18/7.] REV. O. p. CAMnRIDGE ON NEW ARANEIDEA. 569 



Several adult females and one adult male of this species were most 

 kindly given to me, among other Spiders, by Sir Walter Elliot, 

 K.C.S.I., by whom they were found some years ago in East Central 

 India. Having been preserved in spirit for some years, it is pro- 

 bable that their present colours are not quite the same as those of 

 the living Spider. 



PODOPHTHALMA AFFINITATA, Sp. U. 



A portion only of this Spider has come before me ; this portion 

 consists of the cephalothorax and falces, together with the maxilla?, 

 labium, sternum, and legs, as far as, and including, the femora. It 

 is evidently nearly allied to P. bayoniana, Capello ; but as it differs 

 in the colour, as well as in the size of the eyes, I am inclined to 

 describe it as distinct, although, of course, no details of the abdomen 

 and other absent parts can be given. 



The colour of the cephalothorax, as well as of all the other parts 

 above mentioned, is yellow. The form also of the cephalothorax 

 appears to be more flattened than in Capello's type species ; and 

 when looked at sideways there is no difference in the convexity of 

 the caput and thorax. 



The eyes are on black tuberculate spots ; the length of the posterior 

 and anterior rows is equal ; the interval between those of the third 

 row (or that next to the posterior one) is less than an eye's diameter : 

 these two eyes are rather the largest of the eight ; those of the first 

 and fourth rows are next in size, and are apparently about equal. 

 The interval also between those of the second row is less than an 

 eye's diameter ; and the intervals between the second and third, and 

 the third and fourth rows are equal, being less than that between 

 the second and first. The distance between each eye of the second 

 row and that of ^ne first row, on its side, is considerably less than 

 the distance between it and the eye of the fourth row on its side. 

 The length of the rectangle formed by the eyes of the first and fourth 

 rows is greater than its breadth, but evidently not as much greater as 

 it is represented to be in the figure of P. bayoniana, where also the 

 posterior row of eyes is given as longer than the anterior one. 



From the relative lengths of the femora I should judge the rela- 

 tive lengths of the legs to be 4, 1, 2, 3. 



The length of the cephalothorax is very nearly 3 lines. 



The falces are slightly divergent. 



The fragment from which the above notes have been made was re- 

 ceived in a small collection of Spiders sent to me by Mr. Henry Rogers 

 from the west coast of Africa, on the banks of the river Coanza. 



PoDOPHTHALMA HiLARTs, sp. n. (Plate LVII. fig. 7.) 



Immature female, length 7\ lines. 



In general form and appearance this Spider is much like P. 

 elliottii : its colours, however, are much richer ; and its markings, 

 as well as the relative size of the eyes differ. 



The cephalothorax is of a dark rich yellowish brown colour with 

 a very narrow marginal yellow line, and a longitudinal yellow stripe 



