418 MR. A. D. MICHAEL ON [June 3, 



List of Species (continued). 



Name. Places of capture, &c. 



HefTTiannia arrecfa, 'Sicolet. B. Forest of Ain Beida. 



EremcBus fimbriatus, n. sp. Algiers. 



Nothrus sylvestris, Nicolet. B. Cedar-forest of Teniet-el-Ahd. The 



specimens are rather smaller than 

 the British, and have the hairs on 

 the hind margin shorter and more 

 spatulate. 

 „ anauniensis, Canestrini. Hammam R'hira. Ts tridactyle, not 



didactyle. Query, if identical. 

 „ doderleinii, Berlese. Algiers, Blidah, &c., common. 



„ scaliger, Koch ; thelcproctus, Blidah. 



Berlese. 

 „ spiniger, Koch. B. Algiers. 



,, horridMs, Hermann. B. Cedar-forest of Teniet-el-Ahd. 



Hoplophora dasi/piis, Duges. B. Algiers. 



„ cariiMta, Koch. Algiers, Blidah, Hammam R'hira ; 



common. 

 Zetorchcstes micronychus, Berlese. Forest of Ain Beida, common. 



HOPLOPID^. 

 CcBCulus spatulifer, n. sp. Forest of Ain Beida. One specimen. 



KoTASPis BTjREOwsii, D. sp. (Plate XXXVII. figs. 1-4.) 



Average length about '75 millini. 



Average extreme breadth about -50 millim. 



Average length of legs, first three pairs about 'So naillim. 

 „ „ fourth pair about "oS millim. 



A somewhat large and handsome species. 



Colour darkish yellow-brown. 



Texture smooth. 



Cephahtliorax. — Anterior half conical, posterior half suddenly 

 widening, and its lateral parts forming conspicuous platforms for 

 the support of the two anterior pairs of legs. AYithout markings. 

 Eostrum round-pointed ; rostral hairs long ; palpi visible from the 

 dorsal aspect. Pseudostigmata nearly at the base of the cephalo- 

 thoras, but not at all hidden by the abdomen or lamellae ; pseudo- 

 Btigmatic organs shortish, with thin peduncles and small, almost 

 globular, heads. LameJlce very short, not much above a third of the 

 length of the cephalothorax, of about even width throughout ; much 

 nearer together anteriorly than postei-iorly ; provided with small 

 cusps and joined by a translamella which is little more than a mere 

 line. Tnterlamellar hairs large and stiff, very near the lamellae. 

 Lamellar hairs long, stiff, and near together. Apodemata not 

 joined to the sternum. Tectopedia large for the genus. 



Legs of the type usual in the genus, with stout hairs on almost 

 all the joints, the first three pairs of about equal lengths. Claws 

 tridactyle, hetcrodactyle. 



Abdomen almost, but not quite, round ; it has a few small, cir- 

 cular, clear spots near the hind margin, only seen in preparations. 

 There are four longitudinal rows of thick hairs, and three pairs of 



