268 ARANEIDEA. 
Abdomen brown, with iridescent scales, margined with a band of white hairs, unbroken in front ; ventral 
area brown, margined with pale yellow. Legs yellow-brown, i. and ii. darker, unicolorous, iii. and iv. 
more or less annulated with darker brown. Carapace not inflate posteriorly. Sternum one-half longer 
than broad, not abruptly narrowed behind. Spines beneath tibia i. extending to the middle on the inner 
side, and to just: beyond the middle on the outer side. 
Mandibles not much developed, with a broad tooth on the lower margin and two smaller ones opposite it on the 
upper margin. Bulb of palpus enlarged, globose, produced beyond the tibia; apical spine broad, black, 
bifurcate, the outer branch being the smaller ; tibial spur short, stout, black, sharp and strongly curved. 
Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (H. H. Smith). 
18. Metaphidippus flavolineatus, sp. n. (Tab. XXIV. figg. 9, 9 a-c, 3.) 
Type, 3, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 3-5 millim. 
Dried example. Carapace pale red-brown, with a large patch of primrose-yellow scales on the central anterior 
cephalic area, a broad lateral band, and an anterior marginal patch of similarly coloured scales on each 
side of the central anterior eyes; a patch of yellow scales also lies on the clypeus between the central 
anterior eyes. Abdomen rich olive-brown, with a short, narrow, central, dorsal anterior band and a 
broader entire marginal band of yellow scales reaching almost to the spinners ; sides olive-brown ; ventral 
area brown, margined on each side by a narrow band of pure white scales. Mandibles brown, without 
pale basal scales. Leg i. brown, the femur, tibia, and patella each with a broken band of yellow scales 
on the inner upper side; the other legs yellow. Palpi brown; femur and patella with some yellow 
scales above. 
Eyes—cephalic area slightly wider behind; central posteriors scarcely further from the lateral posteriors than 
from the lateral anteriors. Mandibles stout ; basal segment broad, with two small teeth, the lower very 
minute, on the upperside, and a single larger very broad tooth, slightly dilate at the apex, on the lower 
margin opposite the former, situated not far from the insertion of the fang; fang short and stout. 
Tibia ii. with two apical spines and 1—1 in the middle beneath. Palpal bulb bilobate, with a rather 
long slender apical spine; tibial spur short, sharp, and curving slightly downward. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
This small species is allied to both M. lanceolatus and M. tridentatus. 
19. Metaphidippus variegatus, sp. n. (Tab. XXIV. figg. 10, 10a,¢; 11, 
lla, °.) 
Type 3, gynetype 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length, ¢ 3:5, 2 4 millim. 
3. Dried example. Carapace purple-black, clothed all over, except on the sides behind, with white and ochre- 
yellow scales. Abdomen rich red-brown, clothed with scattered white scales, with a double row of four 
white spots down the dorsal area; sides with white scales; ventral area black. Legs yellowish-brown, 
annulated with darker brown, and covered with scattered white scales. Mandibles brown, with white 
scales at the base. 
Q. Similar to the male in colour, but the abdominal pattern is more distinct (especially noticeable when the 
specimens are immersed in alcohol); the ventral area is also, but more thinly, clothed with white scales, 
arranged in a double longitudinal band. 
3 9. Hyes as in other species of the group. Mandibles of the male very similar to those of MW. Jlavolineatus, 
with a broad, slightly dilate, lower tooth. Palpal bulb elongate, with a broad lanceolate apical spine ; 
tibial spur short, and curving downward, with another small cusp near its lower base. Vulva with 
notched posterior margin and concavity remote from it; see Plate. 
‘and 1—1 beneath. 
Hab. Mexico, Amula (H. H. Smith). 
Closely allied to MW. flavolineatus. 
Tibia ii, with two apical spines 
