1872.] SPIDERS OF PALESTINE AND SYRIA. 251 



interval between the central eyes of each row is greater than that be- 

 tween each and the lateral of the same row on its side, to which last 

 it is exceedingly near, though not contiguous. The %.vare long and 

 rather slender; their relative length is 4, I, 2, 3 in the male (but not 

 in the female); and those of the fourth pair are much the longest; they 

 are furnished with hairs and (those of the third and fourth pairs) a 

 few small spines ; the colour of the first and second pairs is yellow, 

 with blackish-brown femora, that of the third and fourth pairs dark 

 yellow-brown, deepening to black-brown on the femora. The palpi 

 are long, and of a deep blackish- brown colour; the cubital, radial, 

 and digital joints are long and of nearly equal length ; the radial 

 joint is perhaps slightly longer than the cubital, and has a rather 

 strong and prominent apophysis, with a sharp and slightly curved 

 point ; the palpal organs are simple, and have a very small but 

 strongly curved reddish spine at their fore extremity, near which is 

 another small corneous process. The fulces are long and strong, a 

 little prominent at their base in front, and inclined backwards towards 

 the 7naj.il/ce ; these last are unusually prominent or gibbous at their 

 base, but otherwise of normal structure. These parts, with the labium 

 and sternum (which latter is heart-shaped), are similar to the cepha- 

 lothorax in colour ; but the maxillae are tipped with yellowish. The 

 abdomen is of a narrow elongate-oval form, strongly constricted trans- 

 versely at the middle of the upperside ; its colour is jet-black, 

 clothed sparingly with squamous hairs, which emit green and purplish 

 metallic tints; a small spot of brilliant white hairs is on either side 

 near the fore margin ; and also on either side, in the transverse con- 

 striction, is a white stripe of the same nature, running over to the 

 underside. The female resembles the male ; but the abdomen has 

 no transverse constriction, and the spots on the fore margin are in 

 this sex strong stripes ; the stripes at the middle are also stronger 

 than in the male. 



An adult male and female of this handsome and very active Spider 

 were found under stones at Hebron, and another adult female in a 

 similar situation near Jericho. 



Micaria albimana, sp. liov. (Plate XVI. fig. 34.) 



Female adult, length 2| lines. 



This species is allied to M. nvptialis, which it resembles in form, 

 general structure, and colours ; but it may be readily distinguished by 

 its yellover brown cephalothorax and other fore parts ; the palpi also 

 have the humeral joints blackish, but the rest is of a clear pale yel- 

 lowish white ; the legs are likewise paler than those of M. nuptialis • 

 and the sternum is clothed with coarsish grey hairs. The abdomen 

 is black, but richer and more metallic in its tints ; a stripe (which is 

 interrupted in the middle) formed by pure white hairs encircles the 

 fore margin ; a transverse row of five strong spots or markings runs 

 over the sides and upperside at about the middle; and there is a 

 small white spot just above the spinners ; the underside is paler than 

 the upper, and has a short longitudinal tapering white stripe about 

 the middle ; the genital aperture is rather large, and somewhat of a 



