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interval being equal to the diameter of one of the fore-central eyes ; the interval between 

 the eyes of each lateral pair is considerably less than that between the fore- and hind-central 

 pairs, and as nearly as possible equal to that between the eyes of the hind-central pair. 



The legs are long and moderately strong, but do not differ greatly in length ; .their 

 relative length is 2, 4, 1, 3. They are of a greyish-sandy colour tinged with brown, minutely 

 speckled with darker brown, and furnished with hairs, bristles, and spines ; the tarsi and a 

 small portion of the metatarsi have a thin scopula on their under sides. 



The palpi are moderately long, similar to the legs in colour, except the radial and digital 

 joints, which are strongly tinged with brown. The radial and cubital joints are short (the 

 former being the shorter), and are armed with a few strong spine-like, tapering bristles. 

 The digital joint is large, of an elongate oval form, rather pointed before and equal in 

 length to the humeral joint, exceeding that of the radial and digital joints together. The 

 palpal organs are simple, rather the most prominent at their base, with a long, contorted, 

 dark-brown, narrow stripe (probably indicative of an internal duct) on their surface and a 

 strongish, curved, prominent tooth-like spine at their anterior extremity ; the radial joint 

 has a very small angular prominence at its extremity on the outer side, and a short, broadish, 

 truncated apophysis underneath. 



Ihefalces are rather long and slender, straight, and a little directed backwards ; their 

 colour is like that of the cephalothorax. 



The maxillce and labium are of normal form and similar to the falces in colour, the 

 extremities of the maxillse, however, being of a pale-whitish hue. 



The sternum is heart-shaped, granulose, and of a brownish-yellow colour. 



The abdomen is oval, of a stone-white colour, speckled thickly with small punctures and 

 minute black specks. The normal longitudinal marking on the fore half of the upper side is 

 of a dark-grey hue, and has a prominent, obtuse point at the middle of each side, and its 

 posterior extremity is pointed ; its outer margins and extreme hinder point are also indicated 

 by a few black, and mostly linear, spots. The sides of the upper part are clouded with dark- 

 grey, leaving a pale, median tapering band on the hinder half, and several oblique, white in- 

 distinct stripes on the outer margins, where there is also a line of three or four black spots 

 on each side ; these lines converge in the direction of the spinners. The sides are rugulose 

 and the spinners short, compact, and tinged with a sandy colour. 



The female is rather larger than the male, but in colours and markings resembles it. 

 The oblique white stripes on the lateral margins of the upper part are better denned, and 

 consist of more or less confluent spots and elongate blotches. The form of the genital 

 aperture is characteristic. 



Hab. On the road from Tanktze to Chagra and Pankong Valley, between the 15th and 

 21st of September, 1873 ; and from Yarkand to Bursi, between May 28th and June 17th, 

 1874. 



93. PHILODROMTJS MEDITJS. 



Philodromus medius, Cambr., Spid. Palest, and Syria, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1872, p. 311. 



Sab. One or two immature examples of this spider found at Murree (June llth to July 

 14th, 1873) exactly resemble the types found in Palestine. 



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