1898.] ON THE CTEMFOEM SPIDEES OP AFEICA. 13 



2. On the Cteniform Spiders of Africa, Arabia, and Syria. 

 By Fredk. O. Pxckard Cambridge, B.A. 



[Eeceived November 15, 1897.] 



(Plates III. & IV.) 



Contexts. 



I. Two-clawed Cteniform Spiders. 



a. Introduction, p. 13. 



b. Bibliography, p. 13. 



c. List of Species already described, with Notes on their Identities, 



p. 14. 



d. Descriptions of New Species, p. 20. 



II. Three-clawed Cteniform Spiders. 



a. Introduction, p. 27. 



6. List of Species already described, with Notes on their Identities 



p. 28. 

 c. Descriptions of New Species, p. 29. 



I. a. Introduction. 



The following pages include a note on every species belonging 

 to the Cteniform Spiders which have been described from Africa 

 and Western Asia, besides descriptions of eight new species of 

 the two-clawed form and four of the three-clawed form. On 

 page 351 ' of my paper on the Ctenido' of Burmah I expressed 

 myself as " satisfied that one cannot restore Thorell's genus 

 Dolopceiis for the Eastern Asiatic forms" of the three-clawed 

 specimens. Since this was written, however, more material has 

 come to hand, which enables me to reverse my decision in this 

 respect. The following list contains the names of the new species 

 described : — 



Ctemis johnstoni, sp. n. Zomba, Lake Nyassa. 



Hngsleyi, sp. n. Cameroons, W. Africa. 



occidentalis, sp. n. W. Africa. 



spenceri, sp. n. E. London, S. Africa. 



carsoni, sp. n. Tanganyika, &c. 



burtoni, sp. n. Cameroons, W. Africa. 



marshalli, sp. n. Umfuli Eiver, S. Africa. 



corniger, sp. n. ISTatal, S. Africa. 

 Thalassius jayakari, sp. n. Muscat, Arabia. 

 „ cummingi, sp. n. Eao, Persian Gulf. 



„ phipsoni, sp. n. Dorun, India. 



„ spenceri, sp. n. E. London, S. Africa. 



I. b. Bibliography. 



1833. M, Pertt. Del. Anim. Braz. (Spix and Martius). Brazil. 

 1837. C. A. Walckenaee. Ins. Apt. i. p. 364. S. Africa. 



1865. J. Blackwall. Ann. Mag. N. H, (3) xvi. p. 336. Africa. 



» Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xx. Oct, 1897. 



