 



Although resembling S. radiatus and others in the spine- 

 armature of its leg, this new species more nearly approaches 

 the South-African species S. atomarius and Spenceri in the 

 arrangement of its eyes. These organs, however, differ in 

 relative size and position from those of all the species 

 known to me. 



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Vulva of (1) S. oculatus, (2) S. vigilans, (3) S. Eraussii. 

 Selenojys vvjilans., sp. n. 



Coloured as in S. radiatus, which it closely resembles 

 structurally, with the same spine-armature of the first and 

 second lef^- — that is to say, with three pairs of spines on the 

 underside of the tibiae and two pairs on the protarsi ; but the 

 posterior median eyes are larger as compared with the ante- 

 rior medians, are much closer to them and form a more 

 strongly recurved line ; the posterior lateral eyes are also 

 larger and more prominent. 



Vulva very different from that of S. radiatus, the lateral 

 lobes being widely separated behind by a prolongation of the 

 median sclerite (fig. 2). 



Measurements in millimetres. — 'J'otal length 14 ; length of 

 carapace 6*2, of first leg 20, of fourth leg 21. 



Loc. Giriama, near Fuladoya, Masailand {J. TV, Gregory). 



