388 Mr. J. Blackvvall on new Species of East-Indian Spiders, 



base; the palpi, which are long, resemble the legs in colour, 

 but are without any soot- coloured marks; the digital joint is 

 provided with hairs, and has a minute, curved, pectinated 

 claw at its extremity. The abdomen is oviform, sparingly 

 clothed with hairs, convex above, and projects over the base of 

 the cephalothorax ; it is of a dull-yellow colour, the under part 

 being the palest, with a broad, dentated, dark-brown band ex- 

 tending along the middle of the upper part, which tapers from 

 its anterior extremity to the spinners ; the anterior part of this 

 band comprises a fusiform dull -yellow band that extends about 

 one-third of its length, and is followed by several transverse 

 bars of the same colour; the sides are marked with spots and 

 longitudinal streaks of a dark-brown colour, and a series of 

 minute spots of the same hue passes along each side of the 

 under part ; the spinners are of a red-brown colour. 



Two immature females of this new Lycosa were comprised in 

 the collection ; and I gladly avail myself of the circumstance to 

 dedicate the species to Mrs. Greenall, to whose liberality I am 

 indebted for this opportunity of extending our knowledge of the 

 spiders of India. 



Family Salticid^. 



Genus Salticus, Latr. 



Salticus higuttatuSj n. sp. 



Length of an immature female -^V of an inch ; length of the 

 cephalothorax yV^ breadth -^ ; breadth of the abdomen -^ ; 

 length of a posterior leg 4- ; length of an anterior leg -^V* 



The minute intermediate eye of each lateral row is nearly 

 equidistant from the eyes constituting its extremities. The 

 cephalothorax is large, glossy, somewhat quadrilateral, sloping 

 abruptly at the base, and projecting a little beyond the falces in 

 front ; it is of a brown colour, the region of the eyes having a 

 brownish-black and the narrow lateral margins a dark-brown 

 hue. The falces are small, conical, vertical, and of a pale red- 

 brown colour. The maxillse are short, straight, and enlarged 

 and rounded at the extremity; and the lip is oval. These 

 organs have a brownish-yellow hue, the base of the lip being 

 much the darkest. The sternum is oval, glossy, and of a 

 brownish-black colour. The legs are moderately robust, glossy, 

 provided with a few fine spines, and have a brownish-yellow hue; 

 their relative length could not be ascertained, as all but the 

 posterior pair and one anterior leg were missing ; each tarsus is 

 terminated by two slender, curved, pectinated claws, and below 

 them there is a small scopula. The palpi are short, and the 

 digital joint is supplied with pale hairs; they are of a yellowish- 



