392 Mr. J. Blackwall on new Species of East-Indian Spidet^s. 



little complicated in structure, with a fine, curved, black spine 

 towards the extremity, on the inner side, and are of a pale red- 

 brown colour. The abdomen is of an oblong-oviform figure, 

 slightly convex above, and projects a little over the base of the 

 cephalothorax ; it is sparingly clothed with pale silky hairs, and 

 of a yellowish- white colour, with an obscure soot-coloured fusi- 

 form band extending from the anterior extremity of the upper 

 part rather more than one-third of its length, and a dark-brown 

 spot situated immediately above the spinners, which are cylin- 

 drical and prominent, the inferior pair being the longest. 



The only specimen of this species included in the collection 

 was the adult male described above. 



Family TnERiDiiDiE. 



Genus Pholcus, Walck. 



Pholcus Lyoni, n. sp. 



Length of the female -^ of an inch ; length of the cephalo- 

 thorax -rV, breadth -j^; breadth of the abdomen -^; length of an 

 anterior leg 2-j%; length of a leg of the third pair l-\. 



The legs are very long, slender, provided with short, fine 

 hairs, and are of a pale brownish -yellow colour, minutely streaked 

 and spotted with black ; a brown annulus occurs near the 

 whitish extremity of the femora and tibiae, and the genual joint 

 has a brown hue; the first pair is the longest, then the second, 

 and the third pair is the shortest ; each tarsus is terminated by 

 three claws ; the two superior ones are curved and pectinated, 

 and the inferior one is inflected near its base. The eyes are 

 seated on black spots, and are disposed on the anterior part of 

 the cephalothorax, which is rather prominent ; three are closely 

 grouped on each side in the form of a triangle, and two, which 

 are much the smallest of the eight, are placed transversely, a 

 little in advance of the two lateral groups. The cephalothorax 

 is nearly circular, glossy, somewhat convex, with a small conical 

 process on each side of its base, and a large indentation in the 

 middle; the lateral margins are depressed, and the space be- 

 tween the small anterior pair of eyes and the frontal margin is 

 broad and nearly vertical ; it has a very pale-yellow or yellowish- 

 white hue, the anterior slope of the indentation is tinged with 

 brown, and two obscure brown lines, on the space above the 

 frontal margin, meet in an angle near the anterior pair of eyes. 

 The fakes are small, conical, vertical, united at the base, armed 

 with a short, slightly curved fang, and have a single pointed 

 tooth near their extremity, on the inner side ; the maxillae are 

 long, and taper to the extremity ; they are greatly enlarged at 

 the base, where the palpi are inserted, and inclined towards the 



