444 ^fr. R. I. Pocock on Arachnida from the 



Maxillce and labium piceous. 



Palpus fenuginous, with tarsus blacker ; tibia a little 

 longer than the patella and armed externally with a strong 

 down-curved spur ; the tarsus less than twice as long as the 

 tibia and rather more than twice as long as broad. (For 

 palpal organ see fig. 6 a.) 



Legs long, ferruginous, covered with yellow hairs; when 

 extended the second exceeds the first by the tarsus and one 

 fifth of the protarsus, the fourth exceeding the third by its 

 tarsus, and the second exceeding the third by its tarsus, pro- 

 tarsus, and a fifth part of the tibia ; patella and tibia of first 

 equal to tarsus and protarsus of second ; patella, tibia, and 

 protarsus of third about equal to patella and tibia of second ; 

 femora usually armed with 3, 1, 3 spines above, no superior 

 distal spine ; patella with 1 posterior spine ; tibige with 2, 2, 2 

 spines below, 2 in front, and 2 behind ; protarsi with 2, 2 spines 

 in basal half below, 2 in front and 2 behind, and 1 or 2 

 (inconstant in occurrence) above ; scopulge broad, thickish, 

 greyish black, extending, though scantily, to base of pro- 

 tarsus. 



Abdomen ovally elongate, about one third longer than wide, 

 covered with golden-yellow hairs, intermixed with darker 

 spots above. 



Measurements in millimetres. — Total length 20; length 

 and width of carapace 9; width of head 5 ; length of first 

 leg 42, of second 47, of third 31, of fourth 34. 



Loc. Ishiromo {H. II. Johnston). 



Family Thomisidse. 

 Genus Pheynarachne, Thorell. 



Phrynarachne rugosa (Latreille). 



'Phrynarachne rugosa, Latreille, Xouv. Diet. d'Hist. Xat. xxxiv. p. 62 

 {= Tkomisus foka, Vinson). 



Loc. Deep Bay, Lake Nyasa {R. Crawshay). 



The specimen procured by Mr. Crawshay seems to be 

 identical with Madagascar examples referred by me to 

 P. foka, Vinson. 



Genus Thomisus, Walck. 

 Thomisus granulatus, Karsch. 

 Thmnisus grayiulatus, Karscli, Zeits. ges. Naturw. 1880, p. 382. 



Loc. Nyasaland {Universities'' Mission). 

 Recorded from Niassa by Karsch. 



