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this a pair of blue-black sinuous spots, with a small concavity 
lying between them; posterior margin concave in the centre, 
without any prominence . . .. .. . + . + « © albosignata, sp. 0, 
6. Legs i., ii., iii., and iv. annulate. Abdomen without any well- 
defined dark dorsal band; marginal pale band represented by 
a pair of pale spots only. Central dorsal pale band scalloped. 
throughout, broader behind and not chevroned. Vulva with, 
anteriorly, a pair of large reniform cavities, convergent in 
front ; posterior margin sinuous, with a conspicuous rounded 
conical prominence in the middle . , . . . . . . ~ Otcavata, sp. n. 
B. Tibiz iii. and iv. with a small dorsal basal spine. 
a. Abdomen either brown with a central dorsal pale band, or yellow with 
a central dark band, or often the whole dorsal area dark brown; no 
transverse pale bands. 
1. Abdomen brown, with a central dorsal pale band. Legs not 
annulate; no marginal band of white hairs on the carapace. 
Vulva very simple, transverse-oval, posterior margin emarginate 
in the middle, with a pair of small oval-oblique cavities, pak 
convergent,inthe middle . . .....4.2.+2.~. . fusca, sp. n. 
2. Abdomen yellow, with a central dark band, or the whole dorsal area 
dark. Legs annulate; a marginal band of white hairs and a pair 
of elongate pale spots on the carapace. Vulva more complex, 
consisting of a pair of circular dark spots, in contact on their 
inner margins, connected anteriorly with a circularly curved duct, 
geniculate where it joins the dark spot; posterior margin not 
emarginate . . . . ee ee ee ee we ew ee Bisignata, sp. n. 
6. Abdomen with two transverse pale bands or cinctures, one on the 
anterior margin, the second just before the middle. 
aa. Anterior band broken in the middle, followed a an elongate, 
central, longitudinal pale spot . . . interrupta, sp. n. 
66. Anterior band not broken in the middle nor followed by a a 
longitudinal central pale spot. 
1, Second transverse anterior abdominal band (between the two pale 
bands) very dark, with black and red hairs mixed. Posterior 
margin of vulva not concavely emarginate, but prominent in the 
middle andsinuous. . . . .........482. aprica, Peckh. 
2. Second transverse abdominal band orange-rust-red. Posterior 
margin of vulva concavely emarginate, with a pair of oval 
orifices, about their own diameter apart and the same distance 
from the posterior margin . . . . . . . . . . . . delecta, Peckh. 
Nore.—C. geminata has not been included in this Table, because the colours have faded in the single 
specimen seen; but the form of the vulva is very distinct. C. rustica and C. flavescens are not known to me 
in nature. 
