820 THE REV. O. PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE ON [Nov. 26, 



Maxillce long, enlai'gecl at their base, strongly constricted at 

 the middle, enlarged again at their extremity, where they are 

 obliquely truncated on the inner side ; colour yellow-brown. 



Labium nearly as broad as high, with a transverse suture below 

 the middle ; the apex rounded ; colour of a darker hue than the 

 maxilla?. 



Sternum, of a nearly regular roundish oval ; colour yellow 

 tinged with orange. 



Spinners small, short, and compact. Genital aperture of very 

 distinct and characteristic form. 



A single adult female was included among a few other Spiders 

 kindly obtained for me from East London, Cape Colony, S. Africa, 

 by Mr. Richard Hancock, of Hadleigh, Stechford. 



Platyoides simonii, sp. n, (Plate L. figs. 13-17.) 



Adult male, length 2 lines. 



Though resembling it in general form and other essential 

 characters, the small comparative size of this Spider will dis- 

 tinguish it at once from P. separata. The eyes also are more 

 closely grouped together and rather larger. 



The cejjhalothoyxix is pale dull yellow-brown, the normal grooves 

 and indentations indicated by darker lines. The legs are pale 

 dull yellowish, the femora, tibiee, and metatarsi suffused with 

 brownish. 



The abdomen, of a short oval form and dark yellowish-brown 

 hue, has a broad central longitudinal band or area of a pale 

 colour, bearing a longitudinal dark central tapering stripe, with 

 some indistinct lateral sloping or oblique dark lines on each side 

 of its hinder extremity, and representing the normal angular 

 bars or chevrons. 



The palpi are short ; the radial shorter than the cubital joint, 

 with a short obliquely truncated apophysis at its extremity on 

 the inner side. The digital joint is of moderate size and short 

 oval form ; the palpal oi-gans well developed and complex, with 

 spiny processes. 



Hab. Cape Colony, S. Africa ; kindly communicated to me 

 through Mr. R. Hancock. 



Fam. ZoROPSiDJi;. 

 Subfam. Zoropsin^. 

 Genus ZoROPSis Sim. 

 ? ZoROPSis RUFiPES Lucas. (Plate L. figs. 18-21.) 

 Olios rufipes Lucas (ad partem). 

 Adult female, length 6 lines. 



Cephalothorax rather longer than broad, moderately and uni- 

 formly convex above, and broadly truncate in front ; lateral 

 marginal impressions at caput scarcely perceptible ; colour pale 

 yellow-brown, margins palest, with dark brown marginal line,. 



