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and rather elongate spots, in two opposed curves (the curves directed 

 inwards), or in three pairs, of which the intermediate pair are much 

 nearer to the fore than to the hinder pair. The spinners are strong 

 and prominent, those of the inferior pair being the longest and 

 strongest. The genital aperture is of a subtriangular form, with two 

 circular reddish-brown corneous-looking glossy bosses within the 

 triangle at its base. 



Two adult females were found under stones on the plains of the 

 Jordan. 



Melanophora inaurata, sp. nov. (Plate XVI. fig. 26.) 



Male adult, length 3 lines ; female adult, 3 to 34 lines. 



The general form and structure of this species is of the ordinary 

 type ; but the upper part of the caput is rather more convex than 

 usual. The cephalothorax is of a very deep rich black chestnut- 

 brown colour, and its surface quite bare (perhaps denuded ?), and 

 thickly covered with minute impressed marks and punctures. The 

 eyes are in two transverse, nearly straight and parallel rows ; the 

 hind centrals are smaller than the laterals, and separated from each 

 other by a wider space than each is from the hind lateral on its side ; 

 the fore centrals are the smallest of the eight, and are rather further 

 from each other than each is from the fore lateral on its side, the 

 fore laterals being apparently the largest of the eight. The leys are 

 moderate in length and strength (their relative length 4, 1, 2, 3), and 

 are furnished with fine hairs, and a few spines on the metatarsi and 

 tibiae of the third and fourth pairs ; they are similar in colour to the 

 cephalothorax, except the tarsi and metatarsi, which are of a pale 

 yellow-brown. The palpi are moderately long and strong; the 

 radial is shorter than the cubital joint, and has a small slightly 

 tapering but not very sharp-pointed red-brown apophysis at its 

 extremity on the outer side, which adheres closely to the side of the 

 digital joint ; this joint is moderate in size ; and the palpal organs are 

 tt.ell developed but not very complex ; the corneous processes are 

 white, black, and red-brown, and are rather compactly fitted together. 

 The falces are simi'ar in colour to the cephalothorax, strong, very 

 prominent at their base in front, and furnished pretty thickly with 

 black>b*istles. The maxilla and labium are of a rich chestnut-brown 

 colour, ftjiwl are normal in size and form : the maxillae are tipped with 

 yellowisitf^Ntliev have a strong transverse impression, and are strongly 

 curved and\ihclined to the labium, which is perceptibly convex along 

 the middlel,\ The sternum is lighter-coloured, and is thickly covered 

 with punctures. The abdomen is of an oblong-oval form, a little 

 broader behind ; its upperside is of a dark sooty colour, and is 

 thickly clothed with short fine hairs, which in some lights have a 

 somewhat dull greenish golden hue ; the underside is dull pale 

 yellow-brown, with two fine longitudinal, central, dark impressed 

 lines. The spinners are small and prominent ; those of the superior 

 pair are shorter by half a length than those of the inferior. The 

 female resembles the male. 



An adult male was found under a stone at Nain, and an adult 



