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round the neck a little behind the head, thirty-three round the 

 middle of the body. Ventrals 354, nearly uniform in size, each 

 about double the width of the adjoining scales, and bituherculate, 

 except towards the head and close to the anus. Six prseanal shields '. 

 Terminal scale of tail considerably larger than the others. 



About thirty-five diamond-shaped black spots on the back, each 

 broader than long, becoming gradually fainter behind ; head, sides, 

 and belly yellow ; a black spot at the end of the tail. 



The only specimen is a male, and measures C6 inches, of which 

 the head is 1 and the tail from anus 4|. Circumference of neck 

 2-1 inches ; of thickest part of body about 4. 



The nearest species to this, so far as I can see, is H. robusta ^, 

 which is a stouter, less elongate form, with smooth ventrals, differ- 

 ently shaped and less elongate scales, those in the middle of the 

 body being as high as they are broad, and having the tubercle sub- 

 centrally instead of posteriorly situated on each scale throughout 

 the anterior part of the body. The anterior temporal is large; but 

 there is no large posterior shield on the temple, and there are three 

 shields along the outer margin of each occipital, instead of two. The 

 vertical is pointed in front. The black rings in H. robusta extend 

 completely round the body. 



I have not been able to find the place named as the locality 

 (Gangestiin) ; it is doubtless on the shores of the Persian Gulf, and 

 probably near Bushire. 



ViPERA OBTUSA. 



Tehran hills. 



ECHIS CARINATA. 



Muchberabad, 6 miles south of Bushire. 



3. On a new Spider of the Family Tlierapliosidce. By the 

 Rev. O. p. Cambridge, M.A., C.M.Z.S., &c. 



[Eeceived May 13, 1881.] 



(Plate LX.) 



The chief interest attaching to this Spider lies in the fact of its 

 having been received alive from Bahia, and having lived in the Gardens 

 of the Society from the beginning of March to October 1880. It 

 appears to have died soon after casting its skin, when it probably 

 attained maturity ; but upou this latter point it is impossible to 

 speak with certainty, inasmuch as the cutting-open of the under- 

 surface of the abdomen, in order to preserve the Spider, had destroyed 



^ Five only enter theSanal margin ; but I tbink six is the proper number. 

 ^ Schleg. Phys.Serp. ii. p. 505, pi. xviii.flgs. 8-10 ; Giinther, Kept. Brit. Ind. 

 p. 364. 



