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formed by the hind-centrals, but the interval between them is smaller, being scarcely equal 

 to a diameter ; and each is separated from the fore-central eye on its side by an equal inter- 

 val ; the eyes of each lateral pair are placed obliquely on a tubercle, and are separated by a 

 distinct though small interval. The four central eyes form as near as possible a square, and 

 the height of the clypeus equals half that of the facial space. 



The legs are moderate in length, tolerably strong, and of a yellow-brown colour ; the 

 femoral joints faintly annulated with a lighter hue. 



The palpi are short, hairy, and like the legs in colour; the radial is rather longer and 

 stronger than the cubital joint ; the digital is of great size and tumidity, its fore extremity 

 rather pinched in to a point. The palpal organs are not developed. 



The / alces are straight, strong, and massive, very prominent at their base in front, and 

 project a little forwards; they are of a deep reddish- brown colour, and furnished with strong 

 bristles. 



The maxillae are strong, distinctly curved over the labium, rounded at their extremity on 

 the outer side, and obliquely truncated on the inner side ; they are of a yellowish colour, 

 strongly tinged with yellow-brown along the inner side. 



The labium is of an oblong-oval form, slightly truncated at the apex, and of a yellow- 

 brown colour ; the apex is tipped with yellowish, and, with the maxillae, is covered with bristly 

 hairs. 



The sternum is oval, pinched in to a short, sharpish point behind, and broadly truncated 

 before ; it is hairy, like the maxillae and labium, and of a yellow-brown colour, paler along 

 the middle. 



The abdomen is large, hairy, considerably convex above, mostly so at the fore extremity, 

 where it projects well over the base of the cephalothorax ; it is thickly spotted, mottled, and 

 marked with dull yellowish- white and black-brown markings and spots, presenting a faint 

 indication of an irregular, elongate, posteriorly pointed, median dark marking, tinged with 

 yellow-brown along the middle of the fore half, followed towards the spinners by some 

 indistinct, broken, angular bars or chevrons. The spinners are not very long : those of the 

 superior pair are three- join ted, the terminal joint being no longer than the one next to it ; 

 those of the inferior pair are shorter but stronger. 

 Bab. Murree, June llth to July 14th, 1874. 



31. CffiLOTES SIMPLEX, Sp. n. 



Adult female : length slightly over 4 lines. 



This species is very nearly allied to Ccelotes tegenarioides, but may be distinguished not 

 only by its much smaller size, but by the absence of any trace of annulation on the femora of 

 the legs and by the small size of the fore-central eyes, which are the smallest of the eight, and 

 form a line distinctly shorter than that formed by those of the hind-central pair : the inter- 

 val also between the eyes of each lateral pair is rather greater than in C. tegenarioides, and 

 the height of the clypeus is less than half that of the facial space. On the abdomen, also, the 

 pattern is more distinct, shewing the transverse angular bars on the hinder-half of the upper 

 side more clearly; the spinners are rather longer, and the genital aperture is a small 

 oval opening at the hinder part of a largish, convex, yellow- brown, somewhat roundish, 

 corneous-looking patch. 



Hab. Murree, June llth to July 14th, 1874. 



