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the underside of the abdomen on each side ; and on either side of the 

 extremity of the abdomen, near the spinners, is a conspicuous spot 

 formed by white hairs ; the spinners are rather long and prominent, 

 those of the inferior pair are a little longer and stronger than those 

 of the superior pair. 



But for Dr. Koch's opinion, I should have been inclined to refer this 

 species to the genus Drassus or Melunophora. A single example 

 was found under a stone at Haifa. 



Micaria septfm punctata, sp. nov. (Plate XVI. fig. 32.) 



Female adult, 1 j line. 



This small but brilliant Spider may be distinguished from Drassus 

 (Micaria) miens (Bl )=M. pulicaria (Westr.), which in form, co- 

 lour, and structure it nearly resembles, by being smaller, and by 

 having the white hairs on the cephalothorax (which is of the deepest 

 black-brown colour) generally but thinly dispersed over the surface, 

 not gathered into converging lines as in M. pulicaria ; some of these 

 hairs reflect metallic tints like those oil the abdomen, which is black 

 and covered with scaly hairs reflecting metallic tints ot gold, green, 

 and purple. The abdomen has also, on the upperside, seven small 

 but distinct white spots, formed by groups of short white squamous 

 hairs ; two of these spots are on the fore margin, four others form a 

 transverse row about one third of the length of the abdomen, behind 

 the two first, and the seventh is at the hinder extremity, just above 

 the spinners ; on either side of the fore extremity, but rather beneath 

 it, is also a short oblique stripe of similar white hairs. The legs, 

 which are not very long nor greatly different in length (but whose 

 exact relative length I could not satisfactorily ascertain), are of 

 a yellow colour, except the femora, which are black. 



An adult female was found under stones on au old wall at Has- 

 beiya. 



Since writing the above description I find an adult male (hitherto 

 overlooked) from a similar habitat, ou the Lebanon, near Ain-Ata. 

 In colours and markings it resembles the female, but it is rather 

 smaller. The palpi are short, and of a black-brown colour ; the 

 radial and cubital joints are of equal length, and the former has a 

 small, pale, prominent, pointed apophysis from its outer extremity; 

 the digital joint is narrow, no broader than the radial, but equal to 

 that and the cubital together in length ; the palpal organ's are pro- 

 minent, but simple in structure. The legs of the male are also longer 

 than those of the female ; their relative length is 4, 1, 2, 3. 



Micaria nuptialis, sp. nov. (Plate XVI. fig. 33.) 



Male adult, length 2| lines ; female adult, 2| to o lines. 



This fine species has the cephalothorax long and narrow, and of 

 a deep black-brown colour, clothed with greyish-white hairs, some of 

 which are drawn into converging lines, indicating the ordinary inden- 

 tations on the thoracic portion. The eyes are very small, and ap- 

 parently of nearly equal size ; they are disposed in two transverse 

 concentrically curved rows, the foremost row being the shortest ; the 



