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a rather elongated, flattened form, and projects considerably ovei; the 

 base of the falces ; its hind slope is moderate ; and its colour is deep 

 brown, with a narrow margin of white hairs round the thoracic por- 

 tion ; the ocular area is black, and its surface is minutely rugulose ; 

 this part, as well as the thorax, is thinly clothed with squamose 

 hairs of an iridescent yellow and green hue ; there is a short longi- 

 tudinal stripe of white hairs on the middle of the hind slope, and a 

 similar spot behind each eye of the third row ; each of the eyes of 

 the second row is equidistant between the fore lateral and hind 

 lateral on its side, and in the same straight line ; the fore centrals 

 are placed immediately on the margin above the falces. 



The legs are moderately long and strong ; their relative length ap- 

 parently 4, 3, 1, 2; they are of a clear pale yellow colour, and are 

 furnished thinly with hairs and a very few spines ; each tarsus ends 

 with a claw-tuft. 



The palpi are short, moderately strong, and of a black-brown 

 colour ; the radial joint is small and much shorter than the cubital ; 

 it is rather pointedly prominent on its fore margin, and has at its 

 outer extremity a very small curved sharp-pointed apophysis ; the 

 digital joint is large, and of an oblong-oval form, clothed with white 

 hairs, especially near its extremity ; and there are some similar hairs 

 also on the other joints : the palpal organs are prominent, but of 

 simple structure ; they project backwards and inwards beneath the 

 radial joint, and have a small curved and pointed spine at their 

 extremity. The falces are short, strong, and of a dark yellow-brown 

 colour. 



The abdomen is of moderate size and of a rather flattish oval form ; 

 its colour is dark brown, clothed with short squamose hairs, showing 

 iridescent colours of a brilliant gold, reddish, and green ; the upper- 

 side and sides have three transverse curved rows of spots formed by 

 bright white hairs, four spots in each row ; and there are also two 

 other similar spots in a transverse line immediately above the spin- 

 ners ; eight of these spots form two longitudinal rows on the upper- 

 side, from the fore margin to the spinners. 



The female resembles the male, but is a little larger. 



Adult examples of both sexes were found among plants on walls 

 and rocks at various places in Palestine and Syria; also in 1864 in 

 similar situations at Alexandria, Cairo, and in Upper Egypt. 



Dendryphantes (Sim.). 

 Salticus dumicolus, sp. nov. 



Female adult, length A.\ lines. 



This Spider bears considerable resemblance to the female of S. 

 sanguinolentus, from which, however, M. Simon considers it to be 

 quite distinct. 



On the upperside it is of a more or less deep blackish-brown colour, 

 in some examples mixed and mottled with greyish and yellowish, 

 according as the integument is more or less denuded of hairs. 



The cephalothorax has two tolerably distinct longitudinal bars of 



