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The upperside of the abdomen of the male has a strongly, though rather irregularly indented or angular black 
line on each side converging to the spinners, giving somewhat the appearance of a longitudinal series of 
triangular marks, decreasing in size as they approach the spinners. The fore extremity of the abdomen 
is transversely spotted with lines of small black spots, and the sides are marked with slightly oblique 
black lines and other similar markings. 
Hab. Guatemata, road between Retalhuleu and Mazatenango, Santa Ana (Sarg), 
Guatemala city (Champion). 
Epeira rufipes, sp. n. 
Adult female, length 43 lines. 
Cephalothorax of ordinary form, the sides of the caput converging forwards, and black, continued in a tapering 
band to the hinder part of the thorax, the rest of the thorax orange-red. 
The eyes are very small; the four centrals form a rectangle, rather longer than broad, the anterior pair dark 
coloured, edged with yellow, larger than the posterior pair, and separated from the lower margin of the 
clypeus by a diameter’s interval. Laterals seated slightly obliquely on a small but prominent and 
distinct tubercle, and nearly contiguous to each other. 
The falces are short, powerful, roundly prominent in front, and similar in colour to the cephalothorax. 
The legs are short, strong, orange-red, clothed with hairs, and with a very few slender spines, 1, 4, 2, 3. 
The maaille, labium, and sternum are similar to the legs in colour, the two former tipped with pale whitish. 
The abdomen is large, subtriangular, almost as broad in front as long, and projects greatly over the thorax ; it 
is of a whitish hue above and on the sides, with traces of darker markings, but none distinct, nor any 
traceable pattern (very probably these have been obliterated in course of preservation). The underside is 
blackish, with three not very distinct white blotches, one in the median line just in front of the genital 
aperture, and another on each side just behind the spinners, which last are short, compact, and black. 
The genital process is small and inconspicuous, though characteristic ; the epigyne is small, sinuous, some- 
what spoon-shaped, diaphanous, and directed backwards parallel to the surface of the abdomen. 
Hab. Guatemaa, Sabo in Vera Paz (Champion). 
In spite of the evident loss of colour and pattern on the abdomen, the colour and 
markings of the cephalothorax, the colour of the falces and legs, &c., with the form of 
the genital process, will serve to distinguish this spider without difficulty. 
Epeira latebricola, sp. n. 
Adult female, length 2 lines. 
Cephalothorax dull brownish-yellow, with a large deep brown nearly central area, embracing the anterior 
portion of the thorax and the hinder part of the caput. 
The eyes are in the usual three groups; the four centrals form a square whose anterior side is slightly longest. 
The eyes of the anterior side are, if anything, a little less in size than those of the posterior; they are 
separated by an eye’s diameter from the lower margin of the clypeus. 
The falces are rather long, moderately strong, vertical, of a yellow-brown colour marked or suffused longi- 
tudinally with brown. 
Legs moderate in length and strength, 1, 2, 4, 3, brownish-yellow, broadly annulated with deep brown, and 
furnished sparingly with hairs and a very few fine spines. 
Palpi similar to the legs in colour and armature. 
Mazille and labium yellowish-brown, broadly tipped with pale yellowish. 
Sternum pale yellow, bordered with yellow-brown. 
Abdomen large, and of a somewhat spade-shape, broad and truncate before, rather pointed oval behind. It 
projects greatly over the cephalothorax, and has a hollow under the middle of the fore part to receive the 
thorax. This portion of the abdomen is black, and its width here is nearly equal to the length. The 
upperside of the abdomen is almost wholly occupied by a whitish area clouded in parts with brownish- 
