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l>c no mistake, in the number of the eyes, which i but four. See 

 Ann. (i.-iK r. des Sc. Phys., VIII, p. 88. 



A second subgenus, which aUo is only known to us by description, 

 is the 



PALFIMANUS, Duf., 



Described by M. Dufour in the Ann. des Sc. Phys., V, lxix,5, and 

 which appears to him to be int.-nn. -diate between Eresus and Salticus. 

 The disposition of the eyes is about the same as in the first of these 

 two subgenera. The ligula is similarly triangular and pointed, and 

 the jaws are still dilated and rounded at the end ; but, according to 

 M. Dufour, they are inclined and not straight like those of the Eresi. 

 The terminal joint of the anterior tarsi is inserted laterally, and has 

 no licoks. 



He describes one species, the Palpimane bossu. It never 



jumps, walks slowly, and is found under stones in Valencia, 



where, however, it is extremely rare. 



A new species has been discovered by M. Lefevre in Sicily, 



which appears to me to belong to this genus. 



In the two following subgenera there are always eight eyes; the 

 jaws are straight. 



ERESUS, Walck. 



Four eyes forming a small trapezium near the middle of the ante- 

 rior extremity of the thorax, the other four on its sides forming a 

 similar but much larger figure. The ligula is triangular and pointed. 

 The tarsi. are terminated by three hooks*. 



SALTICUS, Lai. ATTUS, Wcdck. 



Four eyes, the two intermediate of which are the largest, on the 

 anterior part of the thorax in a transverse line, and the other near its 

 lateral edges, two on each side ; they also form a large square open 

 behind, or a parabola. The ligula is very obtuse or truncated on the 

 summit. There are but two hooks to the extremity of the tarsi. 

 Several of the males have very large chelicerae. 



The thorax of some are very thick and sloping, (en talus) and 

 much inclined at base. 



Salt. Sloanei; Aranea sangwnolenta* L. Black; a white line 

 formed by down on each side of the thorax ; the abdomen of a 

 cinnabar-red, with an elongated black spot on the middle of the 

 back. South of France, on stones f. 



Eresus cinnaberinui, Walck. ; Aranea qvaluor-guftata, Ross., Fnun. Etrusc., II, 



1, 8, 9; Coqucb., lib -ect., dec. Ill, xxvii, 12; Aranea niyra, Petag., 



;i. Insect. Ciilab. M. Dufour, Ann. des Sc. Phys., has described two Spanish 



species ; one of them ; the Eresus acanthophilus VI, xcv, 3, 4 is my Erest rayt of 



the Nouv. Diet. (HIM. Nat.; the other, Eresus imperialis V, Ixix, 2 is closely 



allil t.) the Awn xiyra, Petagna, above quoted. These two species are figured 



in the Faune Fran9Risr, A.-SMI., pi. IV, 3,4, 5. See also on same plate, fig. 7, th 



cinnhre. 



f Tlii. * the following Atti of Walckenaer : feiro/or, 



niyer, cvpr< ' I)e Getr. 



