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AUACHNIDA. 
CoLOPnONIDES. 
This new family proposed for Colophon, g. n., connecting the Thera- 
phosides and Filistatides. Oephalothorax oblong-oval j clypeus long, im- 
pressed, and prominent ; eyes 8, unequal in size, closely grouped in a 
transverse oblong- oval figure on a slight tubercular elevation towards the 
fore part of the caput, three on each side form two broad rows enclosing 
two others in a central transverse line ; legs moderately long and strong, 
relative length 4, 1, 2, 3 ; tarsal claws, 3 ; falces small and projecting, 
the fangs folding down over their inner edges ; maxillae moderate in 
length, broad and strong near their base, strongly inclined to the 
labium, and broadly and obliquely imjiressed transversely in front ; 
labium long, rather broadest near the middle ; abdomen elongate oval, 
joined to the cephalothorax by a distinct pedicle } spiracular openings 4, 
2 immediately in front of the usual pair ; spinners, G, 2 superior, and 4 
in a straight transverse row beneath them. C. natalensis, sp. n., ^ & $ , 
pi. xvii, fig. 1, Natal. O. P. Cambridge, Ann. N. H. (4) xiv. p. 170. 
Filistatides. 
Filiatata bicolor, Walck. ; numerous examples from Cayenne. L. 
Taczanowski, Hor. Ent. Ross. x. p. 72. 
Dysdehides. 
Dysdera ccerulescens, sp. n., C. Koch, JB. nass. Ver. xxvii.-xxviii. 
p. 203, Nassau (? — crocota, C. L. Koch). 
Segesiria longipes, p. 206, atrata, p. 207, spp. nn., id, 1. c. Nassau. 
Drassidks. 
O. P. Cambridge, P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 370-419, pis. li. & lii., has described 
40 species of various genera (all, but one, new), and figured the palpi or 
genital aperture of nearly all. 
Micaria silesiaca, $ , L. Koch, Abh. Ges. Gorl. xv. (sep. copy) p. 4, 
pi. i. figs. 2 & 3, Niesky ; M. salticina, $ , L. Taczanowski, 1. c. p. 75, 
pi. ii. fig. 3, Uassa (French Guiana); M. armata, $, O. P. Cambridge, 
1. c. p. 401, pi. lii. fig. 2G, Mentone ; spp. nn. 
Drassus nigrifemoratus, $ , p. 385, pi. li. fig. 12, Italy, D. hulhifer, $ , 
p. 386, pi. li. fig. 13, Europe, D. ornatus, $ , p. 388, Alexandria (Egypt), 
D. ensiger, ^ & ? , p. 389, pi. li. fig. 14, Smyrna, D. hehes, $ , p. 390, 
pi. li. fig. 15, Mentone, D. macilentus, $ , p. 392, pi. li. fig. IG, Bombay, 
D. campestratus, $ , p. 392, pi. li. fig. 17, D. alexandrinus, $ , p. 393, pi. li. 
fig. 18, and D. cegyptius, $ & $ , p. 394, pi. lii. fig. 19, Alexandria, D. 
astrologus, $ , p. 395, pi. lii. fig. 20, D. luridus, & $ , p. 396, pi. lii. fig. 
21, and D. ferrugineus, $ , p. 398, pi. lii. fig. 23, Bombay, D. vnlpinus, 
? , p. 397, pi. lii. fig. 22, D. denotatus, $ , p. 398, pi. lii. fig. 24, and 
D. pugnax, $, p. 399, pi. lii. fig. 25, Cairo ; O. P. Cambridge, 1. c. 
spp. nn. 
Gnaphosa harpax, ^,p. 371, fig. 1, Bombay, G.procera, $ & ^, p. 373, 
fig. 2, Alexandria, G. marginata, $ , p. 374, fig. 3, Egypt, G. venatrix, ^ , 
