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nent at their base in front, of a deep yellow-brown colour, and fur- 

 nished with prominent bristles before. 



The maxillae are of the same colour as the falces, straight, but 

 much broader at their extremity than at the insertion of the palpi. 



The labium is of an oblong-oval form, truncate at the apex, slightly 

 more than half the length of the maxillae, which it resembles in colour. 



Sternum oval, truncate before, pointed behind, and similar to the 

 legs in colour. 



Abdomen elongate-oval, slightly hollow — truncate before, pointed 

 behind, projecting over the base of the cephalothorax, of a pale 

 yellow colour, clothed thinly with pale golden hairs, among which 

 are a few erect dark ones ; the central longitudinal normal elongate- 

 oblong tapering marking on the fore half of the upperside is of 

 a deep blackish red-brown colour ; on each side of this are two 

 blotches of the same colour, prolonged into oblique lateral lines ; and 

 it is followed towards the spinners by several angular bars or chev- 

 rons, whose terminations are dilated into blotches, the first being 

 also produced into lateral lines. The spinners are moderately long, 

 not very strong ; those of the superior pair are less strong than those 

 of the inferior, but longer by a short second joint. 



The female differs from the male only in being slightly larger ; 

 the form of the genital aperture is characteristic. 



An adult example of each sex was found in Major Julian Hobson's 

 Bombay collection. It is a very interesting species, being so nearly 

 connected with, but yet quite different from, both the European and 

 Australian forms. 



Clubiona drassodes, sp. n. (Plate LII. fig. 36.) 



Adult female, length 5 lines. 



Except in being larger, and differing in the form of the genital 

 aperture, this Spider might well have been taken for the female of 

 the foregoing species, C. filicata ; the red-brown pattern on the 

 abdomen is more regular, and forms a well-defined recurved peculiar 

 pattern along the middle of the hinder half of the upper surface ; 

 the spinners are shorter and the sternnm narrower, the maxillae and 

 labium darker, and the falces rather more projecting forwards ; the 

 eyes of the hinder row are more nearly equally divided, the difference 

 between the interval which separates those of the central pair and 

 each of them and the lateral eye nearest to it being very slight ; the 

 form of the genital aperture is very simple, but quite different from 

 that of C. filicata ; this difference may be seen at once by the ac- 

 companying figures, engraved from drawings made by Dr. Ludwig 

 Koch. 



A single adult female example was received in Major Julian Hob- 

 son's Bombay collection. 



Genus Agrceca, Westr. 

 Agrosca pulcherrima, sp. n. (Plate LII. fig. 37.) 

 Adult male, length slightly over 3 lines. 

 This is a very pretty but simply coloured Spider. The cephalo- 



