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CASTIANEIRA. 
Castianeira, Keyserling, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1879, p. 335. 
Micariaulax, Becker, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxii. p, 82 (1879). 
Pedo, O. P.-Cambridge, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn, Aran. 1. pp. 219, 286 (1896). 
Type, ¢, C. rubicunda, Keys., in Brit. Mus. Colombia. 
Posterior row of eyes more or less strongly procurved, scarcely wider than the anterior row; central posteriors 
further from each other than from the laterals. Anterior row strongly procurved, centrals sometimes 
slightly larger, otherwise equal. Clypeus high, equal to two diameters of an anterior centraleye. Lower 
margin of fang-grove with two small teeth. Maxille short and straight; labium broader than long, 
equal to about half the length of the maxille. Body clothed with plumose hairs, more or less scattered, 
often brightly coloppsc. Femora of all four pairs of legs and tibie and protarsi of the third and fourth 
pairs spinose, = > the first and second pairs less so, Tibise i. and ii. with a few pairs of spines beneath, 
variable in number and length. Protarsi i. and ii. with two pairs of spines beneath, but no central 
apical spine. Abdomen not furnished with a pedicular elongation ; but, in both sexes, often with a dorsal 
and ventral scutum. 
1. Castianeira dugesi. 
Micariaulax dugesii, Becker, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxii. p. 83, t. 2. figg. 9, 10°. 
Type, ¢, in Mus. Roy. Belg. 
Hak. Mexico, Guanajuato (Dugés +). 
2. Castianeira ornata. 
Pedo ornatus, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 220, t. 26. nee: 14, 14a-e (2). 
Castianeira ornata, O. P. -Cambr. loe. cit. p- 286°. 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 8 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Amula in Guerrero (H. H. Smith'); Guatemata (Sarq). 
3. Castianeira plumosa. 
Pedo plumosus, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 242, t. 81. figg. 12, 
l2a-f(?)’. 
Castianeira plumosa, O. P.-Cambr. loc. cit. p. 286 °. 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 8°75 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Amula in Guerrero (H. H. Smith +). 
4, Castianeira plorans. 
Pedo plorans, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran, i. p. 274, t. 38. figg. 10, 
10a-e (¢), 11, lla(¢)". 
Castianeira plorans, O. P.-Cambr. loc. cit. p. 286°. 
Type d, cotype 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin*. Total length, g 6, 2 8 millim. 
* Males of C. plorans alone occur amongst the numerous females of the species 2-5 from Amula. It is 
possible that all these are merely varieties of one, C. ornata. 
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