MB. J. BLACKWALL ON SOME TUSCAN SPIDEES, 



405 



Two adult females were received from Mr. Thwaites, one in 

 eacli .of the collections mentioned above as containing the ex- 

 amples of tlie former species. I liave conferred upon the pre- 

 sent species the specific name of Ferdinandi, in acknowledgment 

 of the great interest and assiduity shown by M. Eerdinand (a 

 Cingalese officer in the employment of Mr. Thwaites) in the 

 formation of the above valuable and interesting collections. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIV. 



Miagrammopcs Thwaitesii. 

 Fig. 1. Spicier, much enlarged : a, Calamistrum. 



2. Underside of spider, with legs and abdomen shortened. 



3. Underside of cephalothorax, each leg reduced to two joints. 



4. Maxilla; and labium. 



5. Spider, enlarged, in profile. 



6. A portion of spider, enlarged, in profile.' 



7. Cephalothorax, in profile, -^^^ithout legs. 



8. View of spinners: a, process above anus ; h, supernumerary spmner. 



9. Natural length of spider. 



10. Portion of leg of 2nd pair, underneath. 



11. Length of the logs. 



12. Spider, of natural size. 

 ]2«. Extremity of palpus. 



Miagrammopes Ferdinandi. 



13. Cephalothorax and abdomen. 



14. Portion of cephalothorax and abdomen, in profile. 



15. Natural length of spider. 



A List of Spiders captured by Professor E. Peucetal "Weight, 

 M.D. in the province of Lucca, in Tuscany, in the summer 

 of 1863, with characters of such Species as appear to be new 

 or little known to Arachnologists. By John BiiACKWALL, 



E.L.S. 



[Read February 24, 18G9.] 



(Plates XV. & XVL) 



Tribe OCTONOCULINA. 



Family LTCOSIDiE. 



Grenus Lycosa, Latr. 

 Lycosafamelica, Koch,Arac}in.BdLni\\.^. 123, 1. 1/4. £.41/. PI. XV. 



fig. 1. 



Length of the male | in. ; of the cephalothorax VV> breadth \; breadth 



