132 ARANEIDEA. 
Mr. Smith has the following note on this spider :—“ Found in a hollow at the root 
of a tree in a shady ravine, in a small den like an inverted cone, formed of bits of dried 
leaves, &c., and supported in a small irregular web.” 
PHYLLONETHIS, Thorell. 
Phyllonethis thorellii, sp. n. 
Adult male, length 13 lines. 
Cephalothorax bright yellow; a straight blackish stripe divides the thoracic region longitudinally, and sub- 
dividing at the thoracic indentation a branch runs to just behind each lateral pair of eyes, forming a 
distinctly marked fork, and with a more or less strongly marked curved transverse blackish line imme- 
diately behind the ocular area. The height of the clypeus is equal to half that of the facial space. 
The eyes are small, subequal, seated on black spots; the eyes of each lateral pair are on a slight tubercular 
prominence, and contiguous to each other. The four centrals form a square; the hind-central pair are 
rather nearer to each other than each is to the hind-lateral eye on its side. 
The legs are long, 1, 2, 4, 3, slender, bright yellow, well furnished with long coarse bristly hairs; the 
genuez with one and the tibiee with two black slender spines or spine-like bristles. 
The palpi are short, similar in colour to the legs, furnished with coarse bristly hairs, a single row running 
round the anterior margin on the upperside of the radial joint, which has that part (like its congeners) 
considerably produced. The digital joints are rather large, oval, their convex sides directed towards 
each other. The palpal organs are well developed, compact, much marked on the surface of one portion 
with reddish sinuous lines, and with, among others, a corneous process, near their fore extremity, whose 
termination is bifid and black. ‘ 
The falces are straight, moderate in length and strength, and similar in colour to the cephalothorax. 
The maxilla, labium, and sternum are normal in form, and similar in colour to the legs. 
The abdomen is of moderate size, oval; the ground-colour is a pale dull drab. Along the middle of the upper- 
side is a strong white dentated band, broadest near the middle, and a marginal row on each side of five 
black spots, the two rows converging to the spinners, just above which the last two are situated. The 
sides of the abdomen are also white. The spinners are short and compact. 
Hab. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 to 9000 feet (H. H. Smith). 
This species is nearly allied to, but quite distinct from, the European P. lineata 
(Linn.), differing in the markings of the cephalothorax and abdomen, as well as in other 
important points. 
Since the above description was written, I have come across the female among the 
spiders collected in Guatemala by Mr. Sarg. ‘This sex resembles the male in colours 
and markings, and the genital aperture is of characteristic form. 
EPISINUS, Walckenaer. 
Episinus putus, sp. n. 
Adult male, length 2 lines. 
Cephalothorax a little longer than broad, oval, obtusely pointed before, without, or with scarcely any, lateral 
marginal indentation, broadly truncated behind, flattened above, and with a dip or indentation (in the 
profile line) immediately behind the ocular area, Colour pale brownish-yellow, with a narrow central 
longitudinal tapering blackish-brown stripe, and an indistinct irregular lateral band, as well as a suffused 
marginal one, of a dusky brown, on each side. 
Eyes of tolerable size, subequal, placed rather closely together. The interval between those of the hind-central 
pair is equal to a diameter, and each is about half or less than that from the hind-lateral eye on its side ; 
