388 REV. O. p. CAMBRIDGE ON CEYLON SPIDERS. 



DOLICHOGNATHA NiETNERI, n. Sp. PI. XII. figS. 39 tO 45. 



c? adult, length 1 line. 



Cephalothorax large, rounded behind ; caput elongated ; occiput a little 

 gibbous, but not abruptly so ; a row of strongish hairs directed for- 

 wards occupies the medial line of caput; colour pale yellow; the 

 caput and some spots or blotches on the margins and in the medial line 

 behind the occiput are strongly mottled and suffused with brownish 

 black. 



Eyes in four pairs, or two slightly curved and converging rows on the 

 fore part of caput ; those of front row about equidistant from each 

 other, but the two centrals much the largest of the eight, and seated 

 on a large, somewhat circular, tubercular prominence ; all the rest 

 are also seated on tubercles ; those of each lateral pair are separated 

 from each other by less than the diameter of the smallest ; those of 

 the hind central pair are very small (the smallest of the eight) and 

 contiguous to each other. 



Legs very unequal in length, those of the first two pairs much the longest 

 and strongest, those of the first pair being also longer than those of 

 the second, and those of the third pair are shortest, and a little shorter 

 than those of the fourth ; they are furnished sparingly with hairs, 

 bristles, and a few fine spines ; colour pale yellow, banded and blotched 

 with deep blackish brown. 



Palpi short, similar in colour to the legs ; radial joint rather longer and 

 stronger than the cubital, but destitute of any characteristic projec- 

 tions; digital joint longer thna hot'a radial and cubital together ; its 

 outline is somewhat tortuous, as if twisted from the extreme point, 

 which is elongated and something similar to the digital joint in some 

 species of Tegenaria. Palpal organs not very complicated, consist- 

 ing of some closely united corneous pieces, forming altogether a some- 

 what circular prominent lobe, and apparently a fine closely adhering 

 filiform spine connected with them : in the general appearance of 

 these organs one is strongly reminded of those in some spiders of tlie 

 genus Pachygnatha. 



Falces very long, strong, almost equal to the cephalothorax in length, 

 slightly inclined backwards towards the sternum, and somewhat pro- 

 minent in front near their base : when looked at from before, both 

 the outer and inner sides are hollow, and they have three rather fine 

 but sharp teeth on their inner side near their extremities ; colour 

 yellow-brown, with a yellow patch at the base on their inner sides. 



Maxill(B and labium (see generic characters). 



Sternum heart-shaped ; colour of this part, as well as of the maxillae and 

 labium, yellow, blotched and marked with blackish. 



Abdomen short and nearly globular, furnished on the upperside with 

 four short, but well-defined, conical prominences formhig a square, 

 of which the front side is shghtly the longest : it is very sparingly fur- 



