398 REV. O. P. CAMBRIDGE ON NEW DRASSIDES. [June 2, 



Drassus ferruginetjs, sp. n. (Plate LII. fig. 23.) 



Adult female, length 4| lines. 



The whole of the fore part of this Spider is of a rusty yellow- 

 brown colour, the falces, maxillae, labium, and sternum being rather 

 the darkest — the falces and labium indeed being of a darkish red- 

 brown, the abdomen being pale dull yellow. 



The cephalothorax is of ordinary form, but rather small and short 

 in proportion to the length of the abdomen, and it is sparingly 

 dotted with fine hairs ; the normal furrows and indentations are 

 slightly marked, but are of a deeper hue than the rest of the surface. 

 The height of the clypeus is less than half that of the facial space. 



The eyes are in the usual position ; they are in two equally curved 

 transverse rows, the ends of which converge on each side but do not 

 meet ; the four central ones form a trapezoid, whose transverse is 

 less than its longitudinal diameter ; those of the hind central pair 

 are oval, oblique, and separated by an interval about equal to the 

 longest diameter of one of them ; the interval between each of these 

 and the hind lateral on its side is greater than that between the two 

 centrals ; those of the foremost row appeared to be equally separated 

 from each other. 



The legs are short, moderately strong, furnished with hairs and a 

 few black spines, these last almost all on the two last pairs ; each 

 tarsus ends with two curved, toothed claws, beneath which is a 

 scopula which extends backwards underneath the joint ; their rela- 

 tive length is 4, 1, 2, 3. 



The falces are neither very long nor strong, but they project a 

 little forwards and are of ordinary form 



The maxillce, labium, and sternum present no deviation from the 

 normal characters of the genus. 



The abdomen is of an elongate oblong-oval form, very sparingly 

 clothed with hairs, and of a uniform dull yellowish colour. Spira- 

 cular plates yellow and not very large. Genital aperture small, but, as 

 usual, of characteristic form {vide Plate LII. fig. 23). The spinners 

 are moderate in length and strength ; those of the inferior pair are 

 the longest and strongest. 



A single example of the adult female of this species was contained 

 in the collection of Spiders kindly made for me in Bombay by Major 

 Julian Hobson, Staff Corps. 



Drassus denotatus, sp. n. (Plate LII. fig. 24.) 



Adult female, length 3| lines. 



The general form and structure of this Spider are of the ordinary 

 character ; but the markings on the abdomen are distinct and 

 characteristic, as also is the form of the genital aperture. 



The cephalothorax is pale yellow-brown thinly clothed with hairs ; 

 the caput is a little more convex than usual, and it is divided 

 behind from the thorax by two fine blackish converging lines, divided 

 at the point of convergence by another longitudinal central one. The 

 height of the clypeus is less than half that of the facial space, being 

 about equal to the diameter of one of the fore central eyes. 



