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8. vaillantii, Luc. Explor. de 1' Alger. Arachu. p. 13b, pi. v. 

 fig. 2. 



The identity of the two Spiders mentioned in the above synonyms 

 appears to be undoubted. Adult and immature examples of both 

 sexes were found near Cairo and Alexandria, generally on old walls. 

 I have received lately adults of both sexes from the Mauritius, from 

 Edward Newton, Esq., and also from Bombay, from Major Julian 

 Hobson (H.M. Staff Corps). 



Attus soldanii. 



Salticus soldanii, Sav. et Aud. Egypte, p. 1 Si, pi. vii. fig. 17, 18. 

 An adult male aud several female and immature adults were found 

 near Alexandria. 



Attus monardi. 

 Salticus monardi, Luc. Explor. de 1' Alger, p. 156, pi. vii. fig. 1. 

 An adult male of this distinct and pretty species was found near 

 Cairo. 



Attus fulgens. 



Salticus fulgens, Cambr. Spid. Pal. & Syr., P. Z. S. 1872, p. 340, 

 pi. xiv. fig. 1 7. 



Adults of both sexes were not uufrequent on trees and plants, near 

 Alexandria, Cairo, and in Upper Egypt. This is one of the most 

 brilliant and pretty of all theSalticides I found in Egypt; and its golden 

 green iridescent abdomen distinctly spotted with white renders it an 

 easily determined species. 



Attus regillus. (Plate LX. fig. 17.) 



Attus regillus, L. Koch, Verhand. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, p. 879. 



Adult and immature males with immature females were found 

 near Cairo and in Upper Egypt on trees and low shrubs, and sub- 

 sequently in similar situations near Smyrna and Ephesus. I have 

 also received it from Bombay. I include this Spider in the genus 

 Attus on M. Simon's authority ; but I conceive that the peculiar, 

 almost circular form of the cephalothorax entitles it to generic 

 separation from the typical Atti. A similar form of cephalothorax is 

 not uufrequent in several other (as yet undescribed) exotic species. 



Attus bonnetii. 



Attus bonnetii, Sav. et Aud. Egypte, pi. vii. fig. 14 ( $ ). 



Attus canescens, Cambr. Spid. Palest. & Syr., P. Z. S. 1872, p. 323. 



Adults of both sexes of this species were found near Alexandria, 

 and also at the roots and among the stems of stunted plants on 

 the desert near Jebel y Silsilis, in Upper Egypt. 



Savigny and Audouin describe and figure only the female ; the 

 male (length 24^ lines) differs in the abdomen wanting the double 

 longitudinal nearly parallel series of short oblique pale streaks on 

 the upperside ; instead of these there is a broad longitudinal central 



