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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
49. — Linyphia steaminea, sp. n. 
Adult female : length a little over 1 line. 
The whole of the fore part of this small spider is of a pale straw-yellow colour, and in 
its form and general structure it is very like Linyphia ericcea, Bl. 
The eyes axe on strong, black, tubercular spots, and rather closely grouped together in 
two slightly curved rows, of which the hinder one is a very little longer than the front ; the 
two hind-central eyes are slightly further from each other than each is from the hind-lateral 
eye on its side; and the fore-central eyes are the smallest of the eight, near together but not 
contiguous to each other ; those of each lateral pair are placed slightly obliquely, and touch- 
ing each other ; the four centrals form a square whose fore side is considerably shorter than 
the hinder one. 
The legs are very slender and rather long, furnished with hairs and a few fine spines. 
The palpi are short, slender, and similar in colour and armature to the legs. 
Th efalces are tolerably long, not very strong, straight and perpendicular. 
The maxilla;, labium, and sternum are normal. 
The abdomen is very convex above, and projects considerably over the base of the cephalo- 
thorax : it is of a dull straw-colour, speckled thinly with small, white, cretaceous-looking 
spots. The form of the genital aperture is -very simple indeed, and has a very slight, and 
scarcely at all prominent, process connected with it. 
Sab. — Murree, June 11th to July 14th, 1873. 
50. — Linyphia peeampla, sp. n. 
Female, scarcely adult : length rather over 3 lines. 
This fine species is very nearly allied to Linyphia collina, L. Koch, found in the French 
Jura mountains; but it may be, I think, distinguished by a total absence of the small white 
spots dispersed over the abdomen of that species, as well as by a stronger and bolder pattern. 
The cephalolhorax is of ordinary form ; and the normal indentations are strongly marked ; 
it is of a light brownish-yellow colour, the caput dark yellow-brown, and the thoracic portion 
has a broadish brown marginal border. 
The eyes are rather small, but in the usual position ; those of the hind-central pair are 
rather nearer to each other than each is to the hind-lateral on its side ; the four central eyes 
form very nearly a square whose anterior is shorter than its posterior side ; the eyes of each 
lateral pair are placed obliquely, and contiguously, on a slight tubercle. The height of the 
clypeus is equal to half that of the facial space. 
The legs are rather long, slender, and their relative length is 1, 2, 4, 3 ; they are of 
a yellow-brown colour, the tibiae and femora annulated with dark brown, the former indis- 
tinctly, the latter distinctly ; they are furnished with hairs, bristles, and a few not very longj 
slender spines. 
The palpi are short, slender, of a pale brownish -yellow colour, furnished with an arma- 
ture similar to that of the legs. 
The falces are moderately long and strong, straight, perpendicular : the basal portion m 
front, dark brown ; the rest, yellow-brown, with a reddish tinge near the fang ; and there aic 
three teeth on the inner side near the fore extremity. 
