SCIENTIFIC RESULTS 
OF 
THE SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
ARANEIDEA. 
By the REV. O. P. CAMBRIDGE, M.A., C.M.Z.S., 
Honorary ][f ember of the Z\ ew Zealand Institute, $fc. 
Introductory Remarks. 
'pHE spiders collected by the late Dr. Stoliczka in the Yarkand expedition can by no 
means be considered a full, nor perhaps even a fair, representation of the Araneidea 
°f the extensive area over which the expedition passed. 
Mr. A. O. Hume informs me that this area may be subdivided into five well-marked 
re gions, and suggests that the spiders found in each should be distinctly ( i.e ., I conclude, 
separately) treated. Now, judging from the contents of the collection, I should have 
thought that the regions might have been considered as two only, — that is, (1) from Murree to 
Cashmere, including the latter as well as the former; and (2) the whole of the rest of the 
are a travelled over by the expedition, and comprising the neighbourhood of Leh, the route 
from Tantze to Chagra and Pankong valley, and from Yarkand to Bursi, as well as Yarkand 
ai 'd neighbourhood, Kashghar, the hills west of Yarkand, and the Pamir. 
In the first of these regions — Murree and Cashmere more than half of the whole 
"umber of spiders were collected ; the total number of species is 131; the number from this 
re gion is 69. The leading character of the spiders of this region is European, with a few 
"lore distinctly tropical and subtropical species, such as I diops designatus , JEpisinus 
a iyirictt# } Phycus sagittatus, Meta mixta, Chorizoopes stoliczlcce and C. congener, Cyrtar- 
a °hne pallida, Dicea subargentatu, Monastes dejectus, Sarotes re gins and S. promptus, 
Sparassus fugax, Ocyale rectifasciata, Philodromus medius, and Oxyopes jubilans and 
preedicta. The leading character of the second region is also European, but with a 
G( dded subalpine feature, and no trace scarcely of anything tropical or even subtropical 5 
Excepting perhaps Prosthesima cingara, Sparassus fiavidus, and licebe benevola. Of the 69 
s Pecies found in the Cashmere regions, three only were found in the other regions mentioned ; 
a "d one species only, Drassus dispulsus, occurred generally throughout the whole area 
Juvelled over, — i.e., in all the five regions specified by Mr. Hume. 
