24 ARANEIDEA. 
* Apical spine of the palpus not bifurcate or bifid, simple, aculeate. 
1. Tibiz iii., or ili. and iv., with a single small dorsal basal spine 
(besides the usual laterals). 
la. Tibie iii. and iv. with dorsal basal spines. Tibial spur of 
palpus unibranchiate. 
a’. Tibial spur of the palpus very long, slightly curved, directed 
downward and forward, notched beneath at the apex. 
(Carapace as in C. regia, with a white patch behind the 
anterior eye. Bulb not bilobate at the base.) . . longispina, sp. n. 
b'. Tibial spur of the palpus very short, short and broad, or 
quite inconspicuous, merely tuberculiform. 
aa’. Tibial spur of the palpus very inconspicuous, tuberculi- 
form, bent downward and inward at the base of the 
tarsus. Bulb not bilobate. Apical spine gently but 
decidedly curved. (No white patch behind anterior eyes.) curvispina, sp. n. 
bb'. Tibial spur of the palpus very short, but sharp and 
sinuous. Apical spine very long and sinuously straight. 
Bulb very much enlarged and bilobate . . . bulbosa, sp. n. 
1b. Tibia iii. only with dorsal basal spines. Tibial spur of pals 
bibranchiate. (Apical spine modified to form a large flat 
curving plate. Bulb not bilobate.). . . . . . . . «. bdicuspidata, sp. n. 
2, Tibi iii. and iv. without any dorsal basal spines. 
a’. Palpal bulb deeply bilobate at the base (but not enlarged). 
Apical spine very short and not very stout. a spur 
short and curved.) . . . bilobata, sp. n. 
b’. Palpal bulb simple, not bilobate, but distinctly attenuate at 
the base. Apical spine very long, either straight or very 
strongly curved. 
aa’. Tibial spur of the palpus short, broad, quadrate, bent 
inward, the angles not produced. Bulb suddenly attenuate 
at the base. Apical spine straight, or only very hana 
curved from the base... . grisea, sp. 0. 
bb’. Tibial spur of the palpus Hort, broad, ‘but its Singles 
produced, the inner or upper one much more than the 
outer or lower. Bulb gradually attenuate basally. Apical 
spine very strongly curved from the base, its apex being 
also itself strongly incurved . . . . . .  prominens, sp. n. 
** Apical spine of the palpus broad, more or less bifid or bifurcate, 
divided into a pair of longer or shorter branches. 
a, Tibiz iii. and iv. with a single small dorsal basal spine. 
a’. Tibial spur of the palpus short and blunt. Apical spine less 
deeply bifid: inner branch short, broad, straight, concave ; 
outer branch short, curved, and transparent, very incon- 
spicuous . . . . bifida, sp. nu. 
