262 ARANEIDEA. 
BATHYPHANTES, Menge. 
Bathyphantes sana, sp. n. 
Adult female, length slightly more than 1 line. 
Cephalothorax short, oblong-oval, rounded and rather broad in front, somewhat flattened above, profile-line 
very slightly curved, lateral marginal impressions at the caput slight. Colour yellowish-brown, obscurely 
veined with black, and with a pale yellowish band running round the upperside of the clypeus and 
backwards on each side obliquely to near the thoracic indentation ; the height of the clypeus, which is 
impressed immediately below the eyes, is less than half that of the facial space; behind and from each 
lateral pair of eyes a curved line runs backwards to the occiput, looking like a fine indentation. 
Eyes rather closely grouped, occupying the whole width of the fore extremity of the caput; those of the 
posterior row in a straight (or nearly straight) transverse line, equal in size and equally separated from 
each other, the interval being scarcely more than half a diameter; those of each of the lateral pairs are 
almost contiguous to each other on a tubercular prominence, and are placed nearly at right angles to the 
posterior row ; the fore-laterals are rather largest and have a slightly oblique direction inwards. The 
central quadrangle is much longer than broad, and its fore side shorter than the hinder one. The fore- 
central eyes are smallest, on a strong prominence, and very nearly contiguous to each other. The anterior 
row is strongly curved, the convexity of the curve directed forwards. 
Legs short, slender, 1, 2,4, 3, yellow ; the tibie, metatarsi, and tarsi broadly but not very distinctly annulated 
with brown, furnished with hairs, each of the tibia also with one or two slender spines. 
Palpi yellow, annulated with brown and without a terminal claw. 
Falces rather long, not very strong, rather divergent at the extremities, on the upper margin of the inner side 
of which are four small teeth, and on the inner margin five very minute ones in a still shorter row. 
Mavwille rather long, straight, broad, somewhat rounded at the extremities. Colour brownish-yellow, with 
the extremities black-rimmed. 
Labium very small, much broader than high, and rounded at the apex. 
Sternum as broad as or rather broader than long, subtriangular; fore extremity curvi-truncate ; posterior 
extremity broad and obtuse, as broad as the breadth of the coxa of the fourth pair of legs; colour 
brownish-yellow, suffused, mostly towards the margins, with blackish-brown. 
Abdomen large, but short, and much elevated and rounded towards the hinder part ; colour dull pale brownish, 
marked towards the fore part on the upperside with several short, longitudinal, parallel, darker brown 
lines, united posteriorly by a transverse brown bar ; in front of these lines are a few minute whitish spots, 
and behind the bar, on the hinder slope, is an elongate wedge-shaped dark brown area, whose point ends 
just above the spinners, and its fore extremity is connected by a longitudinal central dark brown line 
with the transverse bar, this area being crossed by several transverse pale fine lines and bordered with 
a broadish white-spotted margin ; the sides are marked with some irregular brown lines, and just above 
the underside is a line, more or less broken on each side, of minute white spots ; spinners tolerably 
compact, of moderate length, the inferior pair stronger than the superior. The genital aperture is 
small and inconspicuous, but of characteristic form. 
Hab. Guatemata, Choctum (Sarg). 
? LEPTYPHANTES, Menge. 
Leptyphantes dubia, sp. n. 
Adult female, length 1 line. 
Cephalothorax a little longer than broad, outline of thorax (from above) well rounded, lateral marginal 
impressions at caput slight; fore extremity broadish and curvi-truncate; lower margin of clypeus 
prominent, its height exceeding half that of the facial space. Colour deep brown. 
Eyes subequal, fore-laterals largest, fore-centrals smallest, those of the posterior row in a straight transverse 
line and equidistant from each other. Anterior row shortest, in a curved line, the convexity of the curve 
directed forwards and its eyes equally separated. Ocular area prominent, but not greatly so. The central 
