194? Mr. J. Blackwall's Characters of some 



dark red-brown colour. Mandibles small, conical, perpen- 

 dicular, armed with a curved red nail at the extremity, and 

 a few minute teeth on the inner surface; they are of a pale 

 yellowish-brown colour, with a dark-brown elongated spot in 

 front of each, extending from the base towards the extre- 

 mity; this spot is palest in the medial line. Maxillae pale yel- 

 lowish-brown. Lip dark-brown bordered with pale-brown. 

 Pectus heart-shaped^ of a pale-yellow colour faintly tinged 

 with green ; eight dark-brown spots occur on its margins ; 

 one, which is very minute, and in some individuals wanting 

 altogether, is situated opposite the lip; three are disposed 

 on each side, and one is seated on its posterior extremity. 

 Legs hairy, furnished with strong spines; thighs and terminal 

 joint of the tarsi pale yellowish-brown, the former having 

 two or three longitudinal lines of a dark-brown colour on the 

 upper and outer sides, which are most conspicuous on the 

 first and second pairs, and some*, minute spots of the same 

 tint underneath ; tibiae and superior tarsal joint dark -brown, 

 those of the first and second pairs of legs having a series of 

 long, moveable, sessile spines on each side of the inferior part. 

 The two tarsal claws are long, curved, and provided with 

 three minute teeth, the terminal one being the longest; be- 

 neath them is a small brush, which enables the spider to 

 ascend with facility smooth perpendicular surfaces. Palpi 

 pale yellowish-brown, furnished with a few spines, two of 

 which, on the under side of the fifth joint, are opposite and 

 erect; a long curved claw, having three exceedingly small 

 teeth underneath, terminates each palpus. Abdomen thickly 

 covered with hair, oval, convex above, projecting over the base 

 of the cephalothorax; upper part pale yellowish-brown mingled 

 with white; three small tufts of white hair occur in front, 

 near the cephalothorax ; two narrow, obscure, brownish-black 

 streaks, one on each side of the medial line, extend from the 

 anterior part of the abdomen almost a third of its length, and 

 are followed by a series of brownish-black spots, occupying 

 the remainder of the medial line to the spinners, on each side 

 of which is a longitudinal row of very small spots of the same 

 hue ; these streaks and spots are comprised between two irre- 

 gular brownish-black bands composed principally of spots, 

 confluent or nearly so, diminishing in size as they approach 

 the spinners ; sides and under part of the abdomen pale yel- 

 lowish-brown spotted with brownish-black, the spots on the 

 latter minute. Plates of the spiracles yellowish-brown with 

 pale inner margins. 



Length, from the anterior part of the cephalothorax to the 

 extremity of the abdomen, £th of an inch ; length of the cepha- 



