METAPHIDIPPOS. 271 
28. Metaphidippus ovatus, sp.n. (Tab. XXV. figg. 1, la, 9.) 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 6°5 millim. 
Carapace deep brown-black, clothed with iridescent violet scales. Abdomen dull yellow, entirely clothed with 
green, pink, and violet iridescent scales. Legs unicolorous red-brown. Ventral area of abdomen pale, 
with a longitudinal central dusky band. General structure as in M. quadrinotatus. Vulva with a variable 
/ \-shaped notch in the centre of the posterior margin. 
Hab. Guatemata (Sarg). 
29. Metaphidippus iridescens, sp.n. (Tab. XXV. fig. 2,24, 2.) 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 4°5 millim. 
Carapace red-brown, with a paler area behind the posterior eyes, clothed with green metallic scales. Abdomen 
entirely clothed with pink and green metallic scales ; ventral area pale, with a dusky central band. Legs 
unicolorous red-brown. General structure as in M. quadrinotatus. Vulva with a semicircular notch in 
the centre of the posterior margin (see Plate). 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Champion). 
30. Metaphidippus inflatus, sp.n. (Tab. XXV. figg. 3, 3a, 2.) 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 6°5 millim. 
Carapace red-brown, entirely clothed with white hairs, much inflated behind the posterior eyes. Abdomen 
dull white, with pink and green metallic scales; ventral area with a longitudinal central dusky band. 
Legs yellow, i. and ii. more or less suffused with brown, iii. and iv. dusky at the apex of the patelle, tibiz, 
and protarsi. General structure as in M. quadrinotatus. Vulva with a deep triangular notch in the 
middle of the posterior margin (see Plate). 
Hab. GuaTEMALa (Sarg). 
31. Metaphidippus momus, sp.n. (Tab. XXV. figg. 4, 4a-c, 2.) 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 4°5 millim. 
Carapace red-brown. Abdomen yellow, with two black bands broken up into eight square spots ; ventral area 
with a central dusky band. Legs i. and ii, red-brown, iii. and iv. yellow with dusky annulations. 
General structure similar to that of others of the group, the carapace being more enlarged behind the 
posterior eyes, as in M. inflatus. Vulva consisting of a rounded-triangular area, deeply notched in the 
middle of the posterior margin, with a pair of transverse cavities, one diameter apart, in the middle of 
the vulval area. 
Hab. Guaremata (Sarg); Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
32. Metaphidippus quadrinotatus, sp.n. (Tab. XXV. figg. 5. 5a, 6, ?.) 
Type, 2, in coll, Godman & Salvin. Total length 4°5 millim. 
Carapace dull yellow-brown ; cephalic area darker and with a pale broad transverse area behind the posterior 
eyes. Abdomen dull yellow-white, with white and brown hairs intermingled, with a faint anterior, dorsal, 
central, longitudinal, dusky, wedge-shaped band, and four black spots at the apex; ventral arca dull 
white. Legs dull yellow-white. Tibia iv. with one median and two apical spines beneath ; protarsus iv. 
with one median externo-lateral and tour apical spines beneath. Ocular quadrangle much broader than 
long, wider behind; small eyes nearer the anterior laterals. Carapace inflated laterally behind the 
cephalic region. Vulva deeply emarginate in the centre of the posterior margin (see Plate). 
Hab. Costa Rica (Sarg); Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
