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The eyes form an area broader than long ; those of the anterior row (which is of equal 
length with the posterior one) are very near to each other, if not quite contiguous. The 
fore centrals are of very large size and of a yellowish-brown mother-of-pearl hue ; those of 
the middle row are equi-distant between the anterior and posterior lateral eyes. 
The legs are neither very long nor strong ; their relative length appears to be 4, 1, 3, 2 ; 
those of the first pair are the strongest, and those of the fourth pair are the most attenuated ; 
their colour is yellow, and they are furnished with hairs and spines, the latter on the tibiae 
and metatarsi, but only underneath these in the first and second pairs ; beneath the terminal 
tarsal claws is a compact, blackish claw-tuft. 
The palpi are moderately long, hairy, and yellow, the digital joint tinged with yellow- 
brown. 
Th ef aloes are short, strongish, straight, directed forwards, though placed rather far 
back, and of a dark yellow-brown colour. 
The maxilla and labium are yellow-brown; the sternum being of a dark brownish- 
yellow, and of a rather elongate-oval form. 
The abdomen is oval, truncated before and rounded behind, and projects over the hinder 
slope of the eephalothorax ; it is clothed with grey, brassy-yellowish, and white hairs. The 
upper side is of a dull yellowish-brown colour, with an elongate, whitish marking along the 
middle of the fore part, followed by some not very distinctly defined, small, angular bars, on 
each side of which (as well as of the elongate marking) is a series of short transverse whitish 
markings, giving an appearance, when taken in connection with the markings along the 
middle, of irregular transverse stripes across the upper side ; the sides and under side are 
dull yellowish, the upper part of the former slightly marked with faint brownish spots and 
markings, and the latter clothed with short, greyish hairs. 
Rab. — Murree, June 11th to July 14th, 1873. 
129. Attus beneficus, sp. n. 
Adult female : length nearly 2| lines. 
Ceplialothcrax short and broad, the hinder slope steep, at an angle of 45°; the ocular 
area slopes a little forwards in a convex line and there is a distinct, though not unusually 
strong, transverse depression at the occiput. The clypeus is very low, being almost obsolete. 
The upper part, with a portion of the sides, is black-brown, the ocular area quite black, 
yith an oblong yellow stripe on the upper part of the hinder slope ; the remainder of the sides 
1S yellow, clothed with fine, white hairs. 
The eyes form an area much broader than long ; the posterior and anterior rows are equal 
>u length ; the fore centrals are very large and ef a mother-of-pearl hue ; they are separated 
V a small interval, less than that which divides each from the fore lateral on its side; the 
lateral eye, on each side, of the middle row is equi-distant from the laterals of the posterior 
a ud anterior rows. 
The legs are short and strong ; their relative length is apparently 4, 1, 2, 3, but the 
difference between 4 and 1, and 2 and 3 respectively, is very slight. Their colour is yellow, 
those of the first pair being clouded in parts wilh brown; the tibiae and metatarsi of the 
third and fourth pairs, and the under sides of those of the first and second pairs, are armed 
Wl th spines, and there is a compact claw-tuft beneath the terminal claws of each tarsus. 
