NEOSCONELLA. 475 
Females. 
a. Femora of legs i. and ii. unicolorous yellow or suffused with brown, 
without black lines in front. 
a’. Scapus of vulva very broad basally, triangular, not constricted 
towards the apex. 2. 2. 2. 1. 1 1 1 1 ee ee ese Styligera. 
6'. Scapus of vulva not, or scarcely, broader towards its base, 
elongate, parallel-sided, straight or sinuous, always more or 
less constricted at the base of the apical spoon-like cavity. 
a’, Carapace, mandibles, and sternum pale yellow . . . . .  solersioides. 
6°. Carapace, mandibles, and sternum deep brown or almost 
black. 
a*. Ventral area without white spot behind the genital rima 
(see also Plate for abdominal pattern and the character 
ofthe vulva) . ..... . . ee . . . expleta, O. P.-Cambr. 
b*. Ventral area with one or a pair of white spots behind the 
genital rima. 
a‘. Ventral area with a pair of spots behind the genital 
rima (see also Plate) . . . . . habilis, O. P.-Cambr. 
b*. Ventral area with a single white spot behind the genital 
rima (see also Plate) . . . . . we . . . guttata, sp. n. 
6. Femora of legs i, and ii. with three narrow black lines in front . . lneatipes. 
1. Neosconella styligera, sp.n. (Tab. XLV. figg. 1, la, 3; 2, 2a-c, 2.) 
Type 3, gynetype 9, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length, ¢ 5, 2 7°5 millim. 
For the structural characters of both sexes, see the generic diagnosis. 
3. Carapace red-brown, the sutures tinged with darker brown. Legs yellow, femur i., apex of femur ii., 
and tibise i—iv. tinged with brown. Abdomen mottled dark brown, with the pale folium characteristic 
of the members of this genus consisting of a large anterior semicircular blotch, squarely truncate 
behind, and often more or less broken up crosswise in the middle, continued towards the spinners as a 
narrow, slightly scalloped band pointed behind; flanked on each side by a row of six more or less 
conspicuous black spots. Ventral area with an indistinct white spot behind the genital rima and two 
white dots on each side of the spinners. 
©. Similar in general character to the g, but with the carapace and abdomen not so dark, nor are the legs 
suffused with brown. Vulva quite distinct from that of the allied species in having the scapus 
triangular, very broad basally, with the usual shallow cavity (spatula) at its apex. 
Hab, GuateMaLa (Sarg). 
2. Neosconella solersioides. (Tab. XLV. figg. 38, 3; 4, 4a-9, 2.) 
Epeira solerstoides, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 25, t.7. figg. 15, 15 a—c (3); 
Banks, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (8) 1. p. 254. 
Type 6, deuterotype 9, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length, ¢ 4:5, 9 5 millim, 
3 fully developed, but probably not quite mature. Carapace, mandibles, sternum, and legs white; 
tibiee i. and ii. with a faint brown tinge at their apex. Abdomen with the normal white central foliam 
(see figure of 9 var. on Plate); sides and ventral area cretaceous-white, 
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