306 ARANEIDEA. 
Females. 
A. Size much larger : total length 23-33 millim., carapace 10-13 millim. 
i. Size larger: carapace 14 millim. long. Abdomen with a broad, black, 
longitudinal, ventral band. Femora i., ii., ili., and iv. marked, 
especially beneath, with broad black blotches. . . - + + + = - sallei. 
ii. Size smaller: carapace 10-11 millim. long. Abdomen unicolorous 
rufous-yellow beneath. Femora of legs not blotched with black. 
a. Femora i. and ii., and iii. and iv. less conspicuously, clothed with short 
bright crimson rust-red hairs beneath . . © - - + + ee + coccineus, sp. N. 
b. Femora of legs with numerous minute brown speckles beneath, 
and with a narrow dusky apical annulus. 
a’. Carapace, abdomen, and legs clothed with orange rust-red hairs . getazi, E. Simon. 
b/. Carapace, abdomen, and legs clothed with grey hairs . . . . . griseus, sp. 0. 
B. Size still smaller: total length 10-18 millim., carapace 5-7°5 millim. 
Ventral area of abdomen with a very narrow, central, longitudinal, black 
band, often indistinct (perhaps sometimes obsolete). Vulva scarcely 
longer than broad, central tongue anteriorly dilate, scarcely narrower 
than the lateral pieces ». . . 1. 1 1 7 ee ee ee ee ee foliatus. 
1. Cupiennius sallei. (Tab. XXIX. figz. 16, 16 a-c, ¢; 17, 17 a-t, 2.) 
Ctenus saléi *, Keyserling, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxvi. p. 685, t. 2 (8). fig. 53 (2) (1877) ’°. 
Cupiennius oculatus, E. Simon, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1891, p. 110 (¢ ) ’. 
Ctenus mordicus, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 100, t. 13. figg. 6, 6a ($), 
7, 7a-e (3g) (1892) °*. 
Type, 2, of C. saléi *, Keys., in Mus. Brit., total length 27 millim.; of C. oculatus, E. Simon ( @ ), in coll. 
Simon, total length 26 millim.; of C. mordicus, O. P.-Cambridge (3), gynetype (Q juv.), in coll. 
Godman & Salvin, total length (¢) 21 millim. 
Examples in coll. Godman & Salvin, ¢ 32, 2 33 millim. 
¢. Carapace entirely clothed with very short silky-grey pubescence, with a broad, central, longitudinal, 
parallel-sided, darker band, and a marginal black line extending from the lateral posterior eyes to 
the base. Legs clothed with thick, silky, golden-grey hairs; femora i., ii., iii., iv. dark flesh-colour, 
beneath with a central pair of black blotches, more distinct on i. and ii. Abdomen olive-brown, 
clothed with short black and golden-grey hairs or pubescence; ventral area with a broad, central, 
longitudinal, black band. Mandibles clothed with golden-grey hairs in longitudinal bands, leaving black 
interspaces. 
. Coloured like the male, but much darker, the black pubescence being predominant. Abdomen rich 
orange-mahogany, with a pale, central, basal, dorsal, narrow, longitudinal band extending to the middle, 
followed on each side by two dull orange rounded blotches ; ventral area as in the male. 
Palpi of male :—Tibia four times longer than broad, with a short, simple, bluntly-pointed spur on the outer side. 
Palpal organs consisting of a dark central “ unca,” its apex pointed and compressed, evenly rounded 
behind, not produced. On the inner side of the bulb is a broad, membranous, dull white sheath. These 
portions of structure vary slightly in individuals. 
Vulva of female longer than wide, with two broader, lateral, chitinous pieces and a narrower, central, parallel- 
sided, pale, tongue-like piece, its surface finely corrugated. 
* (Named after the French traveller, A. Sallé, and therefore incorrectly written.—Ep. | 
