ARANEIDEA. 5 



The maxilla; are moderately long, cylindrical in form, and their fore-extremity, on the 

 inside, terminates in a moderate-sized angular point. 



The labium is of a somewhat quadrate form, though well rounded at its apex and convex 

 on its outer surface. The colour of the maxillce and labium is like that of the legs. 



The abdomen is short, rather broader behind than before, considerably convex above, 

 particulaly towards the fore part ; it is furnished with hairs and a few scattered prominent 

 spines on the upper side, which is of a dark-brownish colour, the under side being of a paler 

 yellowish-brown. The spinners are four in number in the usual position, and pale yellow in 

 colour; those of the superior pair are three-jointed, and tolerably strong but short ; those of the 

 inferior pair, short, small, and one-jointed. 



Hab. Murree, between June the llth and July the 14th. 1873. 



This spider appears to belong to the genus Idiops as restricted by Professor A. Ausserer 

 in his work upon this family. 



Though allied to 1. svriacuv, Cambr., it is certainly distinct from that species, of which, 

 however, the male has not yet been discovered. 



Family FILISTA TIDES. 



GemiaFILISTATA, Latr. 



2. FILISTATA SECLUSA, sp. n., PI. I, Fig. 2, ? . 



Immature female : length 2j lines. 



In its general form, structure, and appearance this spider is similar to F. testacea, Latr., 

 and some other nearly allied species of the genus. 



The eephalothorax, legs, palpi, and other fore parts are yellow ; the eephalothorax has 

 a narrow, blackish marginal line, and occasionally there is a blackish longitudinal marking 

 on the caput behind the eyes ; these are in the ordinary position and differ little, if at all, in 

 their relative size from those of the species before mentioned. 



The legs are furnished with hairs, bristles, and some spines, the latter not being very 

 sharp pointed. 



The markings of the abdomen furnish a very distinctive character in the present species : 

 it is of a dull yellowish colour, with a strong, well-defined, dark, rusty-reddish, longitudinal, 

 median band ; this band tapers towards its hinder part, where it is broken into somewhat 

 angular patches ; these are continued laterally by some more or less conspicuous oblique 

 lines of the same colour, forming, in fact, the series of chevrons (or angular markings) more 

 or less observable on the hinder half of the abdomen in the greater part of the Araneidea ; 

 the under side is slightly suffused along the middle, with dull rusty red. 



Ilab.- -Leh, August or September 1873 ; Pankong- valley, 15th to 21st September 1873. 



Family D YSDERIDES. 



GenwsDYSDERA, Latr. 



3. DTSDERA CTLINDRICA, sp. n., PI. I, Fig. 3, 3 . 



Adult female : length 6| lines ; length of eephalothorax 2 lines. 



The eephalothorax andfalces are of a bright, reddish liver-coloured brown ; the legs and 



