214 ARANEIDEA. 
short hairs curling over at thetip. Abdomen with an unbroken 
marginal white band, and a central longitudinal dorsal band of 
iridescent scales, flanked by a brown band; no white spots. 
Apical spine of palpus uniformly stout, not aculeate at the tip. Janitpes, sp. n. 
b'. Fang of mandible without any prominence, or with only a very 
small one, at the middle of the inner margin. Legs i. clothed 
beneath with a dense fringe of short straight hairs, not curling 
over at the tip. Abdomen with a broken white or orange 
marginal band; the whole dorsal area clothed with iridescent 
scales and with five pairs of white spots, the second pair longi- 
tudinal and the fourth transverse. Apical spine of palpus 
aculeate atthe apex . . . . . . . . . inermis, sp. n. 
6. Fang of mandible very stout, sinuous, or constricted i in the middle, 
with two conspicuous cusps at the middle of the inner margin. 
Legs i. shorter and stouter in proportion; tibia i. not more than 
one-fourth longer than the patella, densely clothed on all sides, 
but especially beneath, with long black hairs. Palpal spine slender, 
but curved at the apex. Abdomen asin P.inermis . . . . funebris, Banks. 
i. Upper tooth of mandibles the largest, forming the apex of a large 
compressed apophysis, when viewed from in front. 
(Abdomen as in P. inermis ; legs i. fringed beneath with straight, 
short, black hairs.) 2... . 2. ee ee ee chrysis, Walck. 
Norr.—The following species are unknown to me and cannot be inserted in the Table :—P. luteus (Peckh.), 
P. trimaculatus and P. limbatus (Banks), and P. militaris (Hentz), though they probably belong to 
Paraphidippus. 
Females. 
A. Body entirely dark brown or black, with a few apical marginal and 
sometimes small dorsal white spots 
B. Body not dark brown or black, but clothed with either a mottled pattern 
of white, yellow, and brown hairs and scales, or with green, pink, and 
copper-coloured metallic iridescent scales. 
i. Ventral area with a broad longitudinal brown or black central band. 
a, Carapace and abdomen clothed with green, pink, and copper-coloured 
iridescent scales on the dorsal area, and with an anterior white or 
nigropilosus, Banks. 
_ funebris. 
orange marginal band, a central larger marginal white or orange 
spot, and a small one nearer the apex; dorsal area of the 
abdomen with four pairs of small white spots, sometimes con- 
spicuously set on square or rounded black spots . . . . disjunctus, Banks. 
6. Carapace and abdomen entirely devoid of iridescent scales, but clothed 
with mottled white and brown hairs. The whole body clothed 
with hoary-white hairs. Abdomen with three pairs of obliquely 
longitudinal white spots, the first pair often confluent, in the 
middle of the dorsal area, and two \-shaped apical bars ; an 
