On new Species of 'Spiders from Mashonaland . \VM 



Stelis jienuacidata (Ckll.). 



Stelis lateralis, var. peniiaculata, Ckll., Entomologist, July 1898, 

 p. 167. 



I/ah. Santa F«5, N. M. 



I have now before me the genuine S. lateralis, collected by 

 Mr. J. C. Bridwell at Baldwin, Kansas, in June. It is 

 evident that peryuacuhita is a peit'ectly distinct species, easily 

 distinguished by the characters given at the place cited. 



Melissodes obliqua (Say). 



Hah. Las Vegas, July 10, at flowers of Cleome serrulata, 



1 cJ (A'. S(ern) ; July 20, at IleUanthus, 1 S { ^V- Porter) ; 



July 20-24, at flowers of Lcpachys columnaris, 5 ? (oklL, 



\V. Porter) ; Santa Fe, August, at Lepachys, 2 ? [Ckll.) ; 



Mesilla, July 25, at Grindeli'a squarrosa, 1 ? {Ckll.). 



East Las Vepas, New Mexico, U.S.A., 

 February 7, lUOl. 



XLIII. — Diagnoses of some new Species of Spiders from 

 Mashonaland. By R. I. POCOCK. 



Ischnotkele mashonica, sp. n. 



$ . — Colour. Carapace and sternum deep brown ; abdomen 

 black above, covered scantily with greyish-white hairs and 

 ornamented with symmetrically arranged white spots ; legs 

 banded. 



Carapace a little longer than wide, as long as patella and 

 tibia of fourth leg and as patella, tibia, and half protarsus of 

 first. 



(J. — Tarsus of palp a little longer than the tibia; bulb 

 oval, the spine very long and slender throughout and lightly 

 curved. 



Total length (?) 13millim.; carapace 6; first leg 12*5, 

 fourth 17. 



Loc. Mazoe {J.ff. Darling). 



Agelena rhodesia', sp. n. 



Colour of integument of legs and carapace varying from 

 testaceous to deep mahogany-brown, approaching black upon 

 the sternum and femora ; uppcrside of abdomen with a paler 

 reddish median stripe, Ire^uently ornamented in front of the 



