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The abdomen is black-brown on the upper side ; the normal longitudinal marking on 

 the fore part is of a reddish yellow-brown hue, blunt-pointed at its posterior extremity, 

 and followed towards the spinners by a series of short, angular bars of the same colour ; 

 these bars (often broken at the angle) thus consist of two oblique, opposed, oblong-oval 

 markings, each of which has a black spot in the middle ; there is also on each side of this 

 series, towards the margin of the upper side, a longitudinal series of pale spots formed by 

 small tufts of whitish hair ; the sides are mottled with yellow-brown, and the under side is 

 yellow-brown marked with a median, and two (lateral) longitudinal dark blackish stripes, 

 rendered more or less indistinct by the pale (among other) hairs with which the surface of 

 the abdomen is generally covered. 



The female is paler- coloured, and the markings are more distinct than in the male? 

 preserving, however, the same essential characters. It seems to be an abundant species. 



Hab. Yarkand and neighbourhood, November 1873 ; Kashghar, December 1873 ; 

 between Yangihissar acd Sirikol, March 1874 ; Yangihissar, April 1874 ; on the road across 

 the Pamir, from Sirikol to Panja and back, between April 22nd and May 7th, 1874 ; hills 

 between Sirikol and Aktalla, between 8th and 18th May 1874 ; road from Yarkand to Bursi, 

 between May 28th and June 17th, 1874, 



111. LYCOSA FORTTJNA.TA, sp. n. 



Adult male : length 3 lines. 



This spider is very nearly allied to Lycosa condolens ; but it is rather smaller, and 

 generally lighter- coloured. The following points of distinction will serve to distinguish it 

 readily. 



The central yellow band on the cephalothorax is much broader, more distinct, reaches 

 more nearly to the eyes, behind which it is strongly constricted, being broader and somewhat 

 radiated at the thoracic junction, immediately behind which it is again constricted ; the lateral 

 yellow stripes are broken, and scarcely extend more than half way to the fore extremity. The 

 height of the clypeus is a little greater, and the two central eyes of the front row are larger 

 in proportion to the laterals. 



The legs have the femora and tibia3 in general obscurely annulated, but the former are 

 not black as in L. condolens. The radial joints of the palpi are longer in proportion to the 

 length of the cubital than in that species, and are a little clouded with brown towards their 

 fore extremities, which are furnished thickly with long, black, bristly hairs, particularly 

 underneath and on the inner sides. The fore part of the digital joint is less attenuated, and 

 it is clothed thickly with black hairs, and terminates with a strongish curved claw ; the palpal 

 organs differ also in structure ; they are more prominent at their hinder extremity, and the 

 process corresponding to that described in reference to L. condolens as somewhat "crescent- 

 shaped" is much larger and more prominent ; its larger limb being strongly curved. The 

 abdominal markings are very similar, but the usual one on the upper side, at the middle of 

 the fore part, is distinctly margined with black. 



The female resembles the male in colours and markings, but the annulations of the legs 

 are darker and more distinct. 



This spider appears to be equally abundant with L. condolens. 



nab. Neighbourhood of Leh, August and September 1873; Tanktze to Chagra and 

 Pankong Valley, 15th to 21st September 1873 ; Yarkand and neighbourhood, November 1873 ; 



