522 Mr. A. S. Hirst on Spiders 



Capt. G. B. Gosling- on 14th July, 1905. (Four specimens 

 examined.) 



The specimens collected by Capt. Gosling are very uniform 

 in their characters. The two nearest neighbours of sharica are 

 Goslingi and riijiceps. The duller colouring and harsh fur 

 of sharica serve to distinguish it easily from Goslingi, while 

 its colour separates it at once from the pale, white-bellied 

 rnjiceps. In skull-characters the sudden narrowing anteriorly 

 of the nasals of sharica differentiates it from both of the 

 others. 



LXII. — On Two Spiders of the Genus Selenocosmia. 

 By A. S. Hirst. 



Selenocosmia Stalkeri, sp. n, 



$. — Colour Cephalothorax and legs a light brown; 

 sternum and lower surface of coxse of legs, together with the 

 dorsal surface of the patellae of the posterior legs, darker in 

 colour. 



Ocular tubercle a little more than twice as long as broad ; 

 the lateral part low, the central part higher. 



Eyes. Front row of eyes procurved ; anterior median eyes 

 a little larger than the anterior laterals and separated from 

 them by a diameter (of a median eye), the space between 

 the median eyes being a little more than a diameter. Poste- 

 rior median eyes small and placed a little in front of the 

 posterior laterals, from which they are separated by a short 

 interval. 



Cephalothorax. Length of cephalothorax much greater 

 than the breadth and exceeding the length of the tibia and 

 patella of the first and fourth leg. Fovea less strongly pro- 

 curved than is the case in S. Stirlingi and of rather small 

 extent. 



Sternum elongate in shape ; posterior sigilla situated in 

 the anterior two thirds of it and distant a little less than a 

 third of the width from the lateral margins. 



Legs. First pair of legs measuring a little less than three 

 times the length of the cephalothorax. Tibia and patella of 

 the first and fourth pairs equal in length. Tibia of fourth 

 pair much shorter than the metatarsus. 



Stridulating-hacilla of maxillipalp forming a narrow and 

 elongate patch, which is convex below and runs along the 



