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dots, and extending posteriorly on either side, until the white stripe 

 gradually disappears ; this abdominal white stripe is only seen in 

 full grown specimens. The genital opening lies between two small, 

 green tubercles, and the trachean opercula are large, oval, lateral, 

 quite flat, posteriorly white margined. 

 Length of cephalothorax 6 m.m. ; its width about the middle 4*5 m.nr. 



abdomen 8 ,, „ anteriorly 4.0 ,, „ 



one foot of the 1st pair 32 m.m. 



2nd 30 „ „ 



3rd 23 „ „ 



. 4th 24-6 „ „ 



This, as likewise the next species, differs from most of the European 

 forms of Sjihasus by the elongated narrow lip, but the pyramidal 

 shape of the falces, the arrangement of the eyes and the whole form 

 of the body agree with the type of the genus. 



Loc. Neighbourhood of Calcutta ; appears to be rare, three 

 specimens were found while hunting after insects between the large 

 leaves of a low shrub. The male was not observed. 



Sphasus similaris, Stoi. Pi. XX, Fig. 2. 



Cephalothorax suboval, truncate in front and behind, very high, 

 with convex sloping sides, and slightly narrower at the ocular region ; 

 yellowish, covered with very short brownish hairs which form two 

 parallel longitudinal lines along the centre ; and two other similar ones 

 are also partially conspicuous on the sides of the thorax. 



The eyes are situated on the upper anterior part of the thorax. 

 The four posterior ones form, as usually, a curve with the convexity 

 directed backwards ; the external ones are placed laterally in front, they 

 are more distant than those of the previous species. The two eyes of 

 the second row are situated in front of the curve, they are rather 

 close together and are the largest ; the four posterior ones are 

 smaller and sub-equal ; a round black spot extends from each eye into 

 the central space surrounded by them. The two anterior eyes are 

 closer together than those of the second row and are very small. The 

 entire region occupied by the eyes is covered with short silvery hairs. 

 A conspicuous but very fine dark line extends from each of the small 

 anterior eyes towards the margin of the thorax, and is continued on 



