SCIENCE- GOSSIP. 



Porrhomma microphtlialinura Cb. [Liny- 

 ^Jiia microphthal7iia + L. deceus + L. incerta in 

 " Spiders of Dorset.") 



Length. Male 2 mm., female 3 mm. 



Allied to P. pygiiiaeitDi, from which it may be 

 distinguished by the anterior central eyes being 

 smaller than the anterior laterals. 



Porrhorama oblitum. Cb. {JVeriene oblita in 

 " Spiders of Dorset.') 



Length. Male 2 mm., female unknown. 



Cephalo-thorax dark yellowish- brown. Legs 

 yellow. Abdomen brownish-black. An extremely 

 rare spider. 



Porrhomma adipatum L. Koch. {Linyphia 

 reticulata in " Spiders of Dorset.") 



Length. Male 3.5 mm., female 5 mm. 



Cephalo-thorax orange-yellow. Abdomen pale 

 brown minutely reticulated. This species may be 

 distinguished from its allies by the absence of femoral 

 spines. 



Porrhomm.a m.yops Sim. 



This species may be distinguished from P. pyg- 

 inaejtm Bl. by the eyes being very small and the 

 anterior row strongly curved. The femoral joints of 

 the first pair of legs have each two spines. 



Porrhomm.a egeria Sim. 



Length. Male 2.5 mm., female 3 mm. 



Closely allied to P. myops Sim., but the femora of 

 the first pair of legs have each three spines. The 

 eyes are extremely minute, in some cases the centrals 

 havirig entirely or in part vanished. 



Porr]iom.m.a oblongum Cb. [Linyphia 

 ohlonga in " Spiders of Dorset.") 



Length. Male 1.5 mm., female 2 mm. 



Differs from P. myops Sim. by the anterior femora 

 each possessing but one spine, situated towards the 

 extremity. 



Porrhomma apertvim Cb. (Neriene apetta 

 in " Spiders of Dorset.") 



Length. Female 1.5 mm. 



Cephalo-thorax and legs yellowish-brown tinged 

 with red. Abdomen nearly black. Extremely 

 rare. 



Porrhom.ina pallipes Cb. {Neriene pallipes 

 in " Spiders of Dorset.") 



Length. Male 1.5 mm., female larger. 



Cephalo-thorax yellowish-brown, with a black 

 marginal line. Legs dull yellow. Abdomen black. 

 An extremely rare spider. 



Porrhomma campbellii Y. Cb. 



Length. Female 3 mm. 



Differs from /-", pyginaeitin Bl. by the clypeus being 

 distinctly higher than the width of the ocular area. 

 Very rare. 



( To be continued. ) 



BUTTEEFLIES OF THE PALAE- 

 AECTIC EEaiOX. 



By Henry Charles Lang, M.D., M.R.C.S., 



L.R.c.p. LoND., r.E;s. 



{Continued from page 79.) 



34. C. eocandica Ersch. Fedtsch. (1874). p. 6,. 

 t. 1. f. 3. 



35 - 42 mm. 



$ f.w. greener and duskier than C. naittes. 

 Marginal borders more sharply defined and with 

 spots much narrower and more distinct. Disc. 

 sjDot narrow. H.w. sometimes deeply shaded 

 with blackish, disc, spot larger and lighter than in 

 ('. noistes. 5 like that of C. nasiets, but the rnarg.. 



C. eocandica. 



C. eocandica. Var. maja. 



C. eocandica. V.ir. lamer/ann. 



borders are more clearly defined: Antennae and 

 fringes as in C. nastes. U.s. as in C. nastes, but 

 with a more intense coloirration, often with a sub- 

 marginal row of spots on all the wings (" praeced., 

 Nastes, forma Darwiuiana " Stg. Cat. 1901, 16). 



Hab. Turkestan, VI. e (R.H.), Transalai Fergaua, 

 Is.syk Kul, Tianscan (Stgr.). At high elevations. 



a. ab. $ ffalbd Gr.-Gr. Hor. XXVIL (1893), 

 p. 381. A yellow dimorphic form of $ . 



/;. ab. hyirida Gr.-Gr. Hor. XXVIL (1893), 

 p. 380. With the wings more or less tinged witb 

 orange-colour, 1 a hybrid between C. eocandica 

 and C. eogene. 



