826 THE REV. O. PICKAED-CAMBRIDGE ON [Nov. 26, 



Legs strong, 1, 2, 4, 3, pale yellow, mottled more or less in front 

 with white ; each of the femora of the first pair has in front a 

 conspicuous black spot, margined with white, and two other 

 similar spots (of which one is large and oval) on the front of the 

 tibiae- The tibiae also of the second pair are similarly marked. 

 Beneath the metatarsi of tiie first and second pairs is a double 

 (parallel) row of short spines in 6 or 7 paii-s. The fore extremity 

 of the tarsi and metatarsi of the two pairs is suffused with yellow- 

 brown. 



Falces pale yellow, much suffused with white in front. 



Abdomen much broader behind, where on each side is an 

 obtuse subconical prominence ; colour whitish, a little suffused 

 with pale yellow- brown at the middle of the upper side in front, 

 and on the sides in front are numerous minute granulosities. A 

 short yellow-brown streak runs from the summit of each abdo- 

 minal prominence inwards, and the hinder part of the abdomen 

 is strongly and transversely rugulose. The genital aperture is of 

 simple form, but characteristic. 



This Spider is closely allied to Thomisus antJiohius Pocock, 

 but appears to differ from it in the position of the triangle on the 

 ocular area, the markings of the cephalothorax and abdomen, the 

 spotted legs of the first two pairs, and the form of the genital 

 aperture. It is also much smaller than T. anthohms. 



Hah. Cape Colony ; received through Mr. T. Hancock. 



Genus Philodromus Walck. 

 Philopromus punctigerus, sp. n. (Plate L. figs. 35-37.) 



Adult female, length 3| lines. 



Cejihcdothorax modei-ately convex above, though of a flattened 

 form, pale yellow-brown, with a broad submarginal darker band 

 on each side ; margins white. Ocular area marked with white, of 

 which colour some fine streaks run backwards just between and 

 behind the hind-central eyes ; behind this at the hinder part of 

 the caput and just in front of the thoracic indentation is a some- 

 what crescent-shaped white marking, whose convexity is directed 

 backwards (in the male this marking is of a subangular form). 

 The height of the clypeus is a little less than half that of the 

 facial space. 



The eyes are small, normal ; those of the hind-central pair are 

 fui'ther from each other than from the hind-laterals ; those of the 

 anterior row also show the same relative position. 



The legs are long, slender, second pair longest ; all furnished 

 with fine black spines and short fine hairs ; they are pale yellow, 

 minutely speckled with dark brownish. 



Fcdces, maxillce, and labium pale yellow-brown. 



Sternum pale yellow. 



Abdomen hroa.dev behind, where it is pointed, than before, where 

 it is truncate ; it is somewhat rugulose longitudinally ; its colour 

 is pale brownish, ringed with white and thickly covered with 



