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dorsal basal spines. The tibial spur of the palpus is short and broad, with a central 
cusp much curved inwards. There is no apical palpal spine proper, but a broad chitinous 
process: see figure. 
13. Cyrene bifurcata, sp. n. (Tab. XIX. figg. 11, lla, 4, 3.) 
Type, ¢, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 6 millim. 
Dried example, ¢. Carapace deep brown, broadly and entirely surrounded, except behind, with white hairs. 
Cephalic area with a broad transverse band of white hairs behind the anterior row of eyes, sometimes 
uniting with the central pale band. Thoracic area with a central band of white hairs extending from 
between the posterior lateral eyes to more than halfway to the posterior margin. Abdomen brown, with 
a longitudinal central greyish band reaching from the anterior margin to the spinners, and a broad lateral 
grey band on each side; ventral area grey, speckled with brown. Femur and patella of palpus and the 
base of the mandible with white hairs. Legs i. and ii. yellow-brown; iii. and iv. yellow, clothed with 
white scales and brown hairs. The eyes of the anterior row are set in a narrow fringe of orange scales, 
besides those of the white band. 
Palpus. Tibial spur long, straight, stout, simple, and blunt at the apex, viewed from the side; slightly curved 
at the apex and notched below, viewed from beneath; bulb slightly bilobate at the base, but not as in 
C. pratensis; apical spur very stout at the base, elongate, sinuously curved, its apex divided into two 
long slender spines, the upper outer one being the longest. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
This species is closely allied to C. rustica (Peckh.), but differs from it in having 
a long tibial spur and the prongs of the apical fork of the palpal spine less widely 
separate. 
14. Cyrene maculatipes, sp.n. (Tab. XIX. figg. 12, 12 a-d, ¢.) 
Type, ¢, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 6 millim. 
Dried example, $. Carapace black, entirely encircled, except behind, with a broad marginal band of white 
scales; clypeus with thick white hairs. Cephalic area clothed with orange-red scales above and on 
the sides ; thoracic area with a band of white hairs from between the posterior lateral eyes meeting the 
marginal band behind. Anterior eyes set in bright orange scales. Palpi clothed with grey hairs, but 
without pure white hairs. Legs orange-yellow ; femora i. and ii. with an inner apical, anterior apical, 
and basal black spot, clothed in front with a dense covering of orange scales ; tibia and protarsi i. and ii. 
brown, the former jet-black beneath, the latter at the apex, with whitish hairs above, dorsally. Legs iii. 
and iv. more or less annulated and spotted with brown. Abdomen rich olive-brown or black above, with 
a broad central grey-white band reaching from the anterior margin to the spinners; anterior margin and 
sides slightly clothed with whitish hairs; ventral area grey. 
Palpt. Very similar to those of C. curvispina. Tibia enlarged and very convex on the outer side, with a rather 
sharp point bent inwards to the base of the tarsus, between the margin of the tarsus and the bulb; apical 
spine practically the same as in C. curvispina, but the bulb is not so broad and more sinuous on the outer 
side, and the upper lobe has a distinct prominence on the inner side. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa (H. H. Sinith). 
Recognizable by its orange, black-spotted legs and the dense orange covering of the 
anterior side of femora i. and ii. 
