1876.] REV. (). I\ CAMBRIDGE ON EGYPTIAN SPIDERS. 607 



cubital, and (together with the digital) pretty densely clothed with 

 black bristly hairs ; the palpal organs have a strong, pointed process 

 at their fore part, the point directed forwards and outwards ; be- 

 tween the base of this process and the outer margin of the digital 

 joint is a small bluntish corneous, black-tipped point ; and near the 

 middle of the large basal lobe is a small prominent blunt-pointed 

 process, with another of equal length springing at right angles from 

 its base ; on the outer side the digital joint has no terminal claw. 



The /alces are dull yellowish, suffused with dusky brown. 



The maxillae and labium are pale yellow, and the sternum black- 

 brown. 



The abdomen is broader behind than before ; it has all the charac- 

 teristic markings on the upperside indicated by black lines and 

 spots on a reddish yellow ground ; the normal marking on the fore 

 half is rather blunt-pointed behind, aud broadest near the middle, 

 whence on either side an oblique black line issues ; the sides are 

 dull yellow, marked with short black lines and spots, some of which 

 are disposed in oblique rows ; the underside is pale yellow. 



A single example of this small but very distinct species was found 

 near Alexandria ; in its colours and pattern it is very like Tarantula 

 miniata, Koch, but is much smaller. 



Lycosa inopina, sp. n. (Plate LX. fig. 16.) 



Lycosa proxima, Cambr. Spid. Palest. & Syr., P. Z. S. 1872, p. 316 

 (nee L. proxima, Koch). 



A careful comparison assures me of the identity of the Spider 

 quoted in the above synonym with the species now recorded ; and 

 I have now but little doubt that it is distinct from L. proxima, 

 Koch, though nearly allied to it; the certainty, however, of this 

 can oidy be ascertained by comparison of typical examples of both 

 species ; meanwhile it seems best to describe the present species as 

 a distinct one. 



The length of the adult male is a little over 2 lines ; and it 

 belongs to the monticola group. The central yellow longitudinal 

 band on the cephalothorax is not very broad ; it is widest at the 

 thoracic junction, comes abruptly to a point (sometimes obsolete) 

 immediately behind the ocular area, and tapers to a point at its 

 posterior extremity ; the lateral yellow bands are well defined, but 

 irregular on the edges, and interrupted, leaving also a distinct brown 

 marginal stripe ; the intermediate spaces form two broad dark yel- 

 low-brown bands marked pretty distinctly with converging black 

 lines ; these bands are of a bright orange (and sometimes lemon) 

 yellow colour ; the ocular area is black. 



The eyes differ little, if any thing, in size and position from those 

 of L. inquieta, Cambr. 



The leys are long and moderately strong ; they are yellow, slightly 

 marked and faintly annulated with dusky brown. Some have 

 scarcely any markings or annulation visible. 



The'palpi are black ; the radial and digital joints clothed densely 

 with hairs; the palpal organs are rather simple, the chief charac- 



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