486 ARANEIDEA. 
anteriors, and wider apart (2); central anteriors of the g (through some accident) obsolete. Abdomen 
pubescent, and also set with short, black, stout spines. For vulva and palpus of the male, see the Plate. 
Hab. Mexico, Amula in Guerrero (H. H. Smith’). 
4, Wixia globosa, sp.n. (Tab. XLVI. figg. 4, 4a-d, 2 .) 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 6 millim. 
General characters similar to those of others of the group. Central eyes of posterior row larger than central 
anteriors, forming a line distinctly wider than the anterior side of the central quadrangle, situated upon a 
raised bilobate tubercle. Abdomen with a pair of low, blunt, conical tubercles in front; clothed with 
fine pubescence and somewhat scattered, short, stout, black spines. Legs short, i, ii, and iv. approxi- 
mately the same length. Femur i. with two conspicuous long spines in the apical half, and five or six 
apical and dorsal short spines. Tibia i. with, besides short spines, a longer spine in the basal and apical 
third sections ; and an inner row of three basal longer, and two apical shorter, spines, and an outer row 
of four spines, beneath. Protarsi i. and il. with, besides lateral and dorsal spines, two rows of 4-5 long 
spines beneath. Femora ii., iii, and iv. without spines in front, and scarcely any beneath. Tibia ii. 
with two rows of 5-6 spines beneath. Tibie iii. and iv. with 2-3 (or 3-3) spines beneath. Protarsi iii. 
and iv. numerously spined beneath ; tarsi i., ii., and iii. without spines, iv. with some stout spines beneath. 
The vulva is very distinct in form from that of the allied species, being short, quadrate-globular, with 
the spoon-like portion of the scape very short. 
Hab. Mexico, Tepetlapa (H. H. Smith). 
5. Wixia rufa. (Tab. XLVI. figg. 5, 5 a-c, 2 .) 
Epeira rufa, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 34, t. 6. figg. 18, 18 a-c( 2)’. 
Type, @, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 9 millim. 
General characters similar to those of others of the group. Abdomen pubescent, and also set with short, stout, 
black spines (mostly rubbed off). Central posterior eyes larger than the central anteriors, and wider 
apart. For the vulva, which is characteristic, see the Plate. 
Hab. Mexico, Omilteme (H. H. Smith); Guaremaa, Petet, Chicoyoito (Sarg +) ; 
Panama, Bugaba (Champion '). 
6. Wixia subrufa, sp.n. (Tab. XLVI. figg. 6, 6 a-c, 2.) 
Type, @, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 9 millim. 
General characters similar to those of the allied species, except that the posterior central eyes form a line not 
wider than that formed by the anterior centrals. Abdomen clothed with long fine bristles, not short 
and stout spines as in W. globosa. For figures of the vulva, see Plate. 
Hab. Guatemaa, Chiacam (Sarg). 
7. Wixia turrigera. (Tab. XLVI. fige. 7,7 a, 2.) 
Amamra turrigera, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 251, t. 31. figg. 6, 
6a-d(¢)’*. 
Type, 2, immature, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 5°75 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo (H. H. Smith 1). 
The single example of this species occurring in the collection is not fully mature ; 
