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Thomisus claviger, sp. nov. 



Female adult, length 1| line. 



This species resembles T. rigidus in general colouring and appear- 

 ance, but it is a darker Spider ; the legs are stronger and more spiny, 

 some of the spines on those of the first and second pairs issuing from 

 distinct and strougish tubercles. Like T. rigidus it has the abdo- 

 men and cephalothorax furnished with clubbed bristly hairs ; these 

 are much more abruptly clubbed than in either T. rigidus or T. 

 claveatus ; the cephalothorax is also shorter and more elevated in the 

 thoracic region ; and the abdomen projects more over its base. A 

 good specific character is also furnished by the sternum, which is of 

 a deep brown colour, marked on its fore part with a more or less 

 strong and somewhat angular crescent or border of yellow. 



An adult female was found on the plains of the Jordan, and another 

 at Nazareth, under stones. 



Thomisus rectilineus, sp. nov. 



Female immature, length lj line. 



Although immature, I am inclined to think that this is a very 

 distinct species, from the clearness and peculiarity of the pattern on 

 the abdomen. 



The cephalothorax is glossy, and, though of the ordinary form, has 

 but little lateral constriction at the caput ; the usual indentations are 

 also nearly imperceptible ; the colour of the cephalothorax is a uni- 

 form deep yellow-brown, with a distinct and clear, but narrow, yellow- 

 white margin. The legs, the two first pairs of which are long and 

 strong, are furnished with hairs, bristles, and spines, and (as also are 

 the sternum, maxillse, and labium) are of a dull yellow colour. Ab- 

 domen with five transverse white stripes across its hinder half; the 

 foremost of these stripes is broken in the middle and of a very 

 slightly angular form ; the rest are straight (or in some examples 

 very slightly curved) and decrease in length with the decreasing 

 breadth of the abdomen. Both the cephalothorax and abdomen are 

 thickly furnished with erect bristles. 



Several examples were found on low-growing plants near the mouth 

 of the Dog River (Nahr el Kelb) near Beirut. 



Thomisus diana, Savign. Egypte, Arachn. p. 161, pi. 7. fig. 1. 



Adults of both sexes of this pretty species were found on low- 

 growing plants on the plains of the Jordan near Jericho ; it was also 

 found in various localities and in similar situations in Egypt in 1864. 



Thomisus rotundatus, Walck. Ins. Apt. i. p. 500. 



Adults and immature examples of both sexes were not unfrequent 

 on plants and flowers at Jerusalem, Nazareth, Jericho, and in other 

 localities. 



Thomisus plorator, sp. nov. 

 Male adult, length 2\ lines. 



