28 ARANEIDEA. 
enable me to identify Keyserling’s specimen as P. manicata. It is possible, however, 
that the locality “‘ Mexico” is not correct. 
SCHIZOPELMA, gen. nov. 
Femur iv. without internal scopuliform pad. Tarsus iv. with a narrow longitudinal row of sets beneath. 
Tibia i. (¢) with a short stout spur on the inner side at the apex beneath, and numerous spines on the 
outer side. Protarsus ii. scopulate to the base. Protarsus iv. scopulate at the apex. yes, sternum, 
and mouth-parts as in Hurypelma. 
Type Schizopelma bicarinatum, sp. 2. 
A. (3). Bulb of pedipalp short, stout, piriform, strongly geniculate; apex 
excavate on the outer side, bifid, exhibiting a short sharp spine 
beneath, with two well-marked carine on the dorsal and inner 
sides, encircling the bulb longitudinally . . - - »- + + - bicarinatum, sp. n. 
B. (g). Bulb of pedipalp short, piriform, simple, not geniculate ; apex 
broadly pointed, deflected, not attenuate nor bifid, without 
caring . . 1 ee ee ee ew ee ee ee ee + macropus (Auss.). 
1. Schizopelma bicarinatum, sp. n. (Tab. II. figg. 11, 1la-c, ¢.) 
Type, d, in coll. Godman & Salvin. 
g. Total length 23 millim. Carap. 13°5 x 11:5; ceph. area 8-5; oc, tumulus 1:75x2. Legs: i. 50; ii. 46; 
iii. 44; iv.56. Pat.+tib.i.15; iv. 16, Prot. i. 8-5; iv. 13-5. Sternum 6-5 x5 (not incl. labial plate). 
g. Sternum and legs entirely clothed with brown pubescence and pale rufous hairs. Carapace and mouth- 
parts clothed and fringed with short rufous hairs and pubescence. Abdomen clothed with long bright 
rufous hairs. 
Carapace a little longer than broad. Ocular tumulus slightly broader than long. Anterior lateral eyes less 
than one transverse diameter from the centrals; anterior row procurved and otherwise as in genus 
Eurypelma. Sternum longer than broad. Labial plate and coxe of pedipalp at the inner anterior basal 
angle set with numerous cuspules. Tarsus iv. with a narrow longitudinal row of sete, dividing the 
scopula, beneath. Protarsus i. scopulate to the base, with 7-8 spines on the basal half beneath. 
Protarsus ii. scopulate to the base, but intermingled with simple hairs in the basal half, with 5-6 
spines beneath. Tibia i. with a short conical spur on the inner side at the apex, crested with a single 
spine and two others on its outer side; and with two spines on the outer margin; otherwise with 
numerous spines on the outer side and beneath. Apical half of protarsus ili. scopulate. Apical third, 
at least, of protarsus iv. scopulate. Tibiz and protarsi iii. and iv. numerously spinose. 
Pedipalp. Tibia with 1-3 spines on the inner side. Bulb short, stout, piriform, strongly geniculate, apex 
excavate on the outer side, bifid, exhibiting a short sharp spine beneath; with two well-marked carine 
on the dorsal and inner sides, encircling the bulb longitudinally. 
2. Total leugth 35 millim. Carap. 14x12; ceph. area 9; oc. tumulus 2x 2:25, Legs: i. 43; ii. 39; iii. 
38; iv. 48. Pat.+tib.i.14; iv. 14. Prot. i. 65; iv. 10. Sternum 6 x 6 (not incl. labial plate). 
Coloured as in the male sex. Central fovea, as in male, transverse-oval, deep. Tarsus iv. with a narrow 
longitudinal row of sete beneath. Protarsus i. scopulate to the base, with two stout spines in the basal 
half. Protarsus iii. scopulate on the inner side, but not entirely on the outer side, where are set 5-6 
stout spines and long sete. Apical half of protarsus iii., and the apical third of protarsus iv., seopu- 
late, the latter two parts set also with numerous spines. Labial plate as in the male. 
with 4—5 minute teeth. 
Hab. Mexico, Xautipa in Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 
Tarsal claws 
An adult male, two adult females, and an immature specimen of the latter sex of 
