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low conical shoulder-tubercles, and five apical and two lateral tubercles. Femora i. and ii, with 
two broad, median, black rings ; tibie i. and ii. with three black blotches on the lower side only, those 
on iii. and iv. very indistinct. Vulva quite characteristic, basally broad, but shorter than in P. guatemal- 
ensis, the scapus being, however, much longer; while the area comprised by the chitinous margins of 
the base beneath is much broader than in the allied species. See Plate. 
Hab. Guatemata? (Sarg); Panama, Bugaba (Champion '). 
2. Parawixia armata. (Tab. XLVI. figg. 11, 11a, 4, ¢.) 
Epeira armata, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 41, t. 4. figg. 17, 
17 a-e (S)1; Keyserl. Spinn. Amer., Epeiride, p. 107, t. 5. figg. 79, 79a (¢)”. 
Type, d, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 8°5 millim. 
General characters as in the type-species. Tarsal uncus of the palpus not bifid, but forming an elongate 
concave lamina. Clavis of the palpal bulb enormously developed and deeply bifid at its apex. 
Trochanter iv. bearing two short stout spines. The double series of spines on the inner side of 
tibia ii. consists of 4-5 spines respectively. 
Hab. Guaremata?; Panama, Bugaba (Champion *). 
3. Parawixia hypocrita, (Tab. XLVI. figg. 12, 124, ¢.) 
Epeira hypocrita, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. 1, p. 38, t. 5. figg. 8, 
8 a-d (3)*; Keyserl. Spinn. Amer., Epeiride, p. 109, t. 5. figg. 81, 81a (¢)*. . 
Type, ¢, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 7°5 wmillim. 
Characters similar to those of the type-species, but the tarsal uncus of the palpus is not bifid, and the clavis of 
the palpal bulb is very characteristic, being much developed, concave beneath, convex above, having a 
prominent median angle on the outer margin, the apex itself of the clavis being somewhat abruptly 
narrowed to a fine spine, set at an angle to the median portion of the clavis. Trochanter iy. bearing 
a single short stout spine. 
Hab. Guatemata?; Panama, Bugaba (Champion '). 
4, Parawixia hamata, sp.n. (Tab. XLVI. figg. 13, 134, ¢.) 
Type, d, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 10 millim. 
General characters as in the type-species. Trochanter iv. usually with two spines on one side and one on the 
other. Tarsal uncus of palpus not bifid, but forming a curved, concave, chitinous lamina. Clavis of 
palpal bulb very much enlarged, convex above at its apex, concave beneath, having two rounded angles 
on the outer margin and the apex itself curved outwards into a blunt point. 
Hab. Costa Rica (fogers). 
5. Parawixia guatemalensis. (Tab. XLVI. figg. 14, 14 a-e, 9.) 
Epeira guatemalensis, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 40, t. 7. figg. 7, 
7 a-c (¢)°* [nec figg. 8, 8 a-c (3 )]; Keyserl. Spimn. Amer., Epeiridw, p. 112, t. 6. figg. 83, 
83 a ( 2)” [nec figg. 836, ¢ (¢)]. 
Epeira merens, O. P.-Cambr. loc. cit. p. 246, t. 31. figg. 2, 2a-g (2)’. 
Types, 2, of £. guatemalensis and E. merens, in coll, Godman & Salvin, Total length 14 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith *); GuatemMaLa?, Livingston, 
Chicoyoito, Tamahu, Cubilguitz (Sarg *). 
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