D14 ARANEIDEA. 
g. Femora without spines beneath; tibia ii. not incrassate, but armed with five long spines on the inner 
side ; patella with an apical spine ; coxa iv., and sometimes also iii., with a single short, sharp spine. 
Patella of pedipalp with a single apical spine; coxa i, and femur i. with well-developed hook and 
groove respectively ; coxa and femur of pedipalp with a cusp and ridge, coxa i. with a small tubercle 
above. For palpal bulb, see Plate. 
2. Femora of legs without spines beneath; tibie and protarsi with a row of fine spines beneath ; patelle 
with an apical bristle. . 
Vulva consisting of a basal piece, with a long narrow scapus, having near its base on each side a rounded 
tubercle; the base of the scapus enlarged, corrugated, concave, having a small, concave, circular orifice on 
each side, and furnished anteriorly with a pencil of very long bristles. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
14. Aranea pallidula. (Tab. XLIX. figg. 13, 134, 4, 2.) 
Epeira pallidula, Keyserl. Sitzungsb. nat. Ges. Isis, Dresden, 1863, p. 124, t. 4. figg. 14,15 (2); 
Spinn. Amer., Epeiride, p. 158, t. 8. figg. 116, 116 a (?) *, 
Type, 2, in Brit. Mus. Total length 8°5 millim. 
2. Carapace, mandibles, legs, and sternum pale orange-brown, a central cephalic line dusky brown and the 
apices of the leg-segments sometimes tinged with brown. Abdomen globular-ovate, almost entirely 
white; in some examples with an indistinct dentated dorsal folium; ventral area dull olive-brown. 
Femora of legs without spines beneath ; tibie and protarsi i. and ii. with a double row of strong spines 
beneath ; patella with an apical spine. Vulva exhibiting a slender scapus, laterally compressed and 
dilate at its apex, with a large ear-shaped orifice on each side. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—Co.oms1a, Bogota. 
15. Aranea anguinifera, sp.n. (Tab. XLIX. figg. 14, 144, 2.) 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 4°5 millim. 
Carapace, mandibles, and legs yellow, sternum dusky brown. Abdomen with a low shoulder-cusp on each 
side, black in front, white behind ; with an indistinct folium, its apical half forming a broad, dusky, 
dentate band, whence, on each side, broken oblique dark lines run down to meet the brownish lateral 
areas ; ventral area brown, margined laterally by a yellow (or pale) band. Tibia and protarsi i. and ii. 
with spines beneath; femora devoid of spines beneath. Patelle with a stout apical spine. Central 
quadrangle of eyes square, not narrower behind, posterior centrals three-fourths of a diameter apart, 
larger than the anterior centrals. Both rows of eyes approximately straight. 
Vulva very characteristic, its scapus being coiled across and across, the apical portion drawn back on itself, 
terminating in a flat spatula. 
Hab. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (H/. H. Smith). 
This species belongs to a group of which A. pacifica, McCook, and A. bispinosa, 
McCook, in America, and A. triguttata, Fabr., and A. sturmi, Hahn, in Europe, are 
examples. 
16. Aranea septem-mammata. (Tab. XLIX. figg. 15, 15 a-c, 9.) 
Epeira septem-mammata, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 42, t. 7. figg. 6, 
6 a—c (2); Keyserl. Spinn. Amer., Epeiride, p. 89, t. 4. figg. 67, 67 a (9) *. 
Type, @, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 5-5-7 millim. 
Hab. Guatema.a?, Choctum (Sarg '). 
