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The eyas form an area broader than long ; those of the anterior row (which is of equal 

 length with the posterior one) are very near to each other, if not quite contiguous. The 

 fore centrals are of very large size and of a yellowish-brown mother-of-pearl hue ; those of 

 the middle row are equi-distant between the anterior and posterior lateral eyes. 



The legs are neither very long nor strong ; their relative length appears to be 4, 1, 3, 2 ; 

 those of the first pair are the strongest, and those of the fourth pair are the most attenuated ; 

 their colour is yellow, and they are furnished with hairs and spines, the latter on the tibiae 

 and metatarsi, but only underneath these in the first and second pairs ; beneath the terminal 

 tarsal claws is a compact, blackish claw-tuft. 



The palpi are moderately long, hairy, and yellow, the digital joint tinged with yellow- 

 brown. 



The / aloes are short, strongish, straight, directed forwards, though placed rather far 

 back, and of a dark yellow-brown colour. 



The maxillae and labiitm are yellow-brown; the sternum being of a dark brownish- 

 yellow, and of a rather elongate-oval form. 



The abdomen is oval, truncated before and rounded behind, and projects over the hinder 

 slope of the cephalothorax ; it is clothed with grey, brassy-yellowish, and white hairs. The 

 upper side is of a dull yellowish-brown colour, with an elongate, whitish marking along the 

 middle of the fore part, followed by some not very distinctly defined, small, angular bars, on 

 each side of which (as well as of the elongate marking) is a series of short transverse whitish 

 markings, giving an appearance, when taken in connection with the markings along the 

 middle, of irregular transverse stripes across the upper side ; the sides and under side are 

 dull yellowish, the upper part of the former slightly marked with faint brownish spots and 

 markings, and the latter clothed with short, greyish hairs. 



Sab. Murree, June llth to July 14th, 1873. 



129. ATTTJS BENEFICUS, sp. n. 



Adult female: length nearly 2| lines. 



Cephalothcrax short and broad, the hinder slope steep, at an angle of 45; the ocular 

 area slopes a little forwards in a convex line and there is a distinct, though not unusually 

 strong, transverse depression at the occiput. The clypeus is very low, being almost obsolete. 



The upper part, with a portion of the sides, is black-brown, the ocular area quite black, 

 with an oblong yellow stripe on the upper part of the hinder slope; the remainder of the sides 

 is yellow, clothed with fine, white hairs. 



The eyes form an area much broader than long ; the posterior and anterior rows are equal 

 in length ; the fore centrals are very large and ef a mother-of-pearl hue ; they are separated 

 by a small interval, less than that which divides each from the fore lateral on its side ; the 

 lateral eye, on each side, of the middle row is equi-distant from the laterals of the posterior 

 and anterior rows. 



The legs are short and strong ; their relative length is apparently 4, 1, 2, 3, but the 

 difference between 4 and 1, and 2 and 3 respectively, is very slight. Their colour is yellow, 

 those of the first pair being clouded in parts with brown ; the tibiae and metatarsi of the 

 third and fourth pairs, and the under sides of those of the first and second pairs, are armed 

 with spines, and there is a compact claw-tuft beneath the terminal claws of each tarsus. 



