476 ARANEIDEA. 
Palpus. Clavis of the bulb deeply bifid, forming a little fork, as in other allied forms, but the lateral 
lamina is characteristic in shape, as well as the stylum lying beneath and above its upper margin 
(see Plate). 
Tibia ii. has three spines on the outer margin of the apical half beneath; three long spines on the inner 
side, with five or six short spines. 
Q. Similar in colour to the ¢. Vulva characteristic (see Plate). One cannot be sure that the variety 
figured (4a) really belongs to the same species, but in the absence of sufficient material, it is better 
perhaps not to describe it as distinct. 
Tab. Lower Cattrornta, San José del Cabo?.—MExico, Tepic (fide Banks’), 
Omilteme, Chilpancingo, Tepetlapa, Vera Cruz, Teapa (H. 4. Smith); PANaMa, 
Bugaba (Champion 1). 
3. Neosconella lineatipes. (Tab. XLV. figg. 5, ¢ ; 6, 6a-c, 2.) 
Epeira lineatipes, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 30, t. 7. figg. 17, 
17 a-c (S$), 18, 18 a, 6(%)’; Keyserl. Spinn. Amer., Epeiride, p. 190, t. 9. figg. 141 b,¢(¢), 
141, 141 a (9)? 
Type ¢, gynetype Q, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length, g @, 3°5 millim. 
3. Carapace yellow, with the cephalic sutures suffused with black, forming a V-shaped area, with a short 
lateral branch on each side behind the lateral eyes. Mandibles yellow, with black markings, sternum 
and mouth-parts yellow. Legs yellow ; apex of tibiw i. and ii. tinged with brown; femora i. and ii. 
with three fine black lines extending down their entire length in front. Abdomen pale yellow, with 
the folium delicately and narrowly outlined in black, which is on the same plan as in other allied 
forms; lateral areas and anterior margin speckled with black; ventral area with indistinct dusky 
blotches behind the genital rima and in front of the spinners. Femora i. and ii. with six or seven long 
stout spines (more prominent on femur ii.) on the posterior margin. 
Palpus. Clavis of the genital bulb not bifid at its apex, but forming a long stout spur, with a much shorter 
spur at its base. The lamella is of a different shape to that of the allied forms (see Plate), while the 
stylum is very small, falciform, with its apex sharp and slightly recurved. 
Q. Similar in colour to the male, but tibia iii, and iv. have also their apex tinged with brown, and the 
abdominal folium is not outlined with black in the same manner (see Plate). The black lines on 
femora i. and ii. are conspicuous and characteristic of the species. 
Vulva. The scapus is longer and more sinuously curved than in the allied forms, while the lateral sclerites 
project more forwards beyond the central sclerite. 
Hab. Guatemata2, Santa Ana (Sarg!), Guatemala city (Champion '). 
4, Neosconella expleta. (Tab. XLV. figg. 7, 7a, 6, 2.) 
Epeira expleta, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn, Aran. i. p. 25, t. 6. figg. 11, 
lla-c(?)’. 
Type, @, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 8 millim. 
Carapace and mandibles dark brown; legs orange, apices of all the segments more or less suffused with 
brown. Sternum dark brown. .Abdomen yellow, with a large central black-brown folium having 
three narrow lateral diverticula, which isolate four large pale lateral spots, and then join the 
black-brown lateral area, the latter being divided from the brown ventral area by a broad pale band 
on each side, these two bands meeting in front, but not quite reaching the spinners behind ; ventral 
area black, without a white spot near the genital rima. 
Vulva. The form of the scapus is characteristic, as also is that of the lateral and central sclerites (see Plate). 
Hab. Guatema.a, Senahu in Vera Paz (Sarg'). 
