MIAGRAMMOPIDES THOMISIDES. 
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very unequal in length, extended straight fore and aft, peculiarly articulated 
on the lower surface of cephalothorax, without any sternal plate j relative 
length 1, 4, 2, 3 ; tarsi end witli three strongly curved claws, each differently 
dentated ; a strong calamistrum on the upper surface of the metatarsi of the 
fourth pair. Paljn short, ending with a strong curved black pectinate claw. 
Falces small and projecting. Maxillce long, tolerably strong, slightly inclined 
to labium, obliquely rounded at their outer extremities, where they are also 
a little enlarged. Ldbimn elongate, pointed at apex. Abdomen long, nar- 
row, enlarged towards the middle. Spinners 6, in three pairs, with an extra 
spinning-organ beneath ; this last has no trace of being (as in some other 
spiders) formed by the union of two ordinary spinners. M. thwaitesiij M, 
fcrdinmidi, spp. mi., Oeylon : 0. P. Cambridge, J. L. S. x. pp. 398-404, 
pi. xiv. 
In the introductory remarks to the above, Cambridge observes that, while 
not then sufficiently assured upon the affinities of Miagrammopes to found a 
new family upon it, it was difficult to include it in any family hitherto cha- 
racterized. [Subsequent investigation has suggested the necessity of founding 
the family Miagrammopidcs upon this most remarkable spider.] 
Stephanopides. 
Stcphanopis camhridgii, sp. n.. New Holland : T. Thorell, GEfv. Vet. Akad. 
1870, p. 378. Thorell includes Stephmiojns in the family Thomisoidee, 1. c. 
(see Eur. Spid. i. p. 170, note 2). [The spiders of this genus appear not to 
be laterigrade, with which Thorell agrees, pedes vix laterigradi ” (Q3fv. 
Sv. Ak. 1870, p. 379). For this and other reasons it must at present form a 
family by itself.] 
Thomisides. 
Phgeus, g. n. Cephalothorax small, broad-oval ; caput large and elevated. 
Eyes 8, large, in two transverse curved rows, occupying the whole width of 
the upper fore part of caput, in form of a crescent, whose horns point back- 
wards. Abdomen large, short, oval or heart-shaped, and projecting greatly 
over the base of the cephalothorax. Legs short, strong, armed with long 
slender spines and bristles ; tarsi end with three claws. Maxillce moderately 
long, strong, rounded at extremities, a little curved, and gi'eatly inclined over 
lahiimi, which is small, subtriangular, with a slightly pointed apex. — P, 
brevis, sp. n., Ceylon : 0. P. Cambridge, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 742-744, pi. xliv. 
fig. 9. This genus is referred doubtfully to the Thomisides {id. I, c.) [from 
which it will probably have to be separated]. 
Thomisus amamus, T. exigmis, T. modestus, T. elegans, spp. hn., Tuscany : 
J. Blackwall, J. L. S. x. pp. 415-419, pi. xvi. figs. 7-9. — Tt diver sits, sp. n., 
Sicily: id. Ann. N. H. (4) v. p. 396, pi. viii. fig. 3. — T. (Xgsticus) luc- 
tator, Galicia; T. {X.) striafijycs, Pegensburg, Jura (France), and Galicia, 
spp. nn. : L. Koch, JB. Gesell. Krakau, 1870, p. . — T. hrevitarsis, T. al- 
himanus, T. nigro-trivittatus, T. panxillus, T. wagee, Spain : E. Siiiion, M^m. 
Liege, 1870, pp. . — T. westwoodii, sp. n., England: O. P. Cambridge, 
Tr. L. S. xxvii. p. 403, pi. 54. no. 7 [this appears to be $ —Xysticus tdmi 
(Ilahn), S —T. hivittatns (Westring)]; T. sanctuarius, sp. n., England, id. 
1. c. p. 405, pi. 54. no. 8. — T. camhridgii, Blackw., the J described as new, 
