On new Species of Spiders from Mashonaland. — 337 
Stelis permaculata (Ckll.). 
pee cteeees var, permaculata, Ckll., Entomologist, July 1898, 
pe 67. 
Hab. Santa Fé, 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 permaculata is a perfectly distinct species, easily 
distinguished by the characters given at the place cited. 
Melissodes obliqua (Say). 
Hab, Las Vegas, July 10, at flowers of Cleome serrulata, 
1 § (N. Stern) ; July 20, at Helianthus, 1 g (W. Porter) ; 
July 20-24, at flowers of Lepachys columnaris, 5 ? (vkll., 
W. Porter) ; Santa Fé, August, at Lepachys,2 9 (Ckll.) ; 
Mesilla, July 25, at Grindelia squarrosa, 1 ¢ (Ckil.). 
East Las Vegas, New Mexico, U.S.A., 
February 7, 1901. 
XLIII.—Diagnoses of some new Species of Spiders from 
Mashonaland. By R. 1. Pocock. 
Ischnothele 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. 
3 .—Tarsus of palp a little longer than the tibia; bulb 
oval, the spine very long and slender throughout and lightly 
curved. 
Votal length (2) 13 millim.; carapace 6; first leg 12°5, 
fourth 17. 
Loc. Mazoe (J. ff. Darling). 
Agelena rhodesie, sp. n. 
Colour of integument of legs and carapace varying from 
testaceous to deep mahogany-brown, approaching black upon 
the sternum and femora; upperside of abdomen with a paler 
reddish median stripe, frequently ornamented in front of the 
