540 EY. O. P. CAMBRIDGE ON [ Nov. 25, 
broken off, leaving two opposed rows of oblique stripes. An adult 
female differed only in being rather darker-coloured. 
The adult male and female above described were contained in Mr. 
Melliss’s collection, but were dry and pinned instead of being pre- 
served in spirit of wine. 
Fam. LycosIpEs. 
Gen. PASITHEA. 
PasirHea PuLcHRA. (Plate XLII. fig. 7.) 
Pasithea pulchra, Blackw. Ann. and Mag. Hist. xvi. 3rd ser. 
p- 338 (1865). 
An adult female of this beautiful Spider preserved in spirit, as 
well as one dried and pinned, were contained in the St.-Helena col- 
lection. 
Gen. Lycosa. 
Lycosa LiGATA, n. sp. (Plate XLII. fig. 8.) 
Male adult, length 4? lines. 
In general proportions, form, and appearance this species does not 
vary from the ordinary types of the genus, differing chiefly in the 
pattern formed by the distribution of its colours and markings, and 
in the structure of the palpi and their peculiar organs. 
The cephalothoraz is of a dark brown colour tinged with yellow, 
and furnished sparingly with yellowish and other hairs; it is mar- 
gined narrowly with a blackish line, above which is a broken band 
of yellow, in some individuals almost obsolete, in others consisting 
of broken-edged detached spots; the central median line of the ce- 
phalothorax is occupied by a well-defined yellow band of a peculiar 
form; commencing narrowly between the eyes it enlarges suddenly 
into a nearly square form, behind which it narrows abruptly again 
into a neck, whence it continues in a spear-head form with the point 
directed backwards; this spear-head portion encloses the point of 
junction of the cephalic and thoracic segments, which is marked by 
a short dark longitudinal line; the fore part of this central longitu- 
dinal band is marked with some brown spots and markings; and 
the junctions of the thoracic segments are also marked by converging 
lateral lines of dark brown; the immediate region of the eyes is 
black. Some variety exists in different individuals in the exact form 
of the central band, but its general character is similar in all that 
have come under my notice. 
Of the four eyes forming the large hinder square, the two fore ones 
are the largest and much nearer together than the two hinder ones ; 
of the four forming the front line, the two centrals are the smallest ; 
this line is equal in length to that formed by the two fore ones of the 
posterior square, and the four are about equidistant from each other. 
Legs and palpi yellow, banded with dark brown, and furnished 
with hairs, bristles, and spines; the relative length of the legs is 
4,1, 2, 3; the tibiz, especially of the hinder pair, are conspicuous 
and characteristic from being of a deep brown colour, with a broad- 
