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Walckenaer himself, it is true, (Ins. Apt., IV, p. 411) takes up 

 Eup/ir. apnea C. Koch under his A. niger: Simon ') has in fact 

 described an entirely different species (a female) of the genus Attua 

 sens, strict, under the name of A. niger Walck. As regards A. ni- 

 ger Sund. et Westk. , vid. infra. Neither does A. faaciatus Walck. 

 (Ins. Apt., I, p. 404), which is cited by Westring und Simon, 

 appear to me to be the same as A. faaciatus (Hahn), Westr. : it is 

 probably identical with Salt. Bresnieri Luc. The male of ^El. 

 faaciatus (Hahn) has nut, as both sexes of A. faaciatus Walck. are 

 stated to have, and as S. (SEI.) Bresnieri certainly has, three white 

 bands on the abdomen. Walckenaer's description of the form of 

 these bands and of the male's palpi is moreover more suitable to 

 sEl. Bresnieri than to yEl. faseiatus. The abdomen in the cf of 

 this last species is black, usually with a greenish metallic lustre, 

 and one single, shortened pale line on the back: this line commences 

 immediately above the mamilla3 and is there whitish, but in pro- 

 ceeding forwards becomes reddish and more indistinct; it would seem 

 sometimes to be altogether absent, at least it is not mentioned by 

 Simon, loc. cit. The female's cephalothorax has two more or less 

 pure white bands on the back, as also white borders; her abdomen 

 has three similar bands, of which the side-bands at least are pretty 

 broad. The legs are brown or yellowish, with black rings. The 

 vulva is principally formed of two large, round foveas situated close 

 together. The female of JEl. Bresnieri differs from JEl. faseiatus 



palpes noirs. L'extremite des pattes et l'attache du corselet et de l'abdomen sont 

 de couleur grise. Les mandibules sont aussi noires, a l'exception de leur extre- 

 mity, qui est rouge. Les pattes sont presque egales en longueur; cependant la 

 quatrieme et la premiere paires surpassent sensiblement en longueur les deux 

 paires intermediates. La quatrieme paire est an peu plus lougue que la pre- 

 miere, et la troisieme un peu plus que la seconde. Les cuisses en dessus 

 sont noirs." 



1) Revision d. Attids, p. 168 (44). 



2) Explor. de l'Algerie, Anim. Artie., p. 154, PI. 7, fig. 8. — Euophrys li- 

 neata C Koch (Die Arachn., XIV, p. 43, Tab. CCCCLXXIV, fig. 1303) appears 

 to me to be the male of IEI. Bresnieri. It has according to Koch on the abdo- 

 men three and on the cephalothorax four pure white longitudinal bands, the two 

 lateral bands of which do not extend to the edge of the cephalothorax. SlMON 

 however makes it a separate species (Att. lineatus Sim.) and states that it has 

 two bands on the cephalothorax. His description differs also in other respects 

 from that of C. KOCH, although it is said to be made from that writer's type- 

 specimen. — Of Att. Bresnieri Sim., I have among other specimens a $ and £ 

 ad. with which I have been favoured by Mr Simon himself. 



