236 ARANEIDEA. 
ARGIOPE, Savigny (fam. Epeiride). 
Argiope godmani, sp. n. 
Adult female, length 143 lines; length of the cephalothorax 4 lines. 
Cephalothorax of normal form, black-brown, clothed with short, fine, grey, adpressed pubescence. 
Eyes in the ordinary position ; those of the fore-central pair largest, seated at the extremity of a strong 
prominence separated by somewhat more than a diameter’s interval and forming a line rather longer than 
that of the two hind-central eyes, which are smallest of the eight ; those of each lateral pair are contiguous 
to each other, and seated on a strong protuberance. The three protuberances placed in a transverse and 
nearly straight line. 
Legs moderate in length and strength, 1, 2, 4, 3 (1 and 2 very nearly equal in length), of a deep black-brown 
colour, furnished with short hairs and a few short fine spines. 
Pali short, dark brown, the humeral and cubital joints more or less yellow ; furnished with hairs and fine 
spines. 
Falces powerful, straight, perpendicular, strongly prominent in front; colour deep black-brown, marked with 
a strongish stripe of somewhat orange-yellow towards the extremity on the inner side. 
Mazille and labium of normal form, deep black-brown, with a broadish margin at their extremity of reddish- 
orange-yellow. 
Sternum deep black-brown, with a broad, longitudinal, tapering, orange-yellow central band, notched or 
indented towards the hinder extremity, and there is also a small prominent point on each side just before 
the indentation. 
Abdomen large, rather elongate-oval, slightly pointed behind, where it extends considerably over the spinners ; 
its anterior extremity is rather strongly protuberant on each side, giving an indented or broadly notched 
appearance, Its colour is black, marked on the upperside with dull orange-yellow distinct markings of 
various sizes and shapes, but forming a symmetrical pattern. The largest of these are along the outer 
margins, extending from the fore corners to the spinners; four round orange-yellow spots form an oblong 
figure in the middle of the upperside, the anterior pair largest ; and halfway between the posterior pair 
and the spinners is a short transverse line of several minute orange spots. The lower part of each side 
is marked with longitudinal, broken, subhorizontal, and oblique yellow lines; the underside has a strong 
longitudinal, irregular, yellow stripe on each side of the fore half, and on each side of the spinners are 
two elongate spots—a large one in front, a fine one behind; and between the longitudinal stripes in 
front is a longitudinal series of four pairs of small yellow spots. 
Hab. GuateMa.a, Guatemala city (0. Stol/). 
EUTICHURUS, Simon * (fam. Drasside). 
Closely allied both to Ohiracanthium, C. Koch, and Clubiona, Latr. 
Cephalothorax much broader than long ; caput well developed, truncate in front ; lateral marginal constrictions 
at caput tolerably strong. 
Eyes in four pairs on two transverse, subparallel, curved rows, occupying the whole width of the caput; curve 
of posterior row with the convexity directed backwards, that of the anterior row having its convexity 
directed forwards ; lateral pairs and fore-centrals seated on strong tubercular prominences. Clypeus very 
narrow. Eyes of posterior row equally separated; four centrals form a quadrangle whose width (trans- 
versely) is greater than its length, and its posterior rather longer than its anterior side ; fore-central pair 
much the largest. 
Legs rather long, moderately strong, not greatly different in length, 4, 1, 2, 3, furnished with fine hairs and a 
few spines. A scopula beneath the tarsi and metatarsi, nearly the whole length of the latter on the two 
first pairs, but only a little way beneath the metatarsi of the third and fourth pairs; terminal tarsal claws 
two, with claw-tuft. 
Falces strong, straight, and a little projecting forwards. 
* In August 1896 the spider here described was submitted to Mons. Simon for his opinion, and returned to 
me as sp. n. of Hutichurus, Sim., the description of which I have not yet seen. 
