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before, where it projects fairly over the base of the cephalothorax ; 

 it is of a generally dull sandy yellow-brown colour, and its upper 

 surface furnished with short, strong, curved, black bristles ; tbe sides 

 and upper margins are very rugulose, the upper edges of the rugu- 

 losities more or less marked with whitish. The normal dentated, 

 broad, longitudinal pale band on the upperside is scarcely visible ; 

 and the underside is rather paler than the rest. 



A single example of this Spider, which I believe to be of an unde- 

 scribed species, was found on a low plant near Alexandria. 



Xysticus peccans, sp. n. 



Immature female, length 1| line. 



Although apparently far from maturity, I am induced to describe 

 as a new species several examples found on plants in Egypt, believing 

 that the specific indications afforded by their colours and markings 

 will eventually be corroborated by the structural characters of the 

 adult spiders. 



The form of the cephalothorax is ordinary ; and its colour is dull 

 yellowish brown, darker on the sides than along the middle, and 

 the ocular area dull greyish white, the lateral margins being very 

 distinctly and regularly white. 



The exjes are normal, but the fore laterals are proportionately 

 larger than usual. 



The legs are moderately long and tolerably strong, their relative 

 lengths being normal ; those of the first and second pairs (except 

 the tarsi, which are pale yellowish) are of a dark brown with a choco- 

 late tinge, most uniform on the tibial, metatarsal, and femoral joints; 

 those of the third and fourth pairs are a uniform pale yellowish, 

 which is also the colour of the palpi, maxilla?, labium, sternum, and 

 abdomen. The latter is of a roundish oval form, and (in all the 

 examples found) entirely destitute of markings ; probably, however, 

 this will not be found to be so in the adult examples, in which we 

 may expect to find, though perhaps not very definitely, the normal 

 pattern delineated. 



The fakes are short, strong, and subcorneal, of a yellowish colour, 

 with a broad, distinct, transverse white band near the middle of their 

 fore side. 



Xysticus subclavatus, sp. n. 



Adult female, length 2\ lines. 



This Spider is closely allied to X. hirtus (Sav.). 



The cephalothorax has its sides mottled and marked with yellowish 

 white, and yellow-brown of different shades ; a broad longitudinal 

 pale whitish band occupies the middle ; and along it, from and in- 

 cluding the eyes of the hind central pair, runs a yellow-brown bar 

 tapering to a point a little way down the hinder slope. 



The legs are whitish, mottled and spotted with yellow, and with 

 yellow-brown spots and markings ; the tibiae and metatarsi of the 

 third and fourth pairs have each a distinct, although broken, dark 

 blackish-brown annulus. 



