384 llEV. O. p. CAMBRIDGE ON OEYLON SPIDERS. 



sent me by Mr. Nietner. No notice of their habits or habitat 

 accompanied these ; but those captured in Syria seemed to be 

 assigned to their proper habitat ; and some irregular webs (in 

 which they were found) occupied the corners and angles of the 

 closet. The species may easily be recognized by the uniform 

 red-yellow colour of its cephalothorax and legs «fcc., as also by 

 its generally hirsute appearance, and by the angular form of the 

 radial joints of the palpi in the adult male ; the female differs 

 chiefly in size and the structure of the palpi. 



Theridion annulipes, n. sp. 



$ adult, length 3 lines. 



In size and form this species is very similar to T, luteipes, to 

 which it is evidently closely allied ; the two species resemble each 

 other also in structure, and in having the abdomen and legs 

 thickly furnished with longish bristly hairs ; but the present spe- 

 cies may at once be distinguished by its general colour and mark- 

 ings. The cephalothorax is of a brownish-yellow colour, the nor- 

 mal grooves and indentations suffused with brown, and with a 

 tolerably well-defined, reddish-brown, longitudinal, medial band 

 running backwards from the eyes to the medial thoracic indenta- 

 tion ; this band is much narrower behind than in front. The 

 falces, maxillce, and labium are of a reddish yellow-brown colour ; 

 sternum brownish yellow ; legs and palpi yellow, broadly and di- 

 stinctly annulated with dark brown more or less tinged with red. 

 The abdomen is of a dull-brown colour, with a yellowish leaden 

 tinge, obscurely marked and patched above and on the sides with 

 black, intermixed with small whitish spots and points. Above 

 the spinners, in the medial line, and longitudinally dividing a 

 large blackish patch, is a somewhat dentate yellow-white band. 

 It is just possible that this may be only a variety of T. luteipes, 

 . though I am inclined to think that the future discovery of the 

 adult male will prove it to be a distinct species. Two specimens 

 were contained in Mr. Nietner' s collection. 



Theridion spiniventre, n. sp. PI. XII. figs. 62 to 66. 



S adult, length Ij line. 



C^halothorax oval, rather depressed; a little constricted laterally at 

 caput ; colour yellow, margins black, and a longitudinal medial red 

 band runs backwards from the eyes to the hinder margin ; this band 

 narrows behind, and is a little constricted in the middle at the junc- 

 tion of the thoracic segments, which is marked with a short black 

 dash. 



