490 ARANEIDEA. 
I have selected the female of this species as the type, since the male (androtype, 
sec. O. P.-Cambr.) is the androtype of E. tauricornis. This course avoids the necessity 
of a new name in the place of tawricornis. 
The abdomen has ten conical tubercles, the shoulder-pair being sharper. The 
femora i. and ii. have only one, more or less well-defined, row of spines beneath. 
The base of the vulva in the female is very broad, abruptly attenuate at its apex, 
forming a slightly recurved scapus. 
6. Parawixia hoxea. (Tab. XLVI. figg. 15, 15 a-c, 2.) 
Epeira hoxea, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 35, t. 5. figg. 6, 6a-c (2)'; 
Keyserl. Spinn. Amer., Epeiride, p. 87, t. 4. figg. 65, 65 a (¢)* 
Type, 2, in coll, Godman & Salvin. Total length 9 millim. 
Both rows of eyes distinctly recurved, the central quadrangle being situated on a much more prominent 
tubercle than in other members of the genus. Laterals subequal. The spines on the legs are worn off 
in the type, but, judging from the sockets, they are very similar in disposition to those of P. destricta. 
The vulva is characteristic, short and dilate basally, gradually attenuate to form a long scape, which is 
slightly dilate towards the apex and abruptly narrowed into a short blunt point. The legs are almost 
unicolorous, being very indistinctly annulate. The abdomen (which is faded) bears thirteen small 
conical tubercles, four laterals on each side and five apical ; the second lateral tubercle is almost obsolete 
in some examples. 
Hab. Guatemata?; Panama, Tolé (Champion). 
The drawings of the vulva in Vol. I. t. 5. figg. 64, ¢, are evidently taken from a 
malformed or mutilated example. 
7. Parawixia tredecim-notata, sp.n. (Tab. XLVI. figg. 16, 16 a-c, 2.) 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 13 millim. 
Eyes very similar to those of the allied species. Femora i. and ii. with, besides others, a row of short spines 
on the inner side. Vulva comparatively narrow at the base, which is slightly constricted, laterally, in 
the middle; much narrower than in P. destricta, while the scapus is slightly longer, but recurved and 
attenuate only at its apex. The abdomen (which is faded) bears four very low lateral tubercles on each 
side, the first pair being in front of the shoulder, and five apical tubercles. 
In the single example seen there is just the faintest trace of a dusky annulus towards the apex of femora i. 
and li., but even less beneath the tibie. 
Hab. Guatemata (Sarg). 
8. Parawixia honesta. (Tab. XLVI. figg. 17,17 a, b, 2.) 
Epeira honesia, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 800, t. 37. figg. 6, 
6a-d (?)'. 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length.16 millim. 
The eyes are very similar in position to those of P. destricta. The legs also as in that species, except that 
the annulus on iii. and iv. is much more distinct, and there are apical rings on the protarsi and tarsi. 
The vulva is characteristic, being short and very broad basally, having a short abruptly narrowed 
